The SAN LUIS VALLEY is in the south central part of Colorado almost halfway between Denver,
Colorado and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Each is approximately 200 miles away from Alamosa,
the business center of the valley and home to Adams State College. Here you will find shopping
facilities, a hospital, churches, banks, movies the airport, car rental companies, etc.
To the east is Mount Blanca, the fourth largest peak in the state, looming skyward 14,345 feet, 207
feet higher than famed Pikes Peak. Mount Blanca is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southern
part of the Great Rocky Mountain Range that borders the valley on the north and east. To the west
are the beautiful San Juan Mountains, America's Alps! Between these two majestic ranges at 7600
feet lies the world's highest true valley, the San Luis Valley, where it's a rare day that the sun doesn't
shine.
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| The historic Rio Grand River runs through Alamosa
as does Highway 160, the shortest, quickest and
most scenic route between Los Angeles and Chicago
through the Old West. Along this route, which is part
of the Old Navajo Trail, at Fort Garland, you'll find the historic fort which was Kit Carson's last command post. Nearby you'll find San Luis, the oldest town in Colorado
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