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The big reason to move to a rural community is to improve your lifestyle... to get back
to doing those things that really matter and that really bring you happiness and pleasure
during your recreational time. Recreation programs include classes I crafts,
drama, fishing, dancing, yoga, softball, kayaking, swimming... well, we just can't list
EVERYTHING there is to do here in this peaceful valley, but here's the "short" list:
- Camping
- Cross Country Skiing - best trails you've been on with pure Colorado powder!
- Fishing - in addition to the many lakes in the high country loaded with native
trout, the Arkansas River produces some of the biggest and best in the state
- Four Wheeling - miles of designated trails
- Golf - 9 and 18 hole courses in both Lake and Chaffee County (some open year 'round)
- Hiking (some of the best hiking trails in the State - plus fifteen 14,000+ peaks)
- Hot Springs - year 'round - indoor and outdoor
- Hunting (trophy elk hunting, as well as deer, antelope, small game, etc.)
- Mountain Biking (some of the most scenic mountain biking trails in the State)
- Rafting (over 300,000 tourists enjoy whitewater rafting at it's very best)
- Skiing/Snowboarding (Ski Cooper and Monarch Ski and Snowboard Area - loaded with
typical Colorado powder!)
- Snowmobiling
- Tennis - outdoor courts throughout
Many locally organized clubs help organize many exciting activities (sadly there are just
too many to list, but here's just a part of the long, long list):
- Aerobics for Everyone! - Mon, Wed, Friday aerobics classes
- Arkansas Valley Astronomical Society
- Banana Belt Stamp Club
- Bee Vee Harmonizers - male barbershop singing group
- Bingo - played every Friday at the America Legion Post
- Boy Scouts Troups
- Bridge Party - played every Thursday at the Community Center
- Buena Vista Baseball Association - summer youth baseball
- Buena Vista Civic Players - adults and children perform family oriented musicals
and drama
- Business After Hours - business communities meet once a month in all three major
towns and cities to network in a casual social environment
- Cloud City Ski Club - has alpine and Nordic ski programs for youths ages 5-14
- Cloud City Twirlers - baton lessons for ages 4-14
- Collegiate Peaks Taekwon-Do - open classes for karate students
- Collegiate Peaks Anglers Chapter of Trout Unlimited
- Columbine Garden Club
- Columbine Gem & Mineral Society
- 4-H Club - entire valley
- Four by Fourteeners Jeep Club
- Girl Scouts, Columbine Council
- Gymnastics Club - boys and girls ages 2 and up
- Heritage Society - works to promote and preserve local heritage and history
- High Rider's Snowmobile Club - promotes safe and organized snowmobile activities
- Huff & Puff Hikes - organized hikes to the high country
- Kiwanis
- Lake County Youth Soccer - organized youth soccer for Lake County residents
- Leadville Rod & Gun Club - promotes safe handling of guns, trapshooting, fishing
derby
- Leadville Softball Association - adult men, women and coed softball teams for
Lake County residents
- League of Women Voters
- Pick & Shovel Players - melodrama producers for Chaffee County residents
- Photographers Group
- Rotary Club
- Skyline Little League - Little League softball and baseball for Lake County residents
- Smile High Swingers Western Square Dancing Club
- Snowdrifters Snowmobile Club - Chaffee County residents
- Softball Association - tournament and league adult softball
- Sportsmen's Club - works with hunter safety programs, gun shows, etc.
- Thursday Hikers - year 'round hiking club
- Two-Mile Hi Club - off road vehicle club which includes ATV's, motorcycles,
and 4-wheel drive vehicles and organizes weekly outings almost every weekend
- Upper Arkansas Motorized Recreation Coalition - promotes responsible use of public lands
- Valley Children's Choir & Theatre - Chaffee County-wide performing choir for students from second grade through junior high
- Writer's Exchange
- Yoga Class - every Monday
(don't forget to check out our
"Calendar of Events"
link for even MORE entertaining things to do here in the peaceful Upper Arkansas Valley).
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