Our Story
Colorado Quarries, Inc. is located in the heart of Cañon City, just 10 miles east of America’s highest suspension bridge, the Royal Gorge Bridge. Being family owned and operated, we strive to provide an unmatched quality of customer satisfaction and community support.
For nearly a century, Colorado Quarries, Inc. has been producing a wide variety of materials. Early on, mining efforts were focused on mica and feldspar due to their role in steel production and its use in World War II. Following the war in the 1940s, our attention was redirected to decorative, hard aggregates.
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A 1980 shift in the business proved beneficial to our customers. We began bagging landscape materials as well as shipping large supplies of precast aggregates across the country, and around the world. As a result, we were able to sell landscape material directly to our retail customers and provide the precast building industry with a variety of aggregates for projects big and small. During this time, we began shipping materials in bulk, bagged or crated, and by rail.
We continued this path for two decades. However, after September 11, 2001, the precast building sector nearly came to a halt. It was during this time that Colorado Quarries, Inc. decided to focus on our retail customers. While still providing some commercial precast materials, our main business became our community, friends, and neighbors. We took great pleasure in providing inspiration for wonderful local landscape projects!
During the COVID lockdown, the retail world at large made a drastic change, and it truly rocked the ground we stood on. As retail sales floundered, embracing change once again became necessary to survive and continue to serve our local community. In 2023 we dipped our toes into the transload waters, becoming a local hub for mulch, lumber and cobble to be shipped across the country. We are already seeing vast expansion of these services on the horizon and have completed a second rail spur, with a third in the works, to be able to accommodate more cars!
With all these big changes, we have become increasingly concerned about the safety of our retail customers at the main yard. After thoughtful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to move the retail aspect of our business to:
Avalanche Excavating/Red Canyon Sales
1135 Red Canyon Rd
Cañon City, CO 81212
719-275-5304​
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Don’t worry! Our products will still be available to our beloved local community through a source we trust to take the utmost care of you!
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And so, we begin a new era, focusing on our commercial landscape industry and transloading business. It is with great pride and integrity that we at Colorado Quarries, Inc. continue to provide you, our customer, the rock you love at the price you can afford.
It’s an honor to rock your world!