Creede, Colorado

[jluv]

Talked to my dad today. He actually has more property than I thought. He has 4 lots on elk ridge and 2 on Thompson. Said he would like $25k for all of it. I am sure he will listen to serious offers. I did not know he had bought the other lot. Anyway, both areas have electricity already ran and the elk ridge has a 12x20 storage building. The Thompson property has a 30x50 pole barn with 16 foot overhead door.

Is he in the area currently (like, this weekend)? If not, could he give directions and permission for me to go check out the lots?

Oh, and how big are each of the lots?

Thanks for the info!

[1carcrazyguy]

He is not up there. He has friends that live there and watch the lots. Will pm what I know about the lots.....

[Baron Von Crowder]

I'm somewhat interested in the one with the pole barn. It'd be a cool place to drop my 5th wheel and have a place to go in the summer.

[1carcrazyguy]

I'm somewhat interested in the one with the pole barn. It'd be a cool place to drop my 5th wheel and have a place to go in the summer.

Really would like to sell as a package. It is going to be hard enough to get all this arranged once...much less trying to do all of it twice. My dad is in his mid 70's and is not going to be "running up there for the weekend". As I have told those that PMed me. If you are seriously interested. Make an offer and I will do my best to talk my dad into it. With his health and my mom recently passing away. He will never do anything with the lots.

[SMKR]

Ya, like Craig said, I live here full-time now.

You can't get further out than Lake City. We have one road in and out of town (it's a scenic byway, by the way). Creede is the closest town to the South, and Gunnison is the closest town to the North; both are an hour away. The closest stop light is in either of those towns - we don't have any. To give you an idea of the size, we have around 400 residents, and less than half of those stay through the winter. We are the only town in Hinsdale County, which has been dubbed by several sources as the most remote county in the lower 48. We are surrounded by 14ers, amazing scenery, tons of wildlife, world-class fly fishing, endless 4wd and hiking trails, etc. Our county is 96% public land, so if you like camping or just exploring the wilderness, this is the place to do it. We have Colorado's 2nd largest natural lake just one mile outside of town. The Alpine Loop runs right through town, and for years, was the main reason I came up here. It's really kick-ass, and will take you deep into the high country and well above the tree line. We're a historic mining town, so a lot of the buildings look the way they did 140 years ago. No chain stores. No parking lots. It's a different world here.

Tourism is the big thing here from June-September, but it's nothing like those other places you mentioned. Within a few minutes, you can be away from everything and everyone. In fact, it's only really busy in town from late-June to mid-August, and then it dies down quickly. In my opinion, the very best time to be here is mid to late September when the weather is chilly and the aspens are changing colors.

Here's more info:

http://www.lakecity.com/

http://www.lakecityswitchbacks.com/

Yes, yes, and more yes. I'm contemplating a last minute road trip up to Lake City in mid-sept. Leave on a weds night, back on a Monday.

[Bassics]

I could tell you all kinds of cool things about harvesting the gold.

[Chili]

Yes, yes, and more yes. I'm contemplating a last minute road trip up to Lake City in mid-sept. Leave on a weds night, back on a Monday.

Wine festival is coming up 9/17! We had a blast at it last year.

[jluv]

Wine festival is coming up 9/17! We had a blast at it last year.

Yep, the wine festival is a must if you are here during that time. Cash'd Out, a Johnny Cash cover band, is INCREDIBLE, and they alone are worth the price of admission. There will be several other bands and all the wine you could possibly drink, of course.

We're going to miss it this year, as we will be at FarmAid instead. The lineup for that one was just too good to pass up.

[Leah]

We will be joining you one day, Jluv. Craig-you should get the info on that land! We could build a commune with J&T!

[loc712]

Colorado

We were in Southfork last week and spent 2 days in Creede
Rode the Batchelor Loop in Creede. Voted best vacation by our crew.
We'll be going back.