MuirWannabe
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I’m going to be purchasing a 2nd home. Our vacation home. Our primary home is in the Dallas area and where we will live much of the year.
But we love the mountains and desire a home in Colorado. Looking for a log cabin style home with probably 4BR, etc. would like some measure of privacy, so ideally maybe on a few acres with trees and mountain views.
Will most likely use the home for a couple weeks in winter months for ski trips. And maybe live there for ~3 months during the summer.
We’ve looked near the Breckinridge area, Alma, and Fairplay. That seems to be the area we are narrowing our search into. It’s high elevation, with lots of nearby 14’ers, great hiking, fishing, cycling, etc. and of course many ski resorts within an hour or so.
Just putting this out there to collect anyone’s thoughts on this area, or others in Colorado we should consider. From Dallas, Colorado seems reasonably close for mountain living. Going too far west in Colorado just makes the drive worse.
Thanks for any comments we can learn from.
But we love the mountains and desire a home in Colorado. Looking for a log cabin style home with probably 4BR, etc. would like some measure of privacy, so ideally maybe on a few acres with trees and mountain views.
Will most likely use the home for a couple weeks in winter months for ski trips. And maybe live there for ~3 months during the summer.
We’ve looked near the Breckinridge area, Alma, and Fairplay. That seems to be the area we are narrowing our search into. It’s high elevation, with lots of nearby 14’ers, great hiking, fishing, cycling, etc. and of course many ski resorts within an hour or so.
Just putting this out there to collect anyone’s thoughts on this area, or others in Colorado we should consider. From Dallas, Colorado seems reasonably close for mountain living. Going too far west in Colorado just makes the drive worse.
Thanks for any comments we can learn from.