Buena Vista Recreation Information Center

Youth Baseball - 8U Coach Pitch - Summer 25
2025-07-10 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Youth Baseball Field, 38.845694, -106.124012, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
8U Coach Pitch
Ages: 7-8, as of 4/30/25
Cost: Early Registration Discount! (Register Before April 25th) – $50

Registration After April 25th – $65

Games on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:00-8:00pm
May 27 – July 10
Youth Baseball Field – BV River Park

Grab your bat and your glove and get ready for the Youth Baseball League!
8U Coach Pitch is for ages 7-8, as of 4/30/25. Players will be placed on parent-volunteer coached teams. Practices for the Youth Baseball League will begin the week of May 26. Coach Pitch will have one 1-hour practice per week as scheduled by the volunteer team coach, and one practice per week led by the BV Rec Baseball Practice Facilitator on Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00am. Coach Pitch games will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-8:00pm from June 3-July 10 in Buena Vista, Salida and Lake County, as scheduled. Game schedule will be released around the start of the season. NO PRACTICE OR GAMES WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JULY 3 & FRIDAY, JULY 4.

Registration for the Youth Baseball League includes a team t-shirt. Participants may purchase a BV Baseball hat for an additional $15. Hats are not required for games or practices. All players should have their own glove. Cleats or running shoes are recommended. Metal cleats are not allowed. White Baseball Pants can be purchased through BV Rec during registration for $15, but are not required.

Registration for 8U Coach Pitch, 10U Modified Live Pitch, and 12U Live Pitch will include a preseason Skills Clinic and Assessment led by the Buena Vista High School Baseball Team. The Skills Clinic and Assessment will be held Tuesday, May 20 from 5:45-7:00 pm at the Buena Vista High School Baseball Field.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
*Early Registration Discount – Register by Friday, April 25!*

Volunteer Parent Coaches for each team are needed! A coaches meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00pm at the BV Community Center. Please contact Ben at 719-581-1052 or bbuschur@buenavistaco.gov, if interested. Volunteer parent coaches are eligible to receive a 50% participant registration fee refund at the end of the season. Please contact Ben towards the end of the season if you wish to receive this refund. Please reach out to Ben if you are interested in being a paid Practice Facilitator.

If a participant’s family is interested in financial assistance, scholarships are available! Please visit https://www.buenavistarec.com/scholarships/ for more information and to apply.

Please click here to view BV Rec’s Youth Sports “Playing Up” Policy.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
*Early Registration Discount – Register by Friday, April 25!*

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR 8U COACH PITCH ONLINE!

Youth Summer Basketball Skills & Fun - Summer 25
2025-06-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Buena Vista Middle & High School Gyms, 559 S Railroad St, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Youth Summer Basketball Skills & Fun
Coed – Grades 3-8 (as of Fall 2025) – $75
Sundays, June 1, 8, 15 & 22 – Grades 3-5: 5:00-6:00pm – Grades 6-8: 6:00-7:00pm
Buena Vista High School Red and White Gyms (559 South Railroad)

Buena Vista Recreation is excited to partner with Coach Kevin Lubbers and Coach Scott Crites to provide a summer youth basketball skills clinic! This program is for anyone that enjoys basketball and has a desire to improve their skills and have fun while doing so. Everyone is welcome, regardless of your basketball background and experience. Coach Lubbers has 20 years of College Basketball coaching experience and leading camps just like this one. Coach Crites is the current Associate Head Coach for Girls Varsity Basketball, the AD at BV High School, and a staple of Buena Vista Basketball for many years on the Boys and Girls sides. Coach Lubbers and Coach Crites will have the help of high school basketball players assisting them with the goal of individual player development. Our goal is to provide a positive environment so each athlete will gain confidence as a basketball player while improving their physical skills. Your athlete will have a tremendous experience and receive high levels of instruction.
Please be sure to wear either basketball shoes or sneakers and don’t forget a water bottle. Basketballs will be provided for this program.
Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 29
Please be aware that if we do not have enough participants register for this program, we will not be able to run it. So, please tell everyone you know about this program and encourage them to sign up!
Click Here to Register Online for Grades 3-5!
Click Here to Register Online for Grades 6-8!

