The Many Moods of Mt. Blanca - A photography journal. The same mountain - pictured from the same place - by the same photographer. Dee Plucinski - Steffens & Company Realty. Local Real Estate Expert, Mountain Adventuress.
Mt Blanca is located near the towns of Alamosa and Fort Garland in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado. Only 40 miles or so from the New Mexico Border, these lots are only two hours from Santa Fe and four hours from Denver. You're only a 20-minute drive from the Great Sand Dunes National Park and 30 minutes from the Sand Dunes Recreation Hot Springs Swimming Pool. Mt. Blanca the huge mountain you see in the pictures is the 4th tallest mountain in Colorado. Also on this massif, you'll find Ellingwood Point and Little Bear Peak , also over 14,000 feet tall. Are you a fan of extreme, off-road, 4x4 trails? The road up Mt. Blanca to Como Lake is one of the most extreme in the state of Colorado as ranked by OnX Maps. Not for the faint of heart! Maybe Rock Climbing is your jam? Check out the world-class routes available at Penitente Canyon, only a 40-minute drive. Feel like chasing waterfalls? Zapata Falls is 25 minutes and Treasure Falls