The luxury estates
Penn Lode Subdivision and Cucumber Creek Estates: the top tier on Windwood Circle and Cucumber Creek Road, newer custom homes reaching the high single-digit millions, including some of the largest homes on the Ski Hill Road bench.
Neighborhood
Cucumber Creek
Cucumber Creek is the luxury residential bench on the Peak 8 side of Breckenridge, set along Ski Hill Road between Shock Hill and the Peak 8 base, wrapped around the Breckenridge Nordic Center so groomed cross-country and snowshoe trails sit at the door, with lift-served skiing a short walk or shuttle away and homes running from accessible townhomes to custom estates well into the multimillions.
Before you write the offer
STR Waitlisted
Town of Breckenridge Zone 3 (single-family residential, 10% cap)
In Town of Breckenridge Zone 3, the residential zone with the lowest STR cap. Zone 3 is significantly over its cap of 390 licenses (grandfathered licenses exceed it), so no new licenses are available and the waitlist runs multiple years. The license is non-transferable on sale, so a buyer cannot assume a property's existing rental history conveys.
- Transfer Tax
- 1% Town of Breckenridge RETT
- Special Districts
- None
- Ski Access
- Shuttle service
- HOA Design Review
- Moderate
- Wildfire Risk
- Moderate
- Build-out
- Active build-out
Transit Access Moderate
The Breckenridge Nordic Center sits within the neighborhood, with groomed cross-country and snowshoe trails at the door. The Peak 8 base, with its alpine lifts and the BreckConnect Gondola, is a short walk or shuttle ride away.
Cucumber Creek sits on the wooded bench along Ski Hill Road, on the Peak 8 side of Breckenridge between Shock Hill and the resort base. It is one of the quieter luxury pockets in town, a cluster of custom homes and a few townhomes wrapped around the Breckenridge Nordic Center, which puts groomed cross-country trails directly at the edge of the neighborhood.
Owners step onto Nordic trails from home, and the Peak 8 base, with its lifts and the gondola, is only a short walk or shuttle away, so the alpine mountain is close without the noise and density of living right at the base.
The mix of access is what sets it apart. Owners step onto Nordic trails from home, and the Peak 8 base, with its lifts and the gondola, is only a short walk or shuttle away, so the alpine mountain is close without the noise and density of living right at the base. The homes range from accessible townhomes to estates well into the multimillions, but the through line is the setting: quiet, wooded, trail-laced, and minutes from both the slopes and Main Street.
Terrain & Access
The Mountain, Mapped
Real topographic terrain and satellite imagery of Cucumber Creek, with the approximate neighborhood boundary and Cucumber Gulch open space marked. Toggle layers at the top-right, then pan and zoom to see how the homes sit to the terrain, the trails, and town.
Areas within Cucumber Creek
Distinct character zones, each with its own price band, vibe, and reasons to choose it.
Christie Heights, The Settlement, and Park Forest Estates
The established single-family core along Windwood Circle and Settlers Drive, custom homes in the multimillions, plus Park Forest Estates, a small established filing on the Grandview Drive side of the same Ski Hill Road bench.
White Wolf Townhomes
The attached tier on Highwood Circle and Settlers Drive, the more accessible entry into this otherwise high-end bench.
Cucumber Creek
Recent Sales
Cucumber Creek
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What makes this neighborhood unique
Cucumber Creek is the luxury residential bench on the Peak 8 side of Breckenridge, set along Ski Hill Road on Windwood Circle, Cucumber Creek Road, and Settlers Drive, between Shock Hill and the Peak 8 base. Its defining amenity sits in the middle of the neighborhood: the Breckenridge Nordic Center, putting groomed cross-country and snowshoe trails directly at the door. For the alpine resort, the Peak 8 base is a short walk or shuttle away, so owners get Nordic trails immediately and lift-served skiing within minutes without the resort-base density. The neighborhood runs from accessible townhomes up to custom estates well into the multimillions, all on the quiet, wooded bench above town.
Compare with similar neighborhoods
Neighborhood
Peak 8
Peak 8 is the ski-base village just below on the mountain. Choose Peak 8 for slopeside lodging at the base, Cucumber Creek for the quieter residential luxury bench above it with Nordic trails at the door.
Neighborhood
Shock Hill
Shock Hill is the gondola-served design-review enclave on the same west side. Choose Shock Hill for the gondola mid-station and design-review cohesion, Cucumber Creek for the Nordic-anchored bench nearer the Peak 8 base.
Neighborhood
Timber Trail
Timber Trail is the true ski-in/ski-out enclave at the Peak 8 base. Choose Timber Trail for direct alpine ski-in/ski-out access, Cucumber Creek for Nordic trails at the door and a short hop to the lifts.
Neighborhood
Gold Flake
Gold Flake is the wooded single-family plateau on the east side above downtown. Choose Gold Flake for an east-side forested home above Main, Cucumber Creek for a comparable single-family feel on the opposite, Peak 8 side of town.
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