Alamosa CO? (Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Gunnison: home, travel, schools)

[coltoncity]

Alamosa is on a main road to NM and I was wondering what thoughts anyone had on it? Is the road easy to travel in winter and how are the schools?

[winglady]

The roads in Alamosa tend to be pretty good in winter, but you might want to check out the winter temperatures and be sure you can deal with those. This is one of the coldest towns in Colorado in the winter!

We spent a lot of time in Alamosa while doing research for our guidebook on nearby Great Sand Dunes National Park -- a place we absolutely love. It strikes us as a friendly place, and the college adds some extra "life" to the area. We don't know anything about the k-12 schools, however.

[Colomonter]

Originally Posted by winglady

The roads in Alamosa tend to be pretty good in winter, but you might want to check out the winter temperatures and be sure you can deal with those. This is one of the coldest towns in Colorado in the winter!

We spent a lot of time in Alamosa while doing research for our guidebook on nearby Great Sand Dunes National Park -- a place we absolutely love. It strikes us as a friendly place, and the college adds some extra "life" to the area. We don't know anything about the k-12 schools, however.

Not only one of the coldest towns in Colorado, but along with Gunnison one of the coldest in the nation.

Yesterday, Alamosa was the coldest place in the lower 48 at 18 below zero.

[I_LUVNM]

Yes, Alamosa is an ice box. The cold air in the high Rockies drains down into that valley and it really is cold. I know it is a mostly Hispanic town. It also has some great sand dunes that are a sight to see.

[Kaptain Karl]

A very hometown / small town atmosphere. A college town (with both the good and the bad associated with that). A very cold and very windy place in the winter. A very hot and windy place in summer.

Alamosa is one of those weird little towns which -- on the surface -- doesn't appear to offer much. But the people are all very neighborly and ... a significant number of kids who went there for school (Adams State) stay or return, for various reasons, within five years and choose to live there.

- KK

[MattDen]

Alamosa despite being an ice box in winter in the morning tends to warm up rapidly as the day progresses. So basically in this ulta-dry climate once the sun hits the town its going to warm up really fast and when the sun goes down it will cool down very fast also.

Summers in Alamosa are warm during the day, but not hot. Typically in the
70s during the day and 40s at night.

I dont even think Alamosa except very, very rarely even hits 90 degrees. And even if it were a 90 degree day those hot days tend to cool off even faster when the sun goes down so low temperatures would still be in the 40s at night.

I heavily doubt that people even need air-conditioning in Alamosa especially since the summer nights are at least 10 degrees cooler at night then Pueblo and Colorado Springs.

Except for the cold winter mornings, Alamosa has a good climate. But its a long drive to any larger town amenities, but it does have the basics.

[froggin4colorado]

I lived by Alamosa for a year and it was cold! It was a dry cold though, little snow and mostly cold. I remember driving at night and seeing the bank thermometer say -21 degrees!! We used to cruise the main street in Alamosa on the weekends, nothing else to really do. Summers never got that warm, kinda like Matt said. A lot of drugs in the area, small town typical stuff.