Memories to Last a Lifetime Welcome to Columbia Ranch, your home away from home, in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Charree County is known as the Heart of the Rockies because all 52 of the fourteen thousand foot peaks in the entire Rocky

Mountains are located within 120 miles of Buena Vista.

These towering mountains provide the backdrop for our bed and breakfast. We are at the base of Mount Columbia and Mount Harvard, two fourteeners in the Upper Arkansas River Columbia Ranch Bed and Breakfast Valley, with both Mount Princeton and Mount Yale, two more mammoth peaks, looming above our dining room windows. The Buffalo Peaks, twin volcanoes, are just across the river, and Our mission is to provide you with a memorable stay in the guarding our front doors. We are between two wildlife refuges beautiful Buena Vista, Colorado Mountains. We look forward to so elk, deer, antelope, coyotes and bobcats are frequently seen sharing the spectacular views from the privacy of your room, or crossing our property. from the dining area that frames Mt. Princeton! The four seasons are ready to entertain you. Spring and summer hikes, bicycling, raft and kayak trips, fishing on creeks, beaver ponds, lakes and the river, four wheeling excursions, exploring ghost towns in the area and our favorite, horse-backriding, Columbia Ranch Bed and Breakfast provide for the days’ outdoor entertainment. Fall extends most Mailing: PO Box 1100 of these activities will into November with the added benefit Physical: 32705 Columbia Ranch Road of taking in the quaking aspen’s golden hue. Winter features Buena Vista, CO 81211 snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, and of P . 719.395.8017 course, Alpine skiing at resorts such as Monarch, Cooper and F . 719.395.8900 Cooper Mountain, all within easy driving distance. email . [email protected] member, Buena Vista Chamber of Commerce So come; we are excited to share our piece of paradise with you. Bring your horses, kayaks, bicycles and friends. Let’s have fun! The breakfast menu is complete and features homemade breads that highlight various meat and egg dishes, or can be as simple as cereal and juice. You will be served in our three window dining area overlooking Mount Princeton, or out on our screened porch with the same magnificent view. Coffee is available in your room 24 hours a day. Meet Your Hosts Mt. Columbia Room From the Mount Columbia room you Joel & Lisa Stahlecker are both Colorado natives. Both can look out at its namesake to the west grew up in the Colorado mountains and deserts and and exit a door to take in the sounds of both have spent a half-century exploring the trails, mountain breezes, quaking aspens and roads and wilderness areas of the state. Married in seasonally listen to a babbling brook. 1979, they raised their children to appreciate the This room is a master bedroom suite with environment in which they lived. double sinks and double spray shower. The queen sized bed and private settings Lisa’s strongest passion is hiking. She has been on will comfort you all night long. Mt. Columbia Room - $145/night (double occupancy) many of the trails in the area and lives to experience the outdoors. She also loves to ride her Quarter horse, Gypsy and her favorite food is a packed lunch straight out of her backpack or saddle bags. But for you, the most important thing to know is that Lisa loves to cook! Her Buffalo Peaks Room special passion is bread and at every family reunion, The Buffalo Peaks room has a window friend get-together or church potluck, people beg for her looking north up the valley to see Buffalo rolls, muffins and bread loaves. She is also an accountant Peaks on the right and the lower ridges and business manager by education and vocation. of Mount Harvard to the left. This room also has a comfortable queen sized Joel is an avid outdoorsman and loves history. Next to his bed and its own private bathroom with wife, his horse Valor is his best friend. Joel grew up in the shower/tub across the hallway. This San Luis Valley and the high plateaus of western Colorado. room is also available as a suite with He loves hiking and horseback riding and loves to share his your own library and reading area. knowledge of Colorado and its people. Joel is a veterinarian Buffalo Peaks Room - $130/night (double occupancy) This room can also be rented as a suite for $150/night and owns Cottonwood Veterinary Service in Buena Vista.

The Stahlecker’s family passions are God, hiking, Your horses can be accommodated All of our rooms are smoke free! We do have a resident horseback riding, snowshoeing, cross country and for a small fee of $10/horse/night. Cornish Rex Cat, Mr. B and two Chocolate Labrador Retrievers, alpine skiing, four wheeling, traveling and escaping Reservations required! Daisy and DD. into the high country for scall creek fishing.