This custom built home offers the quintessential Colorado experience from the moment you step inside. The vaulted tongue and groove ceilings with timber trusses frame the great room with hardwood floors and a beautiful floor to ceiling stone fireplace as the ultimate focal point for rocky mountain winters. The open floor plan is perfect for entertaining with an ample dining area and gourmet kitchen with a Sub-Zero refrigerator, Wolf range/oven and hood and walk-in pantry. The main level hosts a generously sized primary suite with a gas fireplace, large closets, and direct access to the back patio. Its en-suite bathroom hosts a large walk-in steam shower, soaking tub, and separate vanities. Two other bedrooms and a full bathroom are located on this main level on the other side of the kitchen, as well as a laundry room with utility sink and half bath. Upstairs you will find a loft area, the 4th bedroom, full bathroom, and large bonus second living room/media room with in-wall speakers. Other features of the home include travertine tile with custom accents, and air conditioning and a new furnace installed in 2017, oversized two car garage, and the ultimate location backing to open space and the neighborhoods hiking trails. Encompassing over 500 acres, of which almost 200 acres is devoted to open space, the Edgemont Highlands community is located just five miles from downtown Durango and features private access to over 1.5 miles of Florida River hiking and blue-ribbon fishing, a beautiful Community Center just a short walk away, and over ten miles of private hiking and walking trails, including the Pioneer Trail on the far western end, providing bicycle friendly direct access to the National Forest.