Leadville, CO Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Standing at an elevation of over ten thousand feet, south of I-70 and eighty miles west of Denver, the wonderfully atmospheric old mining town of LEADVILLE is the highest incorporated city in the US, with a magnificent view across to broad-shouldered, ice-laden mounts Elbert (14,433ft) and Massive (14,421ft), Colorado's two highest peaks. As you approach from the south, your first impression is likely to be of giant slag heaps and disused mining sheds, but don't let this put you off: Leadville is rich in character and romance, its old redbrick streets abounding with tales of gunfights, miners dying of … more »