Well, I never did make it to the high county with the snow shoes. I have clients coming in this weekend looking for a unique piece of property. I had picked about three to look at, but one is so snowed in that the listing agent suggested that we wait a month. That left two and the listing agent had not yet been to the $1.3m parcel because of snow, but he called and said the road was open and I should go take a look.
The road is a about 3 miles long with a climb of about 1000 feet and most of the snow was gone, in some cases the melt had left mud...but when in doubt, go higher. Wow! The views were panoramic. The valley towards Salida spread out down along the Arkansas River with the snow-covered Sangre de Cristos creating a back-drop. Up valley was Buena Vista and Buffalo Peaks and to the west was a wall of snow-covered 13,000 and 14,000 foot peaks. Altogether, the parcel has about 134 acres and backs up to National Forest land...not far from the Colorado Trail. Treed parcels of this size are hard to come by in our area...after all...about 85% of the county is public land.
This parcel was specatcular. Lots of ups and downs with arroyos, but there were a number of little finger ridges extending out from the flat forest land. Most of the land was not buildable, but the seclusion, views and feel were just right for a get-a-way. An expensive one to say the least. My wife, Edie, who went along for the ride thought we should buy it. That got me to thinking about the pricing of a parcel like this. There really was not any arguing the price. Land like this was was hard to come by in this valley, so just about any price tag would work. The buyers, however, may have a different view.
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