The drive into Spanish Peaks Country is pretty enough, and the views on the aforementioned Cordova Pass are stunning. You can also take paved Colorado 12 to Cuchara Pass.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder published in the journal “Lithosphere” looked at how erosion millions of years ago uncovered the Spanish Peaks. Researcher ...

In Southern Colorado, the Spanish Peaks appear as a pair, a “double mountain” of mystical significance to Native peoples. Neither the West nor the East Spanish Peak is a fourteener, yet they ...

The Spanish Peaks have long been an important monument for generations of people who have called southern Colorado home. The indigenous Comanche people referred to these formations as "Wahatoya ...

The Spanish Peaks are so prominent an entire region of southern Colorado is named for them. You can drive high up on West Spanish Peak via Cordova Pass to start your 2,600-foot hike to the summit ...

Spanish Peaks Chamber of Commerce also manages the 12 murals at the park’s visitor center, created back in 1972 by Disney Animator Paul Busch in an effort to encourage visitors to reflect on the ...

Colorado 12, the Highway of Legends, covers 82 miles between Trinidad and Walsenburg, including a dirt stretch back to Aguilar/Interstate 25. The road is paved between Trinidad and Walsenburg.

Following the deadly Texas floods that have taken over 100 lives, Coloradans look back on the Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch flood that forced the evacuation of over 100 campers in 2014.

December 7 - Spanish Peaks Library and Museum of Friends will offer workshops, demonstrations, and art gifts December 7 - The Huerfano County Holiday Traditions Art & Craft Fair at the Walsenburg ...

Image: Deriva Energy. US renewable project developer and operator Deriva Energy has commissioned its 140MW Spanish Peaks Solar portfolio in the US state of Colorado.

Edwards-based photographer Raymond A. Bleesz has been accepted to the 2022 Spanish Peaks Photography Show in La Veta with his photo, “Abandoned Territorial Bank.” Bleesz is the Co-Founder of the Vail ...