Colorado Mountain Homes

175 Acres of Durango Wild Can Be Yours at Wildflower Ranch

By Shelby Skrhak | February 21, 2023 | Comments Off on 175 Acres of Durango Wild Can Be Yours at Wildflower Ranch

Look at the bottom left corner of this photo. The small speck of adobe red and desert tan. That is Wildflower Ranch, a sprawling Durango estate with a 12,000-square-foot main house, a three-bedroom caretaker home, two barns, and a solar farm large enough to power nearly all of it. And the textured relief of earth…

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Mountain Homes in Ouray, Colorado: Splurge or Steal?

By Mary Cate Long | June 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Mountain Homes in Ouray, Colorado: Splurge or Steal?

Ouray is a charming mountain town in southwest Colorado with scenic Rocky Mountain views, hot springs, and a historic downtown. Just on the other side of a towering ridge of San Juan Mountains peaks, Ouray shares the very same stunning scenery, though perhaps less of the media and celebrity attention that Telluride is known to…

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Five Small Towns to Buy a Vacation Home in 2022

By Elaine Raffel | January 5, 2022 | Comments Off on Five Small Towns to Buy a Vacation Home in 2022

Just in time for our 2022 inaugural Second Shelters column, Travel + Leisure published its list of best small towns in the U.S. to buy a vacation home. Though they span the nation coast to coast, all have one thing in common—understated luxury in a serene, peaceful environment.

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3 Reasons Telluride Always Tops ‘Best U.S. Ski Town’ Lists

By Mary Cate Long | November 9, 2021 | Comments Off on 3 Reasons Telluride Always Tops ‘Best U.S. Ski Town’ Lists

Somehow, we’ve made it more than a week into November and, while that may trigger a little bit of holiday shopping panic for some, it means something positive to others: ski season is near.  The U.S. is blessed with a range of great ski spots from Montana to Vermont. But Telluride, Colorado, is one that…

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Rocky Mountain High: This Telluride Penthouse Just Listed for $33 million

By Elaine Raffel | July 7, 2021 | Comments Off on Rocky Mountain High: This Telluride Penthouse Just Listed for $33 million

Just in time for this year’s mass exodus, Telluride’s priciest penthouse is up for grabs: a 7,187-square foot duplex smack in the center of town.

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Alpine Mountain Ranch And Club Sells Two New Luxury Homesites Above $2M

By Amy Puchaty | December 14, 2020 | Comments Off on Alpine Mountain Ranch And Club Sells Two New Luxury Homesites Above $2M

Luxury homesites in Colorado continue to be popular with affluent buyers seeking wide-open spaces and room for their families to roam. This is evidenced by the two most recent sales at Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club, a stunning luxury ranch community in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Two more sites are now off the market, as Homesite…

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