Currently there are approximately 4,000 people living in Custer County. In 1997 the population grew to 3624. It is estimated by our Master Plan Committee that there will be 6,619 people by the year 2020. With over 320 days of sunshine per year and with low humidity, the weather is pleasant the vast majority of the time, even in the winter. In this blessed region of Southern Colorado, there is seldom an extended period of gray skies.
Opportunities abound for the flyfisherman in valley ponds and in an alpine lake as in the photo.
Custer County celebrates its cowboy roots during the Westcliffe Stampede each July. The historic Beckwith Ranch is just one of the sites on the Frontier Pathway Nation Scenic Byway.