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Alpine Mountain RANCH & CLUB

THE FOUR-HOUR DRIVE FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS WAS beautiful and relaxing. Wildflowers were still in full bloom in late August. Cattle grazed on green grasslands, and a snow-free view of the entire Yampa Valley unfolded before us as we descended over Rabbit Ears pass on U.S. Route 40 and pulled into our destination: Alpine Mountain Ranch & Club.

We were 10 minutes shy of the charming Western-rooted resort town of Steamboat and a world away. Intrigued by the community’s “Dream It — Build It” slogan, my husband and I had made the trip to check out the 5-acre homesites within the 1,200-acre ranch.

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