The Fraser Valley brings the mountains close in every season. In Colorado’s most accessible resort town, you’ll find world-class skiing in winter and world-class mountain biking in summer, with the Continental Divide at your doorstep and forests all around. Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand Lake are nearby, and Denver is within reach. Grand Park sits in the heart of the valley, between Winter Park and Fraser and just minutes from Winter Park Resort.
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| Fraser Valley at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Where | The Fraser Valley, minutes from Winter Park Resort |
| The drive from Denver | Less than an hour and a half, over Berthoud Pass on US-40 |
| Getting to the Resort | The free bus to the Resort stops near Grand Park |
| Care close to home | Middle Park Health: 24-7 emergency care at its new Fraser campus, and in Granby and Kremmling |
| Town size | Fraser had 1,400 residents at the 2020 census |
What makes a Colorado town a good place to live?
Two questions are worth considering: the life you want every day and how far you are from what you need. Answer those, and the rest of the move will usually fall into place.
For most people moving to Colorado, the life they want is outside. They want snow in winter and long days in the valley in summer, with a home that sits close to both.
What they need is closer to home: good care close by and a town that feels like a town, with the city a short drive away. We weighed exactly those things when we chose where to build.
Which Colorado places are worth a look?
Look at two kinds of places: the Front Range cities and the mountain towns. Each gives you a different Colorado.
The Front Range cities. Denver and Fort Collins give you the city every day and the mountains on weekends. They suit a life built around an office, with the high country as the escape.
The mountain towns. The mountain towns give you the mountains every day. Life there follows the seasons, and the city is the trip you plan for.
The Fraser Valley. The Fraser Valley sits in between. It is a mountain valley less than an hour and a half from Denver, so you live in the mountains and still reach the city for the day. We wrote more about the town next door in why Winter Park belongs on your home search list.
Whichever places make your list, visit each one twice, once in winter and once in summer. A town that suits you in both seasons is a town you will be glad to live in all year. Spend a weekday there as well as a weekend, because a weekday is what living there actually feels like.
What is daily life like in the Fraser Valley?
Daily life here is mountain life, all year. Grand Park sits minutes from Winter Park Resort, and the free bus to the Resort stops nearby, so a ski morning starts without the car.
Off the mountain you can swim and climb at the rec center. Fraser is a small town, with 1,400 residents at the 2020 census, and it feels like one.
Care is close too. Middle Park Health provides 24-7 emergency care at its new Fraser campus, and also in Granby and Kremmling.
How far is the Fraser Valley from Denver?
Winter Park is the most accessible resort town in Colorado. It’s less than an hour and a half from Denver. From Denver you take I-70 west to exit 232 at Empire, then US-40 over Berthoud Pass.
The route leaves I-70 at Empire, east of the Eisenhower Tunnel, so it skips tunnel traffic. That makes Denver a day trip for a flight or a concert rather than an expedition.
Where do I start if I want to live at Grand Park?
Start with the homes listed now, then plan a visit. We build condos, townhomes, villas and homesites, and each was designed for its own kind of mountain life.
Our team can walk you through what is listed that week and how each home type lives in every season. For a wider look at the move itself, read moving to Colorado and why Winter Park belongs at the top of your list.
The bottom line
The best places to live in Colorado are the ones that give you the life you want every day. For mountain life with Denver within reach, we chose the Fraser Valley, and we built Grand Park there minutes from Winter Park Resort.
See the homes listed now and plan your first visit.