Rockies Skills Challenge 2025
2025-06-14 09:30 - 12:00 | High School Baseball Field, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Rockies Skills Challenge 2025
Date: Saturday, June 14 from 10:00am-12:00pm (Registration at 9:30am)
Ages: 6-13 (as of August 9, 2025: proposed date of the Rockies Skills Challenge State Competition)
Cost: FREE!
Location: Buena Vista High School Baseball Field
The Rockies Baseball Skills Challenge provides the youth of Colorado with a statewide baseball competition testing their skills in running, hitting and throwing. See how fast you can run the bases, how far you can hit, and how far you can throw. There are four age divisions: 6/7, 8/9, 10/11 and 12/13 for both boys and girls. The top scorer in each age group will advance to a Sectional Competition, with a chance to compete at the State Championship.
The BV Local Competition will be held Saturday, June 14 at the High School Baseball Field in the Buena Vista River Park. Registration will be from 9:30-10:00am, and the Competition will begin at 10:00am. The Competition typically lasts 1.5-2.5 hours, including awards, depending on the number of participants.
No metal spike shoes will be permitted. Only sneakers or plastic/rubber cleats. You are allowed to bring your own bat if you wish. All other equipment will be provided.
Participant’s age calculated as of August 9, 2025:
Age Group 6/7: August 10, 2017 to August 9, 2019
Age Group 8/9: August 10, 2015 to August 9, 2017
Age Group 10/11: August 10, 2013 to August 9, 2015
Age Group 12/13: August 10, 2011 to August 9, 2013

Click Here to Sign the Participation Waiver Online!

Collegiate Peaks Trail Ride
2025-05-04 08:00 - 14:00 | BV Community Center, 715 E. Main St., Buena Vista, 81211, United States
Take on 25 miles of BV mountain biking, experiencing everything BV has to offer. From rolling gravel roads, OHV trails, & flowy singletrack, this fun yet challenging course provides a little bit of everything!

Keeping Bewnie Buena! - 2025
2025-04-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Community Center, 715 E Main Street, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
What: Keeping Bewnie, Buena! – BV Neighborhood Clean-Up Day
Who: You! We welcome the entire BV Community! Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Cost: FREE!
When: Sunday, April 27 from 1:00-3:00pm
Meeting location: West Dirt Parking Lot of the Buena Vista Community Center – 715 E Main St. Buena Vista Colorado, 81211
Please still register prior to Sunday if you plan to attend, so we have an idea of how many people plan to show up. At this point, a shirt is not guaranteed, but we would still appreciate you registering. And, even if you don’t register, we would still love to see you on Sunday helping clean up trash and making BV even more beautiful!

Huge Thank You To Our Sponsors!
2 Brothers Concrete
Central Colorado Kitchens
Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort
Providence Plumbing

Buena Vista Recreation is excited to announce the fourth annual Keeping Bewnie Buena! – BV Neighborhood Clean-Up Day is scheduled for Sunday, April 27 from 1:00-3:00pm. Join your friends and family for a fun filled afternoon centered around cleaning up surface trash in and around the town of Buena Vista’s streets, parks, and open spaces.

Community members can meet at the BV Community Center. All participants will check in at 1:00pm (pre-registered folks will receive a t-shirt at check in). We will divide into small working groups, and you will be given a designated area to focus on. We will have options for locations to walk to or drive to. The Town of Buena Vista will provide a large trash receptacle at the parking lot of the Community Center for everyone to dispose of their clean-up bounty.

How to prepare:
Bring your own gloves for clean up day
Facilitators will have bags for folks to use at the meet-up location
Feel free to bring your own TRDs (trash removal devices) and use your own waste bags if that is preferable

Why are we doing this?
A large group of locals have done a very similar activity each spring for the last 20 years but have only focused on the River Park area. We feel this spring would be another great time to get outside and do something rewarding that everyone will appreciate immensely. And why not help keep Bewnie Buena?

Please register each individual that plans to participate.

Click here to register online!

Most Eggcellent 10K, 5K, & Easter Egg Hunt
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 | McPhelemy Park, Hwy 24 and Main Street, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
The Most Eggcellent 10K, 5K, and Easter Egg Hunt occurs on Easter weekend on the Saturday immediately before Easter. The foot races travel throughout the west side of Buena Vista, offering beautiful views of Mount Princeton on both courses. The Easter Egg Hunt is for kids ages 0 – 5th grade, and it’s a flurry of activity to see how many eggs can be collected!

Women's 4-on-4 Basketball League - Fall 2024
2024-12-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Darren Patterson Christian Academy, 518 S San Juan Ave, Buena Vista, CO, 81211, United States
Women’s 4-on-4 Basketball League – Ages: 16+ $25/participant Mondays, 7:00-8:30pm November 4-December 16 Darren Patterson Christian Academy
Team Registration Deadline: Thursday, October 24 *Late team fee of $50 will be applied after this date.*
NEW THIS YEAR!! Register your team for BV Rec’s Women’s 4-on-4 Basketball League! This is a half-court, recreational league. Standings will NOT be kept, and there is no postseason. Teams are guaranteed a minimum of 7 games. Teams will play best 2 of 3 games to 25 (by 2’s and 3’s) against a scheduled opponent each week. Players will call their own fouls.
* 8 teams maximum, so please register early! *
* Minimum of 4 teams needed to operate this league. *

Click Here to Register a Player Online!
Click Here to Register a Team Online!
