Colorado Mountain College in Leadville

CMC's Timberline campus lets you pursue a college education at the highest possible altitude in the country.

Leadville, Colorado is the place if you love the outdoors and want a career that will keep you there. Timberline Campus specializes in outdoor recreation and environmental programs, in a spectacular mountain setting. With over 250 acres, the campus has miles of cross country ski trails that are maintained by students in the Ski Area Operations program. In the summer these trails are used for mountain biking and hiking.

Colorado Mountain College in Leadville provides residence halls with spectacular views of the two highest mountains in Colorado, classrooms with state-of-the art technology, computer labs, and a cybercafe/bookstore. The Timberline Analytical Lab has high end precision instruments and equipment unique to a community college.

Natural Resource Management students work in the field as interns on environmental projects in partnership with agencies such as the EPA and the National Forest Service.

The Ski Area Operations program has a snowcat and snowmaking machines and utilize several outdoor practice locations, including nearby Ski Cooper.

Timberline Campus is not just an "outdoor campus." It's a great place to get a liberal arts education. Colorado State Guaranteed Transfer Courses make it is easy to transfer from CMC to four-year institutions to earn a bachelor degree.

The campus is also a spectacular location for summer conferences.

Timberline Campus - Leadville
901 South Hwy. 24
Leadville, Colorado 80461
(719) 486-2015
Timberline Admissions E-mail

CMC Center - Chaffee County
27900 County Road 319
P.O. Box 897
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8419

The Timberline Campus also offers an extensive selection of course offerings through a partnership with Ed2Go.