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Date Nights for Engaged Couples in Southwest Colorado

Writer's picture: Linda ProckLinda Prock

Updated: Nov 9, 2024

The winter months at Antler Ridge Weddings is less about putting on the weddings, and more about planning for the next wedding season!  We are busy putting new ideas together for our charming barn, keeping up with the bridal suite and spending time with our family and friends enjoying the beauty of fall and winter on the ranch.  The elk are bugling, the trees changing colors and winter is starting to move in. 

We hope that the fall and winter for our 2025 brides is a season of rest and planning and dreaming big as your wedding day and life as a married couple gets closer.  It’s such an exciting and fun time!  To help you enjoy your time together, we put together a list of date night ideas for brides and grooms to enjoy in the Grand Junction, CO, Ouray, CO and Telluride, CO areas! 


Date Night Ideas in Grand Junction, Ouray and Telluride, Colorado for Engaged Couples

 

October 26th 2024- Wedding Ideas



Are you an engaged couple counting down the days for that wedding day? Do you feel like wedding planning has taken over you and your fiancé's lives? Don't let all the wedding details become the main focus of your relationship during the wedding planning days and keep dating your future spouse! Ask your bride or groom out on a date and take a break from talking to that western slope wedding planner!  Go on a Colorado date and have fun!


As longtime locals of the southwest Colorado area we have some good ideas of what to do to have fun on dates. Here are some of our favorite ideas!


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Wine tasting at a local winery

Date Night ideas around Grand Junction, CO for brides and grooms!


-Visit the Grand Mesa: Take a drive and pack your hiking boots/snow boots/ snow shoes (depending on the weather).  The Grand Mesa is the world’s largest flat top mountain and has lots of lakes and streams to enjoy.  It’s also a great place to snowmobile and there are guides and lodges that can help you learn to hit the trails! 

-Downtown Grand Junction- bar hop with the college kids or find some live music!  Downtown Grand Junction is getting some big name music in and new venues to listen to great local bands and the big names!  Check out the Avalon Theater, Mesa Theater and the amphitheater at Las Colonias Park.

-Visit a winery- We love the “Two Rivers Winery” and know you will, too!  Schedule a wine tasting and look deeply into each other’s eyes dreaming of your wedding at Antler Ridge in 2025 :)! 


Date Nights for Engaged Couples Near Ouray, CO!


-Take a dip in the Ouray Hot Springs- with several pools with different temperatures, the Ouray Hot Springs is a must do anytime you visit Ouray, CO.  It is a natural pool and the canyon views surrounding the springs are so relaxing!  Bring your water bottle and your fiancé and enjoy your time together! 

-Ouray Ice Park- Whether you are a ice climber or not, the Ice Park is a cool thing to see!  If you visit outside of the winter and ice climbing season, it is still a cool thing to see and there are many hiking trails nearby. While you are in Ouray check out the jeep rentals and go the the mountain top for a picnic.

Dinner at an amazing restaurant- Ouray county has made a name for themselves as a “foodie” destination, so look up your favorite food genre and chances are you will find a restaurant to try!  We love the Brickhouse and the Outlaw…or if you are looking for something more laidback you can’t beat Maggie’s burgers! 


Hot springs, mountain views. hot pools, date night for engaged coupes
Date night idea for your Western Slope Wedding

Date nights for engaged couples in Telluride, CO!


-Take a Gondola Ride- The Gondola in Telluride is more than just for skiers!  Get your own gondola car with your fiancé and view the mountains around Telluride and the view of the town as you ride up to Mountain Village and back down to Telluride!  Get off at Mountain Village and enjoy a crepe together or coffee and ice skating! 

-Main Street in Telluride- stroll main street holding hands and window shopping…or real live shopping!  So many great shops and things to see and do on Main Street in Telluride! 

-Sheridan Opera House- Catch a concert or show at the Opera House and enjoy the amazing building and nostalgia the building brings! 

 

There you go!  Grab your fiancé and go on a date!  Limit yourself to 5 minutes of wedding planning talk and simply enjoy each other! 


 We would love for you to check out our Colorado Barn Wedding Venue, Antler Ridge Weddings and Events located between Grand Junction , Co and Telluride , Co . We service the Western Slope of Colorado and are also known for being a "destination wedding venue. Did you know that Montrose Regional Airport is the second largest in the state? It makes it easy for you guest to fly in and out of. If you have alot of out of town guest please read our blog on Why have a mid week wedding? Montrose is a great place to have a destination wedding.....your guest will enjoy visiting Telluride and Ouray. They are both ski towns. We also have hiking and biking trails. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison is only 20 minutes from the venue. If golfing is your thing.....we are known for some of our golf courses. So if your panning a Colorado Destination Wedding don't miss this hidden gem. We can be a DIY venue as well as a full service wedding venue. Looking for a relaxed wedding venue check out our weekend package!!

 


Gondola, San Juan Mountains, Telluride Co.
Engaged Couples Date Night Idea near Montrose Colorado

 Antler Ridge Weddings is a Colorado Barn/Ranch wedding venue located on the western slope of Colorado. We are located 60 minutes from Grand Junction Colorado and Telluride Colorado. We are a locally owned venue and love supporting other locally owned wedding venues around the country.


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Guest
Nov 06, 2024

Is there a way to get more information on date nights for married couples at Antler Ridge? Maybe you could have a party and a band?

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Linda Prock
Linda Prock
Jan 28
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We are excited to be hosting this event again . This year it will be in April

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