Garden Questions: Id love to plant some fruit trees...

I have found many answers and great regional garden advice by googling my local cooperative extensions office and using online questions/ answers. Staffed by university experts and local master gardeners.

I have to hand it to you, I would have a hard time breathing. Attended a wedding in Aspen last June, I moved very slowly . . .

Googled and found these links for you. Looks like some have been successful with a bit of trial, error and patience. See if they help!

http://www.sustainablehomesteading.com/homesteading/high-altitude-orchard-part/

https://permies.com/t/36889/High-Altitude-Fruit-Trees

http://themtnear.com/2012/09/growing-giant-veggies-fruit-trees-at-8300-feet/

http://articles.extension.org/pages/41711/what-trees-grow-well-at-high-altitude

Check your planting zone and then google for trees for that zone. If your water is bad and tends to kill trees, catch rainwater and hand apply. If you are in an area prone to drought, gardening will have to be at a minimum.

Just about any deciduous fruit trees can be grown in Colorado (apples, pears,apricots, sweet and tart cherries, peaches, nectarines and plums). Higher-elevation areas and communities with shorter growing seasons are best suited to apple, pear, plum and sour cherry.

I'd consider looking into an irrigation system, as hand watering might get pretty tasking.