Alpine Loop · San Juan Mountains · Colorado
Champion Lode
Forty acres of off-grid mountain country, held across four historic mining claims between Silverton and Lake City.
The Offering
A rare four-parcel holding on the Alpine Loop.
Champion Lode sits high in the San Juan Mountains, on the storied Alpine Loop between Silverton and Lake City. The property comprises four contiguous mining-claim parcels totaling just over forty acres — two improved with cabins, two pristine and ready to build. Every parcel is reachable by dirt road; the place runs entirely off the grid.
The Hoosier
A timber cabin perched in the aspens.
The Hoosier is a roughly 600-square-foot cabin set on its own parcel, with an open floor plan and a wraparound deck that opens straight into a grove of mature aspens. From the deck, the view runs uninterrupted up the valley to the high peaks of the San Juans — gold in autumn, deep green in summer, white through the long winter.
- —Approx. 600 sq ft, open floor plan
- —Wraparound deck with valley and peak views
- —Sited within a mature aspen grove
- —Off-grid construction
- —Seasonal dirt-road access
The Champion
A compact retreat on its own claim.
The Champion is a 408-square-foot cabin on its own parcel — an open, single-room interior built for simple high-country living. Like the Hoosier, it sits off the grid and is reached entirely by dirt road.
- —Approx. 408 sq ft, open floor plan
- —On its own dedicated mining-claim parcel
- —Off-grid living
- —Dirt-road access
Two Build-Ready Parcels
Two additional claims, vacant and waiting.
Beyond the two cabins, Champion Lode includes two further mining-claim parcels — both vacant, both road-accessible, and ready for new structures. A rare chance to design a high-country compound on land you already own outright.
The Views
What you wake up to.
The country surrounding Champion Lode shifts dramatically with the seasons — fresh snow on the high peaks, green valleys in summer, and quiet aspens at last light.
The Land
A landscape of seasons
Your Neighbors
Wildlife at 10,000 feet.
The country around Champion Lode is home to moose, elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer, and pika. These photos were all taken on or just beyond the property — most within a short walk of the cabins.
Out the door
Things to do.
14ers, world-class mountain bike country, the Hardrock 100 course, fishing on the Lake Fork, and one of the most storied 4WD byways in the West — all within reach of the cabin door.
The Setting
On the Alpine Loop, deep in the San Juans
Champion Lode lies along the Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway — one of the most spectacular high-country routes in Colorado — set roughly between the historic mining towns of Silverton and Lake City. This is the heart of the San Juans: thirteen- and fourteen-thousand-foot peaks, alpine basins, aspen valleys, and quiet mountain country in every direction.
Private Inquiry
For pricing and a full information packet.
Champion Lode is offered privately. For pricing, parcel maps, and to arrange a visit, please be in touch directly.