If you really want to get off the grid, this is a great solution. The owner has declined many modern comforts, instead choosing a simpler lifestyle. Both the cabin and bunkhouse are supplied with water from a historic spring once used by a stage route. Electricity is supplied by solar panels with battery banks. Heat is provided by an ample nearby supply of firewood that stokes a wood stove. Sanitation is supplied by the cleanest and neatest outhouses you’ll ever see. Of course, septic systems can be installed.

Main cabin is like a tiny home with 1 bedroom and loft; bunkhouse has 3 bedrooms

The main cabin is what you’d call a pocket cabin or even a tiny home. Downstairs it has a small living area, kitchen, and pantry. Upstairs is a loft and bedroom, with room to build in a bathroom. The porches are wide and spacious, with huge views to Mt. Sopris and the Elk Mountains. 50 yards above the cabin is the bunkhouse, which has a nice-sized kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom on the main level, with two bedrooms and a small living area upstairs. Wood heat keeps it warm. Showers are a simple affair of a bag of sun-warmed water.

Year-round Living at High Elevation--Natural Gas and Power is Available

For the buyer seeking a year-round residence, this property offers solutions, including a free tap into a natural gas pipeline that goes through the bottom of the 35 acres a hundred yards or so south of the cabins. Grid power is also nearby. The cabins are at 8,400 feet in elevation, so summers are cool and inviting, but winter snows are deep. The county road is maintained year-round and neighbors share the job of plowing the road to the property.

Ponds, Horse Pasture, and Mountain Splendor on a 35-acre Mountain Parcel

This 35-acre parcel is truly exceptional, situated on the edge of two climate zones. The lower part of the parcel has grassy open meadows well suited (and fenced) for keeping horses during the summer and fall months. Two ponds are full for most of the summer. As one hikes to the top of the property, the zone changes from oak brush and open meadows to aspens and eventually to a grove of Douglas firs. Serviceberry and chokecherry feed the bears, and the habitat is excellent for mule deer and elk. The seller has crafted a labyrinth of trails, including several hundred feet of boardwalk, to offer a never-ending hiking experience on the property.