Archuleta County Permit: VR19-211 Our 2014 home sits on the edge of a broad canyon next to the San Juan National Forest. It’s on a cul-de-sac with several nearby entrances (blocks) into the San Juan National Forest yet minutes from down town. Windows everywhere. A simple list of laminated rules is inside the house that must be followed to ensure you mix in with the full time residents. This site shows most of them. I can send you this list if it matters to you. All are common sense. The space The house is newly built in 2014 with a hip modern architecture. It's 2 stories with 9' ceilings, a granite kitchen, 31 large windows for an open feel. The main room is a wall of 6 large windows overlooking the canyon. It's designed to make you feel like you're sitting in the canyon. The 1st floor has 1 bedroom and shower in the back, a ½ bath room for easy access in the hallway, a main living & dining room, and a gas fire place. The 2nd floor has 2 more bedrooms, a full bath, a large family room and an exterior balcony. The backyard rock patio faces out over the canyon. All appliances are new and the kitchen is fully stocked. When the sun rises the side of the canyon the house sits on lights up bright. The high quality shades in the main room are light colored and tone down the glare real well without darkening the room too much. The shades in all of the bedrooms are tan colored but they have the black out feature so it gets quite dark when you're ready to go to sleep. When the sun sets it lights up the other side of the canyon for a really pleasant effect. I'd estimate the canyon to be about 1/2 mile wide so the setting sun is not an issue to comfort in the evenings. Guest access Guests rent the entire home and have access to everything in it as well as the San Juan National Forest that has one boundary within blocks of the house. There's 2 TV's with surround sound, an excellent ping pong table, outside patio, and more. Other things to note The back of the house is within 12 feet of a canyon that drops at about a 30% slope. An adult or teenager can easily navigate down to the canyon floor (about 80 feet or so) but you should review the pictures to ensure it is safe for you. This primarily affects groups with toddlers or infants. Also, we don't live there so what we know we gather on our own vacations there along with what we learn from our local friends. We ask them lots of questions. There is a guide book that details all of the things we discover, however that happens, so that you may benefit from it. The idea being to reduce as much time wondering what or how to do something as possible. The book grows annually.