One of my favorite types of dates with my husband is day dates! To us, dates bring us closer together as a couple and are a time to be able to reconnect among the day-to-day life of hustle and bustle. Whatever time you have in your current life you can carve out to have a date will be totally worth it! Even if that’s a 30-minute walk around the block with no distractions! It all counts if it’s quality time together!

I love when we have the bandwidth to take a whole day to make it a special time together and feel like we are really dating each other! We love to do activities together and these are our top three types of day dates we love to do in the spring!

Springtime in Colorado comes with a few challenges because the higher altitudes are covered in snow and lower ones can be muddy. As a little reminder of LNT policies, hike the mud and save the trail! For more Leave No Trace tips, check out THIS post!

My top 3 perfect day date ideas for springtime:

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Via Ferrata Date

Waking up early and making blueberry pancakes together (Okay, if I say banana pancakes then you have to sing the Jack Johnson song! ) and drinking a ton of coffee! Then head out for a little adventure on the Via Ferrata! I think that working together to double-check gear and encouraging each other on the line is a great way to support each other and connect. There’s also time to chat when you are waiting or bring a snack so you can have an excuse to stop and take in the views! When you're finished you can do another lap, or you can go out to lunch! Grabbing a burger and beer is a perfect way to end a day date in the middle of the day. This is one of our favorite day dates together!

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Hiking Date

We love hiking together! It gives us ample time to talk, explore and see something stellar! It’s a wonderful way to spend the day together! In the springtime we normally opt to go to the mountains, so we’ll end up having a great hike in the snow! There’s plenty of great springtime snowy hikes to explore a lake, valley or peak that is safe in the snow! To make a hike a little more date-like, bring a charcuterie board or fancy lunch. And don’t forget to bring a blanket for your picnic time! You can make an ordinary hike a date hike with a little bit more packing effort!

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Biking Date

This is a wonderful day date if you only have an hour or two because it’s so easy to do right from your front door! We love to do road bike day dates around Denver! We just hop on our road bikes, jump on the path and we are having some quality time together! There’s lot’s of time to catch up on the bikes and just be together. You could also stop by a brewery and grab a beer over lunch in the middle of your ride to really make it a special biking date!

These top 3 Colorado springtime couple day dates are perfect for outdoorsy couples who like to be active and connect while being in the great outdoors! Dates can be simple, dates can be active, dates can be in the morning! You make the rules! Dates to me are quality meaningful time together when we’re having fun!