104 Sunrise Peak Rd Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Listing details for 104 Sunrise Peak Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 : EASY-BUILD SITE, GENTLE RIDGE-TOP, FACING SOUTH FOR LOTS OF SOLAR ENERGY. HOUSE WILL HAVE SOME VIEW OF PIKES PEAK, BUT WILL HAVE ENORMOUS WRAP-AROUND VIEW, INCLUDING CAMERON'S CONE, SPECIMEN ROCK, ETC. MANY ROCK FORMATIONS ACROSS ASPEN-SPANGLED VALLEY. NOT MUCH TRAFFIC ON THIS SIDE ROAD. GOOD WELLS IN AREA. YOUR VIEW PROTECTED BY UNBUILDABLE FOREST SLOPE BELOW YOU. THE MOUNTAIN WORLD IS AT YOUR FEET, BUT YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEHIND YOU OR HIDDEN BY TREES TO SIDE. ENJOY 90 DEGREE WARM POOL, FISHING STOCKED LAKE, VOLLYBALL... MOUNTAIN FOLK PREFER TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF VIEW LOTS. "PERCHERS" ARE LIKE ARTILLERY OFFICERS, WANTING A LOFTY SITE WHERE THEY CAN COMMAND THE WORLD. "NESTERS" ARE LIKE INFANTRY, PREFERRING TO HUNKER DOWN IN A COVERED POSITION, NESTLED IN TREES. COLORADO'S TYPICAL MOUNTAIN LOT IS A NESTER, A HOLE IN THE TREES, BUT NOT THIS ONE. CRYSTAL PARK HAS SUCH DRAMATIC GEOGRAPHY, TOWERING OVER THE PLAINS OR ITS WELL-WATERED VALLEY, THAT CRYSTAL PARK HAS MORE PERCHER VIEW LOTS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES.TAKE IT FROM THE LISTER, AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS GUIDEBOOK: MANY CRYSTAL PARK HOMES WOULD BE SCENIC OVERLOOKS IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE STATE. PRIVACY,SERENITY,SECURITY ARE MAJOR FACTORS FOR ITS MOUNTAIN LIFESTYLE. SOIL TYPE IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE, THE VERY BEST FOR BUILDING, ORIGINAL ROCKY MNT GRANITE FREEZE-CRACKED TO MAKE FOR AN EASY DIG, FIRM BUT STABLE. WILDLIFE AND WILDFLOWERS EVERYWHERE. ALL SORTS OF EVERGREENS AND ASPENS.