Colorado Mountain College Leadville

Colorado Mountain College Leadville Earn your college degree surrounded by Colorado's highest peaks. This is authentic Colorado. Leadville is a base camp for outdoor adventures.

Colorado Mountain College in Leadville provides students with a quality education, with affordable tuition, hands on experience and spectacular views. A pine forest surrounds the 275-acre campus. There are miles of trails right out the front door for cross-country skiing, running, biking and hiking. And 14,000 foot peaks surrounding it all. CMC Leadville offers many degrees including Ski Area Oper

ations, Outdoor Recreation Leadership, Associate of Arts, General Studies and Science, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Early Childhood Education, Economics, English Literature, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Fire Science Technology, Geology, History, Mathematics, Outdoor Education, Philosophy, Psychology (AS & AA), Social Work, and Spanish. CMC Leadville also offers a variety of certificate degrees: Accounting: Bookkeeper, Basic Welding & Cutting, Early Childhood Education, EMT Basic/ Intermediate, Entrepreneurship, Fire Academy I, Geographic Information Systems, Outdoor Education, Professional Fly-Fishing Guide, Ski Area Operations, Slopes & Trails Maintenance, & Small Business Finance. Students here form a strong community. The mountains are their classroom. Several world-class resorts such as Vail, Copper Mountain and Breckenridge offer the perfect place to learn ski area management. Or enjoy an amazing powder day.

The CMC Graduation Ski Down tradition lives on! Congratulations to our 2026 graduates!
05/01/2026

The CMC Graduation Ski Down tradition lives on! Congratulations to our 2026 graduates!

Hey all Leadville students! Tonight’s the night, the Leadville Ice Palace is returning - LeadVegas style. If you are an ...
04/02/2026

Hey all Leadville students! Tonight’s the night, the Leadville Ice Palace is returning - LeadVegas style.

If you are an enrolled student at the Leadville campus, please come join in on the fun, where you can win some awesome prizes.

$100 Melanzana Giftcard + appointment free shopping Golden Ticket
$75 REI Giftcard
RTIC Cooler
Kinco Gloves designed by Cory
Grigri
…and so much more!

See you tonight at 7!

It’s field season for our Outdoor Recreation Leadership degree students We kicked off with Section 1 of Backcountry Wint...
03/04/2026

It’s field season for our Outdoor Recreation Leadership degree students

We kicked off with Section 1 of Backcountry Winter Travel — introducing students to ski touring the right way.

Off the chairlift. Away from the groomers. Into real terrain. They’re building tour plans, assessing terrain, dialing gear systems, practicing rescue skills, setting skin tracks, and dropping into lines they earned themselves.

No lift lines. No shortcuts. Just confidence, competence, and a lot of fun in the winter mountains.

If you’ve ever looked at those peaks and thought, “Could I do that?”

Yeah. You could. Apply now to join us in Fall 2026.

CMC Nordic Trails are freshly groomed! Conditions: Very soft snow. Lots of rocks in some areas. Have fun out there and k...
02/19/2026

CMC Nordic Trails are freshly groomed!
Conditions: Very soft snow. Lots of rocks in some areas.
Have fun out there and keep your fingers crossed for more snow to build our trail base!

----- THIS FRIDAY: 2/20 - 7PM ------Come out to CMC's Pinnacle Commons (Library) for a free screening of "Big Mountain S...
02/16/2026

----- THIS FRIDAY: 2/20 - 7PM ------
Come out to CMC's Pinnacle Commons (Library) for a free screening of "Big Mountain Soul: Ski Africa" by followed by a Q&A with one of the stars of the film, Michael "Tele-Mike" Russell .mike
Film begins at 7pm with the Q&A to follow.
The will be open for warm drinks and snacks!

The Leadville sky has been showing off lately 🌄
01/21/2026

The Leadville sky has been showing off lately 🌄

REMINDER: CMC Leadville Campus facilities will be closed from 12.24 through 1.4 for Winter Break. The Timberline Trails ...
12/22/2025

REMINDER: CMC Leadville Campus facilities will be closed from 12.24 through 1.4 for Winter Break. The Timberline Trails will be open to use but remain in early season conditions until more snow arrives. The CMC Coffee Shop will be open from 8:30am-2:30pm on Saturdays & Sundays during break!

12/18/2025

Wishing you a happy holiday season from the staff, faculty, and students here in Leadville!

Nordic Trail Update 12/9: All of the CMC Nordic Trails have been rolled as of this morning. This is the first pack down ...
12/09/2025

Nordic Trail Update 12/9: All of the CMC Nordic Trails have been rolled as of this morning. This is the first pack down that the snow on the trails has had and very shallow conditions exist. Look out for lots of rocks and other hazards lurking beneath the inviting corduroy surface. For now we are impatiently waiting for more snow!

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901 South Highway 24
Leadville, CO
80461

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 7:30pm
Thursday 8am - 7:30pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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