One thing that drives me crazy about many of these towns is that they have grown over the years but made no improvements to accommodate the traffic. Almost all of the ski towns are like that. Durango, Canon, Montrose, also have periods where traffic just becomes ridiculous for such small towns.
My preference is Gunnison, but it is colder than many of the places you mentioned. Id rather endure the cold in winter than the heat in summer found in many of the other western CO towns. My wife would strongly disagree.
