Carbondale Colorado Real Estate

Where Rocky vistas meet crystal waters

Dream of  buying Carbondale, Colorado real estate?

Carbondale Fine Homes brings a special selection of luxury Aspen log homes and remote Carbondale cabins, Aspen ranches, luxury Aspen chalets, and spectacular Carbondale new homes close to the downtown.

These fabulous Carbondale homes are built with exceptional quality and upgrades, offering you the most unique mountain experience and world class amenities of the Roaring Fork Valley.

Enjoy your Rocky Mountain environment filled with trout fishing, horseback riding, tennis, hiking and biking.
 

30 Minutes to Serenity
Missouri Heights, Carbondale, CO • Fabulous Colorado land located close to Aspen with water rights, rolling fields, and unsurpassed views of Mt. Sopris. 35.20 Acres.

$995,000
 Home on the Range
Missouri Heights, Carbondale, CO • If you love to ride, consider this fantastic 5 bedroom ranch style home with fabulous 360º views & loads of upgrades; granite counter tops, stone fireplace, built in shelves, tile & oak floors, vaulted ceilings, recessed lighting and oak cabinetry. There’s also a 6 stall heated barn with 2 apartments, and 17.5 acres with water rights! Truly a Missouri Heights treasure!

$1,895,000
 Ride On...
Missouri Heights, Carbondale, CO • Gorgeous Colorado Ranch Land with Senior Water Rights and Million Dollar views. Located just minutes from Highway 82 on Missouri Heights and only 30 minutes to Aspen. When purchasing this lot the adjacent 35 acre lot may also be purchased as a package for $2,600,000

$1,600,000
 Creekside Delight
Basalt, CO : West Sopris Creek Road • Fabulous and private 3 bedroom, 2 bath home located on 3.43 acres with fantastic views of Basalt Mtn. The parcel borders Sopris Creek and there is a large pond on the property. Fenced in raised garden beds, mature trees, 7 bay garage, and zoned agricultural so bring the toys and/or create a safe haven for your menagerie of animals.

$1,200,000
 River Valley Ranch
River Valley Ranch, Carbondale, CO • Beautiful single family home in the maintenance free community at RVR. Open living area, 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, big Sopris views, and handicap accessible. A full finished basement maximizes the square footage of this home. Close to public golf, tennis, full recreational facilities and clubhouse.

$995,000
 On the Roaring Fork River
Glenwood Springs, CO • Enjoy the peaceful setting of this 1.95 acre riverfront property on the Roaring Fork River in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The home offers 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, a family room and basement. Detached one car garage, easy access to Hwy 82, and zoned agricultural.

$800,000
 Crème de le Crème
Blue Lake, Carbondale, CO • Impeccably kept one owner home in the premier location of Blue Lake subdivision. Granite kitchen countertops, fully finished basement, heated garage and a backyard designed for entertaining. If quality is what you are looking for, your search ends here!

$899,900
 Uptown Elegance
Glenwood Springs, CO • Enjoy the peaceful setting & elegant, easy lifestyle of this beautiful 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home located just blocks from downtown Glenwood Springs. This gracious home features an open floor plan, a large master bedroom with its own private deck. Completely remodeled, this residence has many upgrades; radiant heat throughout, kitchen appliances, Colorado slate flooring, & features a 1 bedroom ADU with a great rental history. Don’t miss this warm and inviting well designed home.

$789,000
 Fishing for an Investment
Roaring Fork River, Carbondale, CO • Excellent opportunity for investment in a 5 room Bed and Breakfast. This Riverfront fishing retreat has 450 feet of private Roaring Fork River access and it’s only steps to the Carbondale boat ramp. Price is for 25% ownership of Real Estate and Business.

