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Purely Colorado - just what does that mean?

To some folks, Colorado means grand mountains, forests filled with wildflowers, great craggy rocks towering into a deep blue sky high over a cool mountain stream. Or trout leaping out of a rushing river, cold and icy blue from the snowmelt high in the Rockies. An adventure around every corner and over every hill.

Colorado also invokes visions of mountains of powdery snow just right for skiing. Visions of snow and cold might leave some shivering in their thoughts of living in Colorado. But Colorado is not all snow and ice in the winter time.

Western Teller County is drier and sunnier area than a lot of the Colorado mountains. The sun shines here an average of 300 days per year. Often residents on the west side of Pikes Peak sit high and dry, though somewhat cooler, while the surrounding lower elevations are clouded over with rain or snow. Our annual average precipitation is 19 inches of  precipitation make winter and summer seem like a breeze. Lost Canyon Roads are well maintained year-round and county and state paved roads lead you to all points beyond.

While the plains are sweltering in summertime 100-degree heat, Lost Canyon Ranch  is cool and comfortable. Locals complain the few days each summer when thermometers climb near 90 degrees. In the winter, there are occasional nights of subzero weather - but once the sun rises, daytime temps warm up quickly. January has its up and downs, but often 50-degree weather warms up the winter spirits. Most of the area's snow is received between February and April.

For those who like snow and thus to downhill ski, Lost Canyon Ranch is only 2.5 hours from the major ski areas, including Monarch, Breckenridge and Keystone. Other areas such as Vail and Copper Mountain are only 3 hours away.

Pike National Forest nearby in Teller County offers a world of outdoor adventure, including cross country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, camping, biking, horseback riding, great rock hounding, hunting, gold medal fly fishing and lake fishing. Teller County is rich in outdoor adventure, with over half of its area held in lands open to the public. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Bureau of Land Management lands, Mueller State Park and Mueller State Wildlife Refuge, as well as nearby Elevenmile, Spinney, Antero, Rampart, Crystal and Skagway Reservoirs offer great fishing summer and winter. A trail system in nearby Victor offers horseback riding, mountain biking, hiking and winter sports. River rafting is a short 1.5 hours west. Cripple Creek and Victor's gold rush history is jsut minutes away.

Teller County residents enjoy all the modern conveniences - utilities at Lost Canyon Ranch are underground to maintain the natural beauty. Phone calls to most parts of Colorado Springs are toll-free and local access numbers for several dialup internet companies are available, including Quest, AT&T, Rocky Mtn. Internet, AOL and Earthlink. Deliveries of mail are via the U.S. Postal Service and United Parcel Service as well as special deliveries through Federal Express, Air Borne and Express Mail.

Lost Canyon Ranch is served by Four Mile Emergency Services, including fire and ambulance and has police protection from the Teller County Sheriff's Department.

Lost Canyon Ranch is light years from the rat race, yet only minutes from the amenities of the city. Within easy driving distance to Colorado Springs, Denver and Woodland Park, the homesites are perfect mountain get aways that offer rural lifestyles filled with wildlife, starry nights and tranquil sounds of birds and the mountain breezes. Commuting to Colorado Springs is an easy drive filled with mountain splendor from the fields of summer wildflowers and golden aspens of fall to the vistas of snowy, pristine Pikes Peak.
And the great thing about Lost Canyon Ranch is as development continues to encroach on the rural areas, the proximity to Mueller State Park on one side, and  the large home tracts designed for privacy, guarantee that as a Lost Canyon Ranch resident you will always enjoy the beauty of Colorado open space, right in your own back yard.
 
 
 
 

 

Take a Photo Tour of Lost Canyon Ranch
and then come see for yourself the homesites that are Purely Colorado!

Distance to:
Colorado Springs - Just under an hour
Cripple Creek - 15 minutes
Denver - 2.5 hours
Ski areas - 2.5 hours
Woodland Park - 35 minutes

PIKES PEAK REALTY
POB 276, Woodland Park, CO 80866
719-687-3567
info@pikespeakrealty.com
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