Living in Upper Ute Pass - The Ute Pass area is a great place to work and raise a family, especially in the highlands of Teller and eastern Park Counties. Wonderful homes and properties are available in a number small, quaint communities. In addition, the area hosts several rural subdivisions in a variety of settings, all with an exciting view of Pikes Peak, America's Mountain. The environment naturally invites you to explore and enjoy the surrounding scenic mountain views. Just a short, 20-minute drive from Colorado Springs brings you to an alpine setting framed by aspen and a variety of native evergreen trees. Clean mountain air and a sunny big sky combine to make you feel right at home.
Mountain Living at its Best - Quaint towns and villages like Woodland Park, Divide, Florissant, Cripple Creek (Teller County seat) and Victor decorate the landscape and reflect a rich mining and railroad history.
Natural Beauty - The Pikes Peak area is a natural draw for tourists and emigrees alike. Expansive meadows and deep green fir and pine forests support mule deer, elk, brown bear, coyote and other wildlife. The alpine features of the upper Ute Pass, the high country atmosphere and slower pace, are assets that are almost as important to a mountain homeowner as the home itself. That's why on this site, we promote the region and the real estate. The photos above and throughout our site illustrate the natural beauty of the central Rockies - a beckening call to all who are searching for a great place to live!
The Marshall-Martinek Team - Dave Martinek and John Marshall - the Marshall/Martinek Team (see photo above) - are associated with Coldwell Banker 1st Choice Realty in Woodland Park, Colorado, located 18 miles west of Colorado Springs. Their focus is mountain homes and properties throughout the Pikes Peak region, i.e., Colorado Springs and the towns and villages along Ute Pass in El Paso and Teller counties, as well as west into South Park and the upper Arkansas River Valley.
Come for a visit - stay for a lifetime!
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Here's the sequence and description of the photos featured in the top-page graphic:
1 - Pikes Peak from Divide cabin; 2 - Divide Cabin; 3 - Dave Martinek and John Marshall - The Marshall/Martinek Team; 4 - Winter in Leadville; 5 - Clouds obscuring Colorado Springs; 6 - Fall at Forebay Lake - Twin Lakes area; 7 - Fall at a local Divide meadow; 8 - Fall in South Park with a hot-air balloon; 9 - Webcam of downtown Woodland Park; and 10 - Coldwell Banker 1st Choice Realty office in Woodland Park.
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Colorado - It's Waiting Here For You
You imagine Ute Indians camping and hunting game where houses now stand. They raised monuments to their dead and to the Great Spirit. Later, ranchers grazed cattle here and built fences. Eventually, the ranch land was platted into 35-acre or smaller parcels. But the land remains rural and the history still comes through, if you stand still and listen.
Notwithstanding separate mineral rights and the limitations on use of airspace, when you own a piece of land, you own the surface acreage and everything above and underneath. Technically speaking, you own an upside-down pyramid extending all the way to the center of the earth. The land, then, is your connection to the world.
You survey Pikes Peak, the foothills, the rock outcroppings, the decomposed granite soil and the volcanic debris that has littered the hillside for millennia. You see the mountainside across the meadows and wonder what events and things happened, or what people lived and passed through here in ages past. Everything has a history; you can be part of it.
Some people settle down and plant roots that last for generations. Others, imbued with the pioneer spirit, venture out in search of that one place where nature and the world comes together for them. There they plant their roots anew. I don’t need to over-dramatize the experience of owning land in Colorado, but I do want to remind all those who may yearn for the quiet solitude of a big blue sky and fresh mountain air...that the land is here waiting for you.
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Directly above my picture (top left) is a menu (blue bar). The first two items on the menu deal with properties.
The first item - PROPERTIES - is a general page where you can search featured properties and access a number of search engines, including Realtor.com and our local Pikes Peak Association of Realtors (PPAR) MLS system, to look for properties in the Pikes Peak/Ute pass area, as well as all over Colorado.
The second menu item - SEARCH/1ST CHOICE REALTY - breaks out the search engine for Coldwell Banker 1st Choice Realty. Using this site, you can review all the properties listed by my brokerage. (Note: See the new, bigger photo layout).
Be sure to read Buying Property in the Mountains of Colorado. This white paper provides valuable information about issues you should know when buying or owning a home in the mountain.
Just click the red link below to access a menu of my monthly online newsletters, Pikes Peak Country.
...then click the first item at the top of the list to read my July 2009 issue.
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IT'S A FACT! Eighty percent of all home buyers search the internet for properties before ever contacting a Realtor. Sites like Realtor.com, Craigslist.com and a host of others allow searchers to look all over the nation for property with a high degree of anonymity. By clicking Properties in the upper menu (above my picture - see blue bar), you can access a variety of search engines to look for Colorado homes and land.
ENHANCE YOUR SEARCH! Once you have reviewed properties online, and have narrowed your search to the Front Range of central Colorado, you can go a step further and subscribe to a free automatic search program through our local Pikes Peak Association of Realtors (PPAR) Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
DESIGNED FOR YOU! This special search program, designed specifically for you and at absolutely no cost, will find properties that match your particular search parameters and send you periodic emails. Each email will contain a link to your personal webpage where you may review the properties in detail, including pictures.
TO SUBSCRIBE. Subscribing to a free property search is easy. Just send me an email with your contact information (name, address, telephone number) and a description of the kind of property that interests you. Be specific. Include your price range, the number of bedrooms/baths, square footage, acceptable locations, acreage, views, etc. I'll do the rest. In a few days you'll be receiving emails with links to your own webpage where you can review at your leisure all the properties found.
Let me and the Marshall-Martinek Team help you find a mountain home or land. For questions and information contact me using the general inquiry functions, or call or email using the contact information below:
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You're invited to read my bio and review my ten personal real estate policies which guide my conduct as a Realtor. Just click Personal Information in the top (blue bar) menu.
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