Stone & Timber Stairways, Built for the Mountains.
Heavy timber treads set into natural boulder borders, engineered to turn a steep, unusable slope into a safe, good-looking path through your property — from a short run off the deck to a full hillside switchback.
Steps Built to Hold Grade, Not Just Sit on It.
Teller County properties rarely have a flat path from the driveway to the door. Most yards need at least one run of steps to get people, and gear, up and down the grade safely — and a poorly-built set of steps is one of the first things to fail on a mountain lot.
Each stairway is built around your site's actual slope and soil, not a generic step calculation. We set heavy timber treads and boulder borders together as one structure, so the steps stay put through frost heave and spring runoff instead of shifting after the first winter.
Tread infill is chosen to match the site and the look you want — compacted gravel for a natural woodland feel, or flagstone for a more finished, formal path. Either way, drainage is planned underneath so water moves through the steps instead of pooling and undermining them.
Boulder borders are hand-set to follow the natural line of the hillside, whether that's a straight run under a deck or a long switchback through the trees. We can also set natural stone slab treads directly into a boulder-lined stairway where you want a more dramatic, formal look.
Steps are designed in context with the rest of your property — tying into a retaining wall, a flagstone patio, or a walkway — so the finished path feels like it was always part of the site.
How a High Point Stairway Gets Built.
Site Walk & Design
We walk the slope, read the grade and drainage, and lay out the run and rise of the steps around it.
Excavation & Base
Each step is cut and compacted into the hillside so the timber and boulder sit on solid ground, not loose fill.
Timber & Boulder Set
Heavy timber treads and boulder borders are set together, tread by tread, up the grade.
Infill & Finish
Gravel, flagstone, or stone tread infill is set and the site is cleaned up before final walkthrough.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you use wood, stone, or both for steps?
Most of our stairways use heavy timber treads set into natural boulder borders, with gravel or flagstone infill. For a more formal look, we can set natural stone slab treads into the same boulder-lined structure instead.
How long does a set of steps last?
Built on a properly excavated and compacted base, a timber-and-boulder stairway holds up for many years through Colorado freeze-thaw cycles — the base and drainage matter far more than the tread material.
Can steps handle a steep hillside or a long switchback?
Yes — long switchback stairways through wooded, steep terrain are one of the most common projects we build, often paired with boulder retaining walls along the way.
Will the steps look natural, or obviously built?
We set boulders to follow the natural line of the slope rather than a straight, engineered edge, so the finished stairway reads as part of the hillside instead of a structure dropped onto it.
Stone & Timber Steps We've Built.
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