Orchards near Montrose, CO

Hotchkiss

Delicious Orchards has sold fruit along Highway 133 in Hotchkiss for decades, one of the anchor names in the North Fork Valley's orchard country. The business now operates under the Big B's Delicious Orchards banner, with the same high-altitude apples, peaches, and stone fruit going into the juices and ciders sold on-site. Longtime visitors may still know the fruit stand by its original name.

Eckert

Fritchman Orchards has run a fruit shed in Eckert since 1975, the fifth generation of the same family growing peaches, apples, pears, cherries, and plums on about 100 acres. The shed also carries honey, vegetables, and pumpkins from neighboring North Fork Valley farms, so a stop here covers more than just what's growing on Fritchman ground.

Hotchkiss

Big B's works 30 acres of high-altitude fruit trees on Highway 133 in Hotchkiss, pressing the harvest into organic juices, hard ciders, and orchard lemonades sold out of an on-site café and tap room. Beyond the u-pick rows, the property runs tree swings, swim and paddle ponds, and camping, with live music most Fridays and Saturdays through the season. Open April through November — café hours run daily 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.