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Get a 970 phone number for Fort Collins and western Colorado.

Ask for 970 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as northern and western Colorado, from Fort Collins to Durango. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get a 970 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 970 as the area code and give the number a name.
  3. Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
  4. Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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People ask for 970 when the search is in Fort Collins, Grand Junction or Durango.

A room or a cabin for rent in Fort Collins or Steamboat Springs draws calls from many strangers.

List it with a 970 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.

Used skis or a truck for sale near Grand Junction bring texts from buyers all week.

Post a 970 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.

A moving job or a roofing quote in Greeley ends in follow-up calls.

Give each company its own 970 number. Block the ones you did not choose.

This is where a 970 number is from.

Area code 970 serves the northern and western portions of Colorado, as the Colorado Public Utilities Commission puts it. Cities in it include Aspen, Breckenridge, Durango, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Greeley, Loveland, Silverthorne, Steamboat Springs and Vail.

The 748 code is laid over the same area. Denver kept 303 when 970 was split off, and Boulder and Longmont are on 303 and 720.

  • Fort Collins
  • Greeley
  • Loveland
  • Grand Junction
  • Durango
  • Steamboat Springs
  • Glenwood Springs
  • Aspen
  • Estes Park
  • Silverthorne
  • Breckenridge
  • Vail

These are the facts about area code 970.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.

Place
Northern and western Colorado, Colorado
In service since
1995
Local calls are dialed with
Ten digits
Shares its area with
748 (2025)
Split from
303 (1947)

970 was split from 303 and entered service on April 2, 1995. The Denver area kept 303, and the rest of the old area became 970.

Dialing all ten digits for local calls became mandatory on October 24, 2021. The Public Utilities Commission approved an overlay in November 2023, and 748 entered service on July 7, 2025.

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People ask these questions about getting a 970 number.

More in the full FAQ.

Create a number in your dashboard, type 970 as the area code and give it a name, such as Cabin for rent. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Colorado: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A roofer, a tutor or a mover in Fort Collins can put a 970 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.

Yes. The 970 area takes in Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Grand Junction, Durango and Aspen. 748 numbers cover the same area.

No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.

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Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.

The state, the dates and the related codes are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database. The places are from its planning letters and the state’s own pages. Read October 21, 2026.

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