$699,900
 Finely Crafted Luxury
Fass Ranch Road, New Castle, CO • Come and experience this finely crafted 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath home, with sunny, south facing views of the mountains & golf course. This beautiful home has many upgrades such as; inlaid travertine, granite, tumbled marble, a stacked stone gas fireplace, and hardwood & shale flooring. Walkout lower level includes a media room & additional family room. Enjoy the luxurious ambiance of this gem!

Located in the heart of the Rockies at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers, Aspen Fine Homes serves areas from Aspen, Basalt, El Jebel to Carbondale. We also list property west from Glenwood Springs to New Castle, Silt, Rifle, Parachute, Battlement Mesa and Meeker.

Our Carbondale realtors are long time Roaring Fork Valley residents who not only know the Aspen area well, but are also continually involved in the Carbondale community.

Our areas of expertise include Carbondale land and Carbondale residential properties, Aspen ranches, commercial properties and Snowmass homes.

We can help you find the Aspen mountain property you've been dreaming about.

Carbondale takes its name from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the hometown of Carbondale's first settlers.

The legacy of their settlement lives on in Potato Day, an annual fall parade and cookout in Sopris Park.

Until the late 1980s Carbondale's economy was helped by coal operations in the Crystal River Valley, but by 1991 the mines closed down permanently.

Since the early 1990s, Carbondale has served as a mid-point destination between Aspen and Glenwood Springs, and is home to a significant portion of the population of Garfield County.

Carbondale Fine Homes has a wide range of Carbondale realtors to serve you with all of your Glenwood Springs real estate and Carbondale real estate needs.

Located in the heart of the Rockies near the confluence of the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers, Carbondale Fine Homes serve areas from Aspen, Basalt, El Jebel to Carbondale.

We also sell property west from Glenwood Springs to New Castle, Silt, Rifle, Parachute, Battlement Mesa and Meeker.

Carbondale sits in the giant shadow of 12,953-foot Mount Sopris, Carbondale is “where Rocky vistas meet crystal waters.”

Sounds inviting, doesn’t it.

Between Glenwood Springs and Aspen, Carbondale’s down-to-earth folks will meet you in the middle.

The West Elk Loop, a Colorado Scenic Byway, wanders right through town.

And there’s plenty do outside here, from biking, to kayaking, to world-class fly-fishing. In winter, excellent cross-country skiing can be found at Spring Gulch and world famous downhill skiing and snowboarding is only 30 miles away in Aspen. 

Even more skiing can be found at Sunlight Mountain Resort near Glenwood Springs.  We even see the occasional cattle drive through town.

The Carbondale Mountain Fair, held each July in Sopris Park, will introduce you to the true flavor of this tight-knit community and its artists, as will the annual celebration of Western heritage - the Potato Days Parade.

For a detailed history of the area, head to The Mount Sopris Historical Museum, housed in a century-old, two-story log cabin.

Carbondale is located 170 miles west of Denver and 30 miles north of Aspen in the heart of Colorado's central Rocky Mountains.

It is accessible from Interstate-70 through Glenwood Springs, which is 12 miles north of Carbondale.

Carbondale offers convenient access to three commercial airports: Aspen, Eagle and Grand Junction.

It is approximately a three hour drive to Denver International Airport.

There is daily bus service to and from Glenwood Springs, Basalt, and Aspen.

Greyhound buses and Amtrack passenger trains arrive daily in Glenwood Springs.

WHAT YOUR MONEY BUYS IN CARBONDALE REAL ESTATE

$200,000  1/2-acre lot in a new single-family home development. City water, Sopris views.

$325,000  3 rural acres with sound-of-music views. Must love eagles.

$585,000  4-acres near Roaring Fork. Share 20-acres more with just three other owners and our horse.

$725,000  Classic brick Victorian in Old Town Carbondale. Rent out apartment in back to starving artist and feed him.

$1,500,000  Handsome new home on private golf course. Sopris and fairway views; walk to clubhouse, gather at the river.

$4,000,000  Spectacular 40-acre ranch overlooking Sopris; barn and indoor riding arena. Just 40 minutes from Aspen. Perfect for country manner...er, manor.

