LA PLATA CANYON
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE PRETTIEST AND MOST MAJESTIC AREAS OF COLORADO ARE? TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF COLORADO MORE PARTICULARLY “LA PLATA CANYON”. ASK 100's OF THE LOCALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DURANGO FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS WHERE THE MOST SCENIC AREAS LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN DURANGO IS AND AT LEAST HALF OF THEM WILL SAY LA PLATA CANYON!
ANYONE HEARD OF LOUIS L’AMOUR? WELL HE THOUGHT SO MUCH OF LA PLATA CANYON THAT HE PURCHASED A RANCH JUST 2.5 MILES NORTH OF KENNEBEC’S RESTAURANT. HE NAMED THIS RANCH SHALAKO RANCH NAMED AFTER ONE OF HIS FAMOUS MOVIES TITLED BY THE SAME NAME: “SHALAKO” STARRING SEAN CONNERY AND BRIGITTE BARDOT. THIS RANCH IS NOW NAMED “SWORD OF TRUTH RANCH”. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR, COOL LA PLATA RIVER MEANDERS NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE HEART OF SWORD OF TRUTH RANCH. ASPEN FORESTS, WHITE FIRS, DOUGLAS FIRS, BLUE SPRUCE, AND PONDEROSA PINES ARE PLENTIFUL! LUSH GREEN MEADOWS INTERSPERSE THIS LOVELY RANCH BOASTING SOME OF THE HEALTHIEST WILDFLOWERS ANY LAND CAN POSSIBLY POSSESS. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO OWN PROPERTY IN THIS PANORAMIC RANCH? A MAGNIFICENT 40 ACRE PARCEL IS AVAILABLE BORDERING THE SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST AND 400 FEET OF BOTH SIDES OF THE LA PLATA RIVER. durangoalpineproperties.com
THE LA PLATA RIVER OFFERS EXCELLENT ANGLING AS WELL AS A LOVELY AMENITY TO JUST RELAX AND ENJOY WHILE READING YOUR FAVORITE LOUIS L’AMOUR WESTERN NOVEL.
TO THE NORTH OF SWORD OF TRUTH RANCH IS THE COMMUNITY OF MAYDAY. ESTABLISHED IN OR AROUND 1890 ghosttowns.com. AFTER THE MAYDAY MINE. PRIOR TO THE FOUNDING OF DURANGO, MAYDAY WAS THE LA PLATA COUNTY SEAT.
THE EXTREMELY POPULAR DINING DESTINATION, KENNEBEC’S RESTAURANT, IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 160 AND COUNTY ROAD 124 JUST 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF SWORD OF TRUTH RANCH IN LA PLATA CANYON! EXPERIENCE FINE AMERICAN DINING IN A SUPERB AND RELAXING SETTING IN THIS FINE RESTAURANT.
BIKING, HUNTING, HIKING, AND ALL AROUND SIGHT SEEING ARE THE MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES IN LA PLATA CANYON. THERE IS OVER 2 MILLION ACRES OF THE SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE END OF THE LA PLATA CANYON JUST NORTH OF MAYDAY. PARROT PEAK, DEADWOOD PEAK, SILVER PEAK OFFER 13,000 + FOOT PEAKS. SPEND A DAY OR TWO HIKING THESE MAGNIFICENT PEAKS.
LA PLATA CANYON FULFILLS ALL THE HYPE AND MORE! DISCOVER AND EXPLORE THE MANY AMENITIES THIS BEAUTIFUL PART OF COLORADO HAS TO OFFER!
BY RON TRUJILLO