Grand Junction is the largest western Colorado town. It boasts a lot of activities and attractions including the must see Colorado National Monument (see photo). It also has an abundance of restaurants, boutiques, art galleries, and museums. It also has the Mesa Mall, a large indoor shopping center anchored by Target, Macy’s, JC Penney, etc..…
New Castle and Silt are small towns that had a lot of farms and farmland and were less costly to live in than Glenwood Springs. However, in the 1990’s things began to change in New Castle when one of the largest farms got developed into a golf community. Lakota Canyon Ranch is a golf community…
Carbondale is located approximately 30 miles from Aspen and Snowmass. Anywhere in Carbondale, you can look up to the west and see the awesome and magnificent view of Mount Sopris. Carbondale was just another bedroom community for Aspen and Snowmass workers over the years. However, since about 2000, Aspen and Snowmass locals have been moving…
Snowmass has everything that the typical intermediate skier could ever want and so much more. It offers the greatest groomed intermediate runs in the world. It has something for the person that has never skied all the way to the ultimate extreme skier and everything in between. It has been 25 years in the making,…
Battlement Mesa/ Parachute/ and nearby DeBeque- Retirement community,energy boom town, and best real estate deal in the area. Parachute in the 1970’s became an energy boom town for oil. In the early 1980’s, the town collapsed as energy prices crashed. Battlement Mesa was developed up above Parachute on the large mesa. Battlement Mesa was designed…
Rifle in the past has been the place for farmers and ranchers to live. It was also the least expensive place to live for people working up valley in Glenwood Spring, Carbondale, Basalt, and Aspen. Rifle has had commercial development off Interstate 70 for some time. In 2003, Rifle got a Super Wal-Mart and a…
Glenwood Springs is located just 48 miles from Aspen and about an hour to Grand Junction going west and an hour to Vail going east. It is at the crossroads of all these communities and feeling the housing demand from all of them. Aspen and Vail are pushing towards Glenwood Springs because of skiing and…
It is hard to believe that this small town just 13 miles from Aspen is becoming the New Aspen. Basalt has always been in the shadow of its famous neighbors, Aspen and Snowmass. Things have really changed for this almost forgotten town. In 2006, Basalt’s average home price topped over $1 million for the first…
Aspen a small ski town with a rich history. Vail a larger ski town that was built to resemble a great ski town. Aspen has a community and is more of a destination resort. Vail is located right on Interstate 70 and is a destination resort and a front range ski destination. Vail does not…
Steps for a Buyer to Buy Aspen- Snowmass Real Estate: Here are the easy to understand steps. I, Roget Kuhn from Aspen Snowmass Real Estate will hold your hand, if you wish, through this process. 1. Many of us think that Aspen and Snowmass Real Estate is beyond our means. However, it is never too…