About Carbondale, Colorado

(Population 5,500) The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Hideout

Home both to ranchers in white cowboy hats and sporto types in fleece, quaint Carbondale is set at the confluence of the Crystal and Roaring Fork Rivers and is anchored to the south by 12,953-foot (3,948-meter) Mount Sopris.

The classic Rockies town is also home to new-school cool: A 13,000-square-foot (1,208-square-meter) skateboard park just opened, and a white-water park is in the works.

Sopris, towering 6,783 feet (2,067 meters) above Main Street, claims what is perhaps Colorado's greatest continuous vertical gain.

Hike it via the Mount Sopris Trail, stopping to swim en route (14 miles round-trip; White River National Forest; +1 970 963 2266), or explore the peak by bike on the Hay Park Trail (30 miles, or 48 kilometers, round-trip). Ajax Bike and Sports has rentals ($40 a day; +1 970 963 0128).

Around now, the last of the season's real white water is flowing on the Class III-IV Shoshone stretch of the Colorado River (Blazing Adventures; $85 for a full-day float trip with lunch; +1 970 923 4544; www.blazingadventures.com).

Climbing season runs through October an hour northwest in Rifle Mountain Park, which claims one of the nation's most challenging collections of limestone sport climbing routes.

For more information and directions, stop by Glendale rock shop Summit Canyon Mountaineering, 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Carbondale (800 360 6994 [U.S. and Canada only]; www.summitcanyon.com), or simply follow the traffic out of town on Saturday morning.

Anglers should splurge on a fly-fishing float trip down the Roaring Fork River with Alpine Angling ($395; 800 781 8120 [U.S. and Canada only]; www.alpineangling.com), or just join the locals casting for trout on the Roaring Fork under the Highway 133 bridge.

Visitor Vitals: Carbondale is three and a half hours from Denver, under an hour from Vail's Eagle Airport, and 45 minutes from Aspen.

Stay at the Thunder River Lodge ($48 and up; +1 970 963 2543; www.thunderriverlodge.biz) and rise early for breakfast at the Village Smithy (+1 970 963 9990; www.villagesmithyrestaurant.com).

Mi Casita (+1 970 963 5866) is one of the town's many authentic Mexican joints. Six89 (+1 970 963 6890; www.six89.com) serves a raved-about ahi tuna carpaccio.

(There's an abbreviated menu on powder days, when the staff hits the hill and races back in time for dinner service.)

Carbondale Relocation Plan

Why Stay & Buy A Home in Carbondale? Carbondale exudes the unpretentious, outdoors-centric vibe that fueled Aspen, its up-valley neighbor, in its pre-fur, pre-Hummer days.

Plus, the town gets 295 days of sunshine a year.

$300,000 Buys: A new, three-bedroom, two-bath single-family home with views of the Crystal River—and $75,000 left over.

Job Market: Bootlicking in Aspen, or hammer swinging right here in town, thanks to the local real estate boom.

Meet the Locals: Writer and adventurer Jonathan Waterman, and Lou Dawson, the first person to ski all 54 of Colorado's fourteeners.

Know Before You Go: The demographics lead to involuntary celibacy. "Bring a significant other, especially if you're male," says local Jeff Achey. "It's a small community, and some of the single people that have come here to work have had a terrible time getting a date."

Carbondale's genuinely friendly residents and close-knit community extend visitors and new residents a hearty welcome.  With our lower altitude, Carbondale's milder climate offers locals and guests longer weeks of spring, summer, and fall in which to play in the great outdoors.  And play we do, with endless opportunities to cross-country ski, hike, bike, fish, and explore right in Carbondale's beautiful backyard.

Looking to relocate to Carbondale?   Here's a good place to start to get the answers you need.

One resource to check out is The Post Independent's FYI Guide:

F Y I -  A Complete Information Guide to Living in Garfield County - 2007