Up where? Noted! And I welcome any other advice. I'll be moving to Walden, CO, for a month or two where I have a job and a place to stay, thus a little runway to get my bearings. After that, no idea. Maybe Denver, maybe Steamboat Springs, maybe baby.The winters up here are much worse...
don't forget to enjoy it while you live there. Eventually, you sort of start to forget the mountains are there, and you shouldn't forget to take advantage of them.
Wisconsin. We've had windchills below -40, and probabaly get seven feet of snow over the course of a winter, or more. You'll see snow like that up in the mountains, but not temperatures, and in my experience it tends to be lighter snow, way easier to shovel. Walden is a good place. Personally, I don't like Denver all that much, a little big for my tastes, makes it feel a bit less like Colorado. Steamboat is okay. I'd push hard for Fort Collins, but that is just nativist pride. Colorado Springs is great too, more like a mountain town even though it's just in the foothills. Check out the SouthWest portion a bit too, Mesa Verde and the Great Sand dunes are really neat. Rocky Mountain National Park isn't huge, but there is plenty to explore there. I'd suggest getting into mountain biking, I didn't start till I moved out here, and that was a big mistake. There's something for everyone really, as long as you enjoy being outdoors. Oh, and watch for bears, they'll wander into town from time to time. Go see one if you get a chance, they're cool fellas.