Special Places: YMCA of the Rockies

Colorado’s 900-acre YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park is already familiar to many faith-based groups that have held meetings and retreats at the resort’s Legett Christian Center and Mootz Family Craft and Design Center. Come May of this year, this conference complex in a gorgeous mountain setting gets even better thanks to a $40 million expansion and renovation that adds a 34,000-sq.-ft. assembly hall and a trio of new LEED-certified lodges (200 rooms total) each with four meeting rooms and outdoor patios. Activities abound for the entire family here, from skiing and hiking to roller-skating and old-fashioned campfires.