Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Living in Alpine, CO: what to set up and who to call
Alpine has no town government of its own, so Rio Grande County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Upper Rio Grande School District C-7. Power in Alpine comes from San Luis Valley R E C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Alpine, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Alpine.
Power comes from San Luis Valley R E C
San Luis Valley R E C (San Luis Valley R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of Alpine. Its homes paid an average of 19.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $126 a month (its average across Colorado).
Start or move service: www.slvrec.com · (719) 852-3538
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Indian Trails Water LLC
Indian Trails Water LLC supplies Alpine: about 8% of residents live in its service area. About 91% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 110 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 1.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 3.0 ppb. That’s higher than 65% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CO0153450.
3 home internet providers serve Alpine
100% of 129 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciello | Fiber | 100% | 1,000/1,000 |
| CenturyLink | DSL | 74% | 40/3 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 3% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Alpine’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Alpine.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Alpine is in Upper Rio Grande School District C-7.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
Alpine is unincorporated, so Rio Grande County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Alpine is in ZIP code 81154
ZIP codes where Alpine residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Alpine | ZIP’s residents in Alpine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81154 | South Fork, CO | 100% | 13% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Alpine
Who supplies Alpine’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Indian Trails Water LLC (EPA ID CO0153450). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.5 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Alpine?
San Luis Valley R E C (San Luis Valley R E C, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 19.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Alpine?
Ciello, CenturyLink, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Alpine?
81154. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Alpine in?
Upper Rio Grande School District C-7.
How do I register to vote in Alpine?
In Colorado you can register online until 8 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 8 days before). Elections here are run by the Rio Grande County Clerk and Recorder. Check your registration at sos.state.co.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.