High Country Bancorp, Inc. (HCBC)

Alpine Banks of Colorado (ALPI.B)

Earnings Revisions on 6 Mountain-Plains nano- and micro-cap banks.

We are down to six banks in the Moutain-Plains coverage. An undisclosed buyer has agreed to acquire Solera National Bancorp, Inc. (SLRK:OTC) for $70 million or $17.99 per share. This is roughly 66% of tangible book and 3.1x earnings. These are outrageously low multiples, but good for

Alpine Banks of Colorado (ALPI.B)

Initial Reports on 7 Mountain-Plains nano- and micro-cap banks.

BankVault Research (BVR) is continuing to publish a series of concise, data-driven write-ups on our coverage universe. Each report is designed to give you a clear, independent view of these companies' recent performance and where they're headed from here. Each company write-up will include a company description,