Very pretty place. Mother moose and her baby usually come out every evening by the willows around 630pm.

Super adorable farm, they have so many goats to see and pet (and for free!). My friends and I loved stopping here after a visit to Buena Vista! The goats, sheep, and horses were all so friendly. Lovely people working there too, and their ricotta is delicious!

Are you someone who hears the word "tour" and gets bored? Well, don't sleep on this place. They have a sipping room that you can enjoy whenever, but I would recommend adding on the tour to the pre-whatever you have planned on Main Street. Make a reservation and get your afternoon/evening started an hour earlier. So, first of all, HUGE shout out to Tammy, our tour leader. She was welcoming, informative, and...fun. It is a pretty cool back story too. LOVE their logo. You can tell Tammy was a teacher in a past life, as her explanations of everything you are learning is very much on point. And you DO learn a lot of stuff. She welcomes questions, and I had a lot of them. You also get to sample the product, and the product is GOOD. You might even think in your mind that you don't like whiskey, but don't let that stop you. They have so many KINDS of whiskey that Tammy or whoever will find one you like. They say this very well on their website. "Our distilling is steeped in whiskey tradition, but our methods are infused with curiosity and creativity." Perfectly said. Curiosity and creativity. I think they might pause the tours during the winter, but here is your first great idea for when they come back. To review, make plans on Main Street, reserve a tour, do the tour before your magical other plans, and then take on Buena Vista in a great mood. Tammy, thanks again! Definitely recommend, and see you there next year!

On our way from Estes Park down to Salida. Stopped here to stretch our legs and use the facilities before getting back on the road. What a nice place for a picnic, with individual covered spots with tables, as well as a main gazebo with info panels about the mountains and the valley over the years. Also setup to accommodate horse trailers, and multi-use trails. The views are absolutely amazing here!

We rented out the historic courtroom for our wedding rehearsal/welcome reception and the venue was perfect. Everyone was so kind and easy to work with and all the guest absolutely loved the beautiful venue and learning something new about BV while they were there. Thank you so much!

It was beautiful. Mountain Lion and cub, just be aware, and take proper pre-caution. Be safe, Gorgeous clear water, fishing is a bonus, with fishing licence of course. Fun, an Safe adventuring y'all!

So beautiful. Our group consensus is this is the most beautiful 14er we have experienced.. so far. A few things that may be helpful… the road in is indeed rough. It is well maintained but it is a mountain dirt road with a lot of potholes and the going is slow!! Google maps will not reflect the actual time it takes you to get up that road. Just go slow but give yourself plenty of time. Google maps thinks the speed limit is 55. I would say you average 20mph. Once you get up there, the parking area is to your right… .4 miles later there is a sign for 4wd road. We had a Chevy traverse w AWD and decided not to risk it (the 4wd road). It was the right choice. I would only take it if you have a jeep or a truck w 4wd and some clearance. We saw one Subaru outback that made it but I guarantee there were some scrapes. The walk is 2 miles exactly from the 2wd lot to the trailhead. This is going to add a solid 30-40 min at each end of the hike. From the trailhead, I clocked 8 miles round trip, so a total of about 12 miles including the walk. We took a very leisurely pace both up and down. We didn’t hit the actual trailhead until 7:25. Got to the summit in 3 hours. We were a group of 4, all in shape but not hiking regularly.