Aguilar, Colorado

Aguilar is situated in the heart of the Apishapa River Valley in south central Colorado, midway between Trinidad and Walsenburg. The dry exhilirating climate in the Aguilar area makes for healthful, happy living with its' restful, sleep-inducing cool nights and warm (but not hot) sunny days. County Road 46.0 goes west of town through Gulnare and leads to the top of Cordova Pass (elevation 11,005 feet) over which towers the West Spanish Peak (elevation 13,656 feet), flanked on the west by the Culebra Range of the snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains. A well marked timber trail through the San Isabel National Forest leads to the top of the West Spanish Peak. It is rugged climbing but it affords a magnificent and unforgetable view of the vast countryside below.

County Road 46.0 is also known as the Apishapa Road and has recently been incorporated into the Highway of Legends National and State Scenic Byway. This does not mean that the snow will be plowed through the National Forest section over Cordova Pass, this part of the road is usually snowed in until late May.