Leadville vs. Evergreen (Delta: power lines, transfer, electricity)

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Then when you have more time you hit up the high country.

Rocky Mountain National Park

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Same place, different pic.

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Then when you come home you see this



Instead of this



It isn't for everyone but for people who want to live in the mountains but still have city amenities and be within commuting distance to Denver jobs, Evergreen is a good compromise.

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Don't forget this :-)

[breaksraver13]

Thanks altitude for those pictures, Evergreen is going to be on my TOP places to visit when we get there in October.................Simply breathtaking I must say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by breaksraver13

Thanks altitude for those pictures, Evergreen is going to be on my TOP places to visit when we get there in October.................Simply breathtaking I must say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two "high country" pics where taken at rocky mountain national park (I'll edit the pic just to make sure) which is close enough for an all day trip. Summit county is closer and has great scenery too plus Lake Dillion.

All other pics where taken in Evergreen except for the housing tract which is in Highlands Ranch.

[onthamove]

the mts in evergreen are "high country" to me i mean most of town is near 8000 feet thats alot higher than denver, and like you said the amenties of denver are within commuting distance and plus my snow that i must have is also there in earnest much more than denver gets, check out this link you can see how mch snow the plains, frontrange and frontrange mts of colorado have gotten since september 2001 its pretty sweet (ps might wanna check out march 2003's map thats insane!)
Denver WFO Area Snowfall Maps
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO - Product Viewer

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Originally Posted by onthamove

the mts in evergreen are "high country" to me i mean most of town is near 8000 feet thats alot higher than denver, and like you said the amenties of denver are within commuting distance and plus my snow that i must have is also there in earnest much more than denver gets, check out this link you can see how mch snow the plains, frontrange and frontrange mts of colorado have gotten since september 2001 its pretty sweet (ps might wanna check out march 2003's map thats insane!)
Denver WFO Area Snowfall Maps
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO - Product Viewer

Those are pretty cool links.

The March 03 storm was a "100 year storm" (I have no idea if this is true but that is what everyone says) and Evergreen got anywhere from 5' to 8' of snow. I wasn't living here when it happened but I have heard plenty of stories. It shut the place down for about 5 days or so, lots of people loss power.....

This is what it takes to snow you in here. This last season we had two storms that dumped 2'-2.5' each and after snow throwing my driveway the county road was all ready plowed and it was business as usual. I think this winters snow fall registered somewhere around the 5th or 6th most severe winter on record. Even this didn't snow the town in.

If something like that happens again I am 100% prepared for it and could easily live at home for a week straight, even without electricity in the dead of winter.

Fun stuff.

[Deltagolf]

Originally Posted by High Altitude

Those are pretty cool links.

The March 03 storm was a "100 year old storm" (I have no idea if this is true but that is what everyone says) and Evergreen got anywhere from 5' to 8' of snow. I wasn't living here when it happened but I have heard plenty of stories. It shut the place down for about 5 days or so, lots of people loss power.....

This is what it takes to snow you in here. This last season we had two storms that dumped 2'-2.5' each and after snow throwing my driveway the county road was all ready plowed and it was business as usual. I think this winters snow fall registered somewhere around the 5th or 6th most severe winter on record. Even this didn't snow the town in.

If something like that happens again I am 100% prepared for it and could easily live at home for a week straight, even without electricity in the dead of winter.

Fun stuff.

High Alt,

Great pictures and info about Evergreen we too are pretty much sold on the town as well. If we find a place out there we will have to take you and fam out for dinner to thank you
One question I had what do most people do if they do loss power for a couple of days? Do you and most have generators?

[onthamove]

i too am sold on Evergreen, i first saw/heard of the town back in october 2006 the weather channel has a webcam there and it was a pre halloween blizzard that dropped 25'' they showed some footage and i noticed not only snow but the amazing mtn scenery as well