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==Attractions and recreation== [[File:Skiers at Cuchara Mountain Park.JPG|thumb|Skiers at Cuchara Mountain Park]]The county's [[destination marketing organization|tourism board]] brands the county as "Southern Colorado's Spanish Peaks Country."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spanishpeakscountry.com/ |title=Southern Colorado's Spanish Peaks Country |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=Huerfano County |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> Visitors are attracted to the [[Spanish Peaks]] and the many mountain-related activities they offer, such as mountain climbing, hiking, hunting, and sightseeing. In addition, the western part of the county offers the peaks of the [[Sangre de Cristo Range]], a range that includes several [[fourteener]]s. The towns of [[La Veta, Colorado|La Veta]] and [[Cuchara, Colorado|Cuchara]] offer art galleries and lodging.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lavetacucharachamber.com/business-directory/galleries-and-artists/ |title=Galleries and artists |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=La Veta Cuchara Chamber of Commerce |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> Also in [[Cuchara, Colorado|Cuchara]], a new county park — the Cuchara Mountain Park — opened in 2017, repurposing property that used to be the former Cuchara Ski Resort.<ref>{{cite news |last=Knowles |first=Bill |date=September 17, 2017 |title=Cuchara Mountain Park ribbon cutting informal and well attended |url=https://huerfanoworldjournal.com/cuchara-mountain-park-ribbon-cutting-informal-and-well-attended/ |work=Huerfano World Journal |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> The ski resort had been closed to skiers since 2000, but in the mid-2020s a group of local citizens purchased a {{convert|47|acre|adj=on|sp=us|abbr=off}} parcel of land the old ski resort occupied and formed the non-profit Panadero Ski Corporation. Beginning in 2023, the organization began taking skiers and snowboarders partway up the ski resort's mountain using a [[snowcat]] pulling a "ski bus", opening the ski resort for the first time in more than twenty years. Moreover, Panadero Ski Corporation is in the process of repairing one of the old ski lifts at the site, Lift 4, and hopes to open it to visitors soon.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCleary |first=Chase |date=January 7, 2025 |title=This once-abandoned Southern Colorado ski hill is now offering $40 lift tickets |url=https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/outdoors/cuchara-mountain-park |work=Rocky Mountain PBS |location= |publisher= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250113205613/https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/outdoors/cuchara-mountain-park |archive-date=January 13, 2025 |access-date=January 18, 2025}}</ref> Huerfano County is a geologist's paradise. Over 500 [[Dike (geology)|dikes]] surround the Spanish Peaks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/colorado-geology/igneous-rocks/plutonic-rocks/dikes/ |title=Dikes |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Colorado Geological Survey |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> Many other geological formations, such as the [[Dakota Formation]], are visible in the county.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Ross B. |date=1959 |title=Geology of the Huerfano Park Area: Huerfano and Custer Counties, Colorado |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1071d/report.pdf |location=Washington |publisher=United States Government Printing Office }}</ref> [[Lathrop State Park]] offers hiking, camping, picnicking, fishing and {{convert|4.5|mi|sp=us|abbr=off}} of [[Mountain biking|mountain bike]] trails.<ref name=Boster>{{cite news |last=Boster |first=Seth |date=June 5, 2024 |title=Colorado's first state park gets its first mountain bike trails |url=https://gazette.com/life/outdoors/colorados-first-state-park-gets-its-first-mountain-bike-trails/article_745297aa-1dfc-11ef-8a0b-5b33334fd7de.html |url-status=live |work=The Gazette |location=Colorado Springs, Colorado |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609190839/https://gazette.com/life/outdoors/colorados-first-state-park-gets-its-first-mountain-bike-trails/article_745297aa-1dfc-11ef-8a0b-5b33334fd7de.html |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colorado.com/state-parks/lathrop-state-park |title=Lathrop StatePark |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Come to Life Colorado™ |publisher=State of Colorado |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> Adjacent to the park, the city of Walsenburg offers a public, nine-hole golf course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofwalsenburg.net/walsenburg-golf-course |title=Walsenburg Golf Course |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=City of Walsenburg |access-date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref>
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