featured websites


Arkansas River Outfitters Association - PO Box 1156; Salida, CO; 81201
Whether you choose whitewater or quiet water, a kayak or raft, a day trip or a week, a safe trip with the professional members of the Arkansas River Outfitters Association (AROA) will leave you suntanned, excited and filled with good stories

Arkansas Valley Astronomical Society
AVAS is a club of amateur astronomers, night sky enthusiasts, and telescope lovers based in Colorado's beautiful Upper Arkansas River Valley.

Chaffee County Geneology Web Project
This is the official Chaffee county component of The USGenWeb Project which consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone.
Organization is by county and state.

Chaffee County Habitat for Humanity - PO Box 4936; Buena Vista, CO; 81211
phone: 719-539-0482
A locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization.

Colorado-lore, legend and fact
This site presents many of the stories and legends that helped make Colorado's history so rich.

Colorado Parks

Hiking Colorado Trails

Friends of the Arkansas - phone: 719-395-8081
Don't let Colorado Springs flood the Upper Arkansas Valley!

Wildfire Info

Colorado Fourteeners.org
The Mission of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CFI) is to develop and empower partnerships among nonprofit organizations, concerned individuals, and public agencies in an effort to protect and preserve the natural integrity of Colorado's 54 14,000' peaks and the quality of recreational experiences they provide.

Leave No Trace, Inc.
Leave No Trace, Inc. is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, a non-profit environmental organization, has been dedicated to motivating and enabling citizens to be active stewards of their public lands in Colorado.

The Colorado Mountain Club
An organization dedicated to uniting the energy, interest, and knowledge of the students, explorers, and lovers of the mountains of Colorado.

Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources
The Colorado Department of Natural Resources was created to develop, protect and enhance Colorado natural resources for the use and enjoyment of the state's present and future residents, as well as for visitors to the state.

Colorado State Parks
The official information site for Colorado State Parks and the 40 parks it directs.

Colorado Jobs

Colorado Guide.com
Choose one of the searches to find recreation areas and trails for hiking, mountain biking, fishing, camping, snowshoeing, horseback riding, off-road trails and more...

GoCo
An organization dedicated to helping the people of Colorado preserve, protect, enhance, appreciate and enjoy our parks, wildlife, trails, rivers and open space through strategic grants, partnership and leadership.

14ers.com
Bill Middlebrook created 14ers.com as a resource for people interested in these great peaks. It is non- commercial and not cluttered with advertisements or stuff for sale. Included are photographs, routes and documentation for his personal climbs of many of the fourteerners and thirteeners.

USDA Forest Service

National Park Service

Colorado Snow and Avalanche Center
Website of the Snow and Avalnache Center, a non-profit organization with the latest information on snow and avalanche conditions, avalanche education, and avalanche incident and accident reports.

Colorado Hiking Guide

Brown's Creek Trail

Brown's Pass Trail

Bushnell Lakes trail

Clear Creek Road Trail

Hancock Lake Trail #1422

Pomeroy Lakes Trail #1437

Ptarmigan Lake Trail #1444

Waterdogs Lakes Trail #1417

Rocky Mtn. National Parks Site

Abovetimberline.com -a great research site.

Colorado Lottery Results
Find out if you won the lottery.