We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

You get to meet many new and interesting people from all over the world. Most who attend are regulars but each year we have visitors from all over! We play many different types of games, most of which are common games. Our prizes are items donated from area businesses that support the Cuchara Recreation Program. Bingo night (usually on Wednesdays) is a night filled with laughter and fun. You don’t want to miss out on this classic Cuchara experience while vacationing during the summer months, so come join us while you’re in town!

Learn more about our weekly bingo on our Bingo page.

CARDS CAN GO QUICK!

We meet at the Cuchara Community Center to drive to Cordova Pass and hike about 3/4 of a mile to a grand overview of our Cuchara valley and beyond. We have time to meet new friends, enjoy a picnic and check out a wonderful sunset.

 As the sky grows dark, stars begin to pop out. A quick and simple astronomy lesson will be given so that you might be able to take your knowledge home with you. We walk back to the Cordova Pass parking lot with the help of flashlights. A  unique experience to say the least!

Bring water, food, comfortable shoes, flashlights, and warm clothes!

We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

Join us on our very popular and always changing Walking History Tour of Cuchara where you will learn some of the earliest history of our beloved Cuchara.  You’ll appreciate Cuchara even more.  We have updated the tour to include some simple geologic history, Native American information and Land Grant maps. You will see old photos of our area and learn stories of some of our earliest pioneers.Join us in our walk or ride along in a golf cart.

Meet at the Cuchara Community Center

David is our local expert on the wonderful world of BATS! David was instrumental in getting the huge bat house purchased and installed at the Cuchara Mountain Ski Area. He has also given numerous talks at the Orient Land Trust Bat Colony in the San Luis Valley. We will be first at the Community Center and caravan up to the ski area to meet David. He will give us information about the native bat population and bats in general, before we head into the forest to see and hear and identify the different species of bats we have here and why they are so important.

David is a native of our valley and has lately been highly involved in the care of our forest and helping mitigate fire dangers. He is knowledgeable is so many topics, including  the history of our area but really knows his trees! We will start out in a classroom setting in the Community Center where David will teach us about the importance of trees, their health and how to identify them. Be prepared to bring all of your longtime questions about trees. After a light lunch provided we will go out into the field to shake hands with some real trees and learn the key points to ID them.  10:00-2:00

Mary Ann (Geneticist) and Manuel (Macroinvertebrate Biologist), a husband and wife team, will teach us about the invertebrates that live in our creeks and rivers in the Cuchara Valley and how they are important to us all. We will start out in the Community Center in a classroom setting to get some basic information about these fascinating critters of our local waters. A light lunch will be served before we head out to explore our mountain streams and their importance.  10:00-2:00

We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

Sorry, no lunch will be served on this session. I will lead my annual Wildflower Pilgrimage to learn about some of our beautiful and important wildflowers of this region. We will explore a high-altitude meadow, a lower and drier meadow and then along the beautiful Purgatorie River on the other side of Cuchara Pass. In past Pilgrimages we have found up to 70 different species of flowers. I will also attempt to get you excited about LICHEN, so you can have some fun by being able to add “I’ve taken a lichen to you!” to your conversation repertoire. 10:00-2:00

Come join like-minded folks who enjoy knowing about our beautiful wildflowers, being out in the forest and meeting new folks. This activity is free.

Bring: wildflower books if you have them, cameras, comfortable shoes, rain gear, water and pack a lunch.

Meet at the Cuchara Community Center (Rec Hall)

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This is not a Cuchara Valley Recreation program but one being led by the La Veta Trails organization. It goes along with the theme of our week, plus the 2 presenters for this program gave an impressive talk for us last year about the geologic history of our valley.  I think it will be a great thing to attend. It will be at the La Veta Mercantile at 6:00-8:00

We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

We meet at the Cuchara Community Center to drive to Cordova Pass and hike about 3/4 of a mile to a grand overview of our Cuchara valley and beyond. We have time to meet new friends, enjoy a picnic and check out a wonderful sunset.

 As the sky grows dark, stars begin to pop out. A quick and simple astronomy lesson will be given so that you might be able to take your knowledge home with you. We walk back to the Cordova Pass parking lot with the help of flashlights. A  unique experience to say the least!

Bring water, food, comfortable shoes, flashlights, and warm clothes!

More Details on our Art Show Page

Contact Bruce for more information: cucharavalleyrec@gmail.com

Artists will talk about their life and art.See a preview of the Art ShowLight refreshments.More details to come!

We would love to have you join us as we setup tables and chairs. Join us if you can!

Meet at the Cuchara Community Center

Join us on our very popular and always changing Walking History Tour of Cuchara where you will learn some of the earliest history of our beloved Cuchara.  You’ll appreciate Cuchara even more.  We have updated the tour to include some simple geologic history, Native American information and Land Grant maps. You will see old photos of our area and learn stories of some of our earliest pioneers.Join us in our walk or ride along in a golf cart.