Coloradan

Mile High resident

A Coloradan is a person from or living in Colorado, the western U.S. state.

The term works as both noun and adjective: Coloradans are used to the altitude; the Coloradan wilderness.

Sometimes spelled Coloradoan, though Coloradan is more common.

history

gold rush

Mass migration seeking ore

prospector · mining · Pikes Peak · homestead · territory · statehood · Leadville · Ludlow · Ute · Arapaho

Denver

Mile High City

Colorado capital's altitude-based sobriquet

Avalanche · Rockies · Rapids · I-70 · I-25

outdoors

fourteeners

Mountains exceeding 14,000 feet

backpacking · camping · rafting · fishing · climbing · mountain biking · trail running · wildflowers · aspens · wildlife

identity

native

Originating from a place

newcomer · high-altitude · westerner · Rocky Mountain · ski bum · outdoorsy · adventurous · laid-back · flannel · sunshine

skiing

Vail

Colorado ski resort town

Winter Park · powder · ski season · lift ticket · après-ski · snowboarding · backcountry · gondola · chairlift · moguls

Categories
Opposites
U.S. state residency/identity

Coloradanout-of-stater

Person from different state

Californian · Texan · New Yorker · Floridian · Utahn

geographic/cultural contrast within the Mountain West

ColoradanUtahn

Beehive State resident

New Mexican · Nebraskan · Kansan · Arizonan

Phrases
Family

Colorado

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G