About Us

Life-changing vision solutions
in Colorado and beyond.

Who We Are

Experience a whole new world and enhance your vision with Altitude Eye Care. As the eye doctors inside LensCrafters at two Colorado mall locations (Southlands Outdoor Mall in Aurora and Park Meadows Center in Lone Tree), we offer a variety of primary care optometry services for adults and children.

Family-owned and operated by optometrists Dr. Chad and Dr. Kristen Nicholson, we specialize in treating dry eye, allergies, pink eye and other eye diseases along with contact lens fittings with a focus on specialty lenses for ocular diseases.

At Altitude Eye Care, we strive to go above and beyond to provide each one of our patients with unique, genuine, and timely service so you can enjoy all the benefits of experiencing a life with crystal clear vision. Rest assured, your vision care needs always come first and our knowledgeable staff and doctors are here to answer every question.

Our Success Story

Shortly after completing optometry school nearly 20 years ago, dynamic duo Dr. Chad and Dr. Kristen Nicholson moved to Colorado together. It was here that Dr. Chad Nicholson began practicing with Dr. James Simonson in the Doctors of Optometry Next to LensCrafters (Park Meadows Mall in Littleton, CO). Meanwhile, Dr. Kristen Nicholson began practicing at a private practice in Parker, CO. It wasn’t long before she joined her husband and Dr. Simonson in 2002.

Four years later, the Nicholsons opened their own practice within the LensCrafters at the Southlands Outdoor Mall in Aurora where they still practice today. In 2019, the couple decided to expand their practice to take on a second location at Park Meadows Center in Lone Tree.