Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa is located in Gateway, Colorado. In 2014, it was ranked by Conde Nast Traveler readers as the #12 resort in the world, #3 resort in the U.S. and the #1 resort in Colorado. It sits at the confluence of five canyons, the only resort in the world to do so. Created by the founder of the Discovery Channel, John Hendricks, he established the hotel using the same philosophy that had led to his creation of Discovery, to create a resort which was "not a leisure getaway but an arena for adventure and education, a place where guests could learn about the world around them and experience nature firsthand." Gateway Canyons offers many activities related to exploring curiosity, including an off-road adventure which consists of being driven around a two-mile track by a profes