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.