Well, you got to see my favorite parts - the high parks (high flat areas), and the mountains with some of the highest peaks. The west side can look more like AZ and Utah in parts (Yellow's post about their ride from Telluride to Moab will show you that). The NW is still desert-y but different yet. The east is all flat plains, think Nebraska but less green.

The snow is so unpredictable at the lower elevations, meaning the front range which is loosely Colo Springs to Ft. Collins. I think it was two winters ago we never touched the snow shovel because we never got more than 2 inches at a time. Compared to last winter when we got slammed with 3 ft. at Christmas and then another 5 inches to a foot every week for the next 7 weeks, which was extremely abnormal. Every year is different. But generally our winters are pretty mild (again, at the lower elevations), compared to midwestern and eastern winters. Mountain living is a different beast, one I would gladly tackle, but its just not practical at this point for us. The front range, esp. Boulder are great because you can be in the mountains in no time, but still live reasonably close to work.