Property Details MLS: 110281

La Mancha Retreat - Buena Vista, CO
19200 Vista Drive
$1,900,000
Within Colorado

La Mancha Retreat is a magnificent 6438 sf custom log-built residence (4 bd, 5.75 bath) on 10.85 acres. Direct, private access to national forest bordering property for hiking nearby fourteeners, hunting, etc. Amazing views of Buffalo Peaks from huge wraparound deck and Great Room. 3 Elk Creek tumbles beside property. End of road privacy. House comes furnished. 20 min to Buena Vista, 45 to Salida, 1 hour to Copper Mtn Ski resort and other ski areas. World-class whitewater rafting and fly-fishing on Arkansas River, only 10 min away.

This property was initially listed for $2,300,000.

The Area

La Mancha Retreat is located at the base of the majestic Collegiate Peaks, just twenty minutes north of Buena Vista, Colorado, and smack in the middle of central Colorado, two hours west of Denver and Colorado Springs and just over an hour to mountain resort towns like Vail, Breckenridge, and Aspen (in summer). Other interesting and historic towns in the Upper Arkansas River Valley within a 30-minute drive include Leadville, to the north, located at over 10,000 feet elevation, and Salida, to the south, the area's "Banana Belt" town, with a mild year-round climate and a popular whitewater park right downtown. Both are being restored to their earlier splendor and full of culture and recreational opportunities.

Buena Vista is a hopping, large town replete with restaurants and shopping, as well as an airport with a runway over 8000 feet long to handle larger jets. Because of all of the world-class recreational amenities nearby and reasonable land prices, Buena Vista is being discovered by the young, entrepreneurial, and sporty set, kayakers, skiers, mountain bikers, whitewater rafters, and climbers intent on living the active, healthy mountain life in a cool place where one is never too far from a good cup of cappuccino.

Experience this Rocky Mountain lifestyle at La Mancha Retreat, which is set on an eastward sloping 11-acres, overlooking the Upper Arkansas River Valley and is comprised of two parcels, with an additional permitted well on the upper unimproved parcel for a new owner to build a guest house. The property possesses trail access directly to the statewide Colorado Trail, from which one can explore the adjacent San Isabel National Forest and Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area and a half-dozen nearby Fourteeners. Interior trails on the property straddle Three Elk Creek, a mountain stream which tumbles down along side La Mancha. The property's mixed forest of ponderosa and lodgepole pines and aspen has been professionally-cleared for fire protection, with the resulting gallery of trees framing views of the Buffalo Peaks across the Arkansas Valley. Although adjacent to a subdivision, La Mancha Retreat is not part of it or a homeowners association.

The House

In addition to this amazing setting and recreational paradise, is a glorious residence in which to relax after indulging in all of the Colorado mountain fun:

6,438 square foot lodge residence built in 2004
Designed to resemble an 18th century English hunting lodge
Built with logs from British Columbia
High-quality furniture included
Four bedrooms, 5.75 bath
3-car oversized garage
Massive fireplace chimney is 8 feet wide and 26 feet high
Great Room window facing the Buffalo Peaks is 20 feet wide and 26 feet high
Main front and back doors antiques over 200 yrs old from British colonial India
2,000 square foot walk-out basement/Game Room
2,000 square-foot deck overlooking Arkansas River Valley and additional balconies
Kitchen with granite counters and high-end appliances