Comments on: Moving to Colorado

By: Move to Colorado Complete

Move to Colorado Complete — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:51:24 +0000

[...] my prior post both here and on my climbing blog, many asked where I was planning on living and offered up a bunch of suggestions. We had to do a [...]

By: Move to Colorado is complete - All Climbing

Move to Colorado is complete - All Climbing — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:03:32 +0000

[...] wrote a few months ago about my eventual move to Colorado. Well, after much effort, I’m finally here. My wife and I drove the 1520 miles from [...]

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:12:55 +0000

@Emily – I felt the same way. I was hoping to find areas I didn’t like, but they all seemed pretty great.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:22:05 +0000

Tom, Golden is definitely a possibility. I’m just not familiar with climbing gyms or crags in the area. Every place I visited in Colorado seemed appealing!

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:13:08 +0000

@Emily – Why not Golden itself and avoid the commute? You’d be close to Denver and still reasonable distance from Boulder. Plus you have quick access to the interstate to get up into the mountains.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:56:24 +0000

Where should I live?? I’m very excited to be moving to Co a week from today, to start a new job in Golden. Here are some of the factors: I’ve climbed around Boulder in the past and know I like it there, but it seems like a pretty long commute. My work schedule should (!?) be fairly flexible and part-time, and I know I’m going to be a regular at some climbing gym in the evenings (although I prefer all the usual outdoor stuff – rock, alpine, ice, etc) I’d like to maximize climbing/cultural/life enjoyment and minimize commuting – any suggestions?

By: Tammie Drake

Tammie Drake — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:00:48 +0000

I think you should try Loveland, Mead, Berthoud, Firestone and Longmont areas first. We live in Loveland and LOVE IT! If you are interested in 35 acres, let me know as I am selling our personal residence. If you get a minute check out our visual tour. You will be amazed at the beauty of the Front Range. http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?T=1234483. Good Luck finding your new Colorado residence. If you need any help or suggestions, feel free to contact me.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:17:44 +0000

Tom, I would definitely recommend you check out Fort Collins. I live out here in Utah and love to go visit Fort Collin, it has a great climbing scene and lots of cool people. Plus it is not that expensive.

http://www.trainingforrockclimbing.com

By: Kraig

Kraig — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:20:03 +0000

Hey! Can I move to Colorado too!?! We could have a blogger day out!

By: Tridad

Tridad — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:17:53 +0000

CO is a great place to land. Check out this site for more input from locals:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/colorado/

This site really helped us when deciding to move to Tennessee.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:46:22 +0000

jealousy from up here in crag-deprived western washington… we have family and friends in Boulder and Denver, and based on my two trips to that part of the world I do believe you’re moving to heaven…

By: David, er, newclimber.com

David, er, newclimber.com — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:31:15 +0000

Yeehaw! Could it be that Boulder(ish) might become the home of three pretty great climbing blogs? We’d welcome you out here – Allclimbing and ClimbingNarc. Let me know if I can be of any help. Also, narc, email me as my employer might be hiring a few semi-qualified IT pros.

Cheers folks!

David

By: casey

casey — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:17:07 +0000

did you climb in austin last year at sxsw??

By: climbing narc

climbing narc — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:33:53 +0000

Yeah, that would be great to know. Like you we are fairly flexible on location too. It will mostly depend on where we can find work. Any referrals you have to places seeking semi-qualified IT professionals would be great Oh, and high school english teaching jobs as well…

I’ll be sure to subscribe to your other blog so I see the updates there as well.

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:30:51 +0000

ClimbingNarc – really? that’s great! Look forward to meeting you in person then. I will definitely be posting updates here and on my other blog as things progress. I’ll also be able to give you some referrals to realtors, mortgage brokers, etc. after we see how well they do for us.

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Jeremy, thanks for the recommendation. We’re actually planning on looking at Longmont when we’re out there. I have noticed a distinct price difference when looking in the Longmont area. We were also thinking of Lyons (as well as Superior, Louisville, etc.) As close to the mountains as possible I hope…

By: climbing narc

climbing narc — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:27:56 +0000

My wife and I are planning on moving out there this summer as well! Let us me know how things go for you.

Should be interesting.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:20:56 +0000

I definitely recommend the southern part of Longmont if you don’t need to commute to Denver. The real estate is much more reasonable and you’re only 20 minutes from Boulder. Plus you’re much closer to RMNP and Indian Peaks.