▲ Trail West Association · 18300 Rio Hondo Drive · Buena Vista, Colorado 81211
Trail West Village
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Buena Vista · Colorado

Welcome to Trail West

Trail West Village is a residential community adjacent to Young Life’s Trail West Lodge and Family Camp. We are located near the small mountain town of Buena Vista, Colorado, set in the Collegiate Peaks section of the Sawatch Range and near the headwaters of the Arkansas River.

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Trail West Lodge and Trail West Village were part of the dream of Jim Rayburn, founder of Young Life.

Rayburn had a vision for Young Life’s “Guest Ranch” which would become Trail West Lodge, as we know it today. On April 4, 1959, Young Life purchased a 640-acre ranch, west of Buena Vista, for the price of $38,500. Rancho Caballo became home for the herd of 120 horses being used at the Young Life camps nearby.

In 1960, Young Life allowed friends of Young Life the opportunity to contribute $1,500 towards the building of Trail West Lodge, and for $100 they could purchase a plot of land in a planned community adjacent to Trail West Lodge — thus becoming Trail West Village.

In 1963 the first chalets began construction, and by 1970, 109 plots had been sold with 26 chalets built. Today there are over 108 homes. Trail West Village is truly a special place.

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Board meetings are held at the TWA Maintenance Shed, 18300 Rio Hondo Drive, at 7:00 PM unless owners are notified otherwise. Zoom participation details are emailed to owners ahead of each meeting.
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First light on the Collegiate Peaks
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Mark Donley
18300 Rio Hondo Drive
Buena Vista, CO 81211

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