Nestled not far from the base of Culebra Peak, the only privately owned 14,000+ foot mountain in Colorado, lies an exceptional fishing and recreational property: Culebra Creek Angler’s Retreat. From the snowmelt off the Sangre De Cristo peaks, cold mountain water flows down the mountain slopes to form a unique trout fishery. Culebra Creek and its tributary Ventero Creek join on the property and meander for approximately two miles of classic Colorado open meadow flyfishing. The 133± acre property is located a short drive outside of San Luis, the oldest town in Colorado, rich in history and tradition.
The property has been managed expertly for quality fly fishing by the owner, a well-known and highly respected professional guide. He thoughtfully put approximately 100± acres of the creek bottomland into a conservation easement. The easement protects the creek for the future and, more importantly, opens the door for financial and ecological assistance with habitat enhancement and preservation from the trustee.
Additionally, there is an ideal, buildable 28± acres not in the easement so that a dream home or lodge can be built overlooking the creek. There is a good water well, septic system, a small newly finished cabin, and an older cabin used for storage currently on the property.
As a bonus, if you are a hunter, groups of elk frequent the property on their way to the creek and adjoining grass meadows. The retreat comes with an income-producing lease and a membership in the Solitary Angler Fishing Club, allowing for world-class fly fishing on miles and miles of exceptional streams and rivers in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Multiple dramatic mountain peaks, including Culebra Peak, Blanca Peak, Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Trinchera Peak, surround the ranch and provide an unmatched scenic panoramic view that can distract even the most avid angler.
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IMN Heaven Ranch is aptly named if you value abundant wildlife, the privacy of a large acreage property, excellent big game hunting, productive water well, expansive, beautiful views, a seasonally mild climate, and easy year-round access in southern Colorado. Hunt elk and mule deer on your own property with private access to a large landlocked 2,000+ acre Bureau of Land Management (BLM) parcel. IMN Heaven remains a blank slate with water, electricity, and a workshop already in place.
North Fork River Ranch in Colorado represents a first-time offering and is one of the most diverse ranches in this size and class on today’s market, including agriculture and recreational revenue potential. It includes 2,236± BLM leased acres and over three miles of the North Fork of the North Platte River. The ranch is in close proximity to Steamboat Springs, within an hour’s drive, and offers significant recreational opportunities onsite and in the surrounding North Park area.
People have written songs about the feelings a person can experience amongst wildlife and livestock. These feelings flood in when you travel to the quaint town of Kim, Colorado. Life out here is simple yet rewarding. This ranch is the perfect place for anyone who appreciates the sky dotted with thousands of stars, the serenity of birds singing, crickets chirping, and fresh air all around. With no conservation easements or restrictive covenants, you can truly enjoy this property to its fullest.
The Colorado ranch boasts approximately 0.4 miles of both sides of the West Fork of the Dolores River, with exceptional trout fishing for browns and rainbows. Privacy yet convenient access is a hallmark of this property. Paved publicly maintained roads to the ranch driveway allow for year-round use of the property. The log home is amongst an enticing grove of trees near the river. A riding arena, oversized 3-car detached garage, and custom tack room round out the improvements.
In a part of Colorado where large acreages are rare, Ragged Mountain East Ranch offers the opportunity to own an expansive, minimally developed, diverse ranch with excellent hunting, water rights, and miles of national forest border. The improvements on the ranch are incredibly tasteful and well situated, yet position the buyer to build their own dream residence in one of many possible locations if he or she so desires. The big game hunting is exceptional, and the ranch has rarely been hunted.
This Colorado mountain ranch offers aspen groves, spruce, fir, and meadows with live water creeks up from Groundhog Reservoir, offering lush grass for grazing cattle. A thoughtful conservation easement protects the property and provides flexibility, allowing commercial hunting, grazing, timbering, and future homesites. The fishery on the ranch is waiting to be developed further. Elk hunting is stupendous, and world record line class rainbow trout have been caught in Groundhog Reservoir.
This Colorado ranch is a blank canvas for someone ready to create their dream property. This pristine property is a wonderful setting to take in the mountain views or ride your horse along the bluffs, around the buttes, and then down to Rush Creek to scare up some wildlife. The location is near a town with many amenities yet with enough space to enjoy privacy, the pleasant sounds of nature, and the privacy of wide-open spaces. It would be a great place for a home with a porch for rocking chairs.
This Colorado ranch includes a 5-1/2± acre spring-fed pond and an off-grid, unique oversized custom cabin built with historic timbers from a bygone West Virginian church and an antique country cabin. The land is varied, with rolling terrain, large grazing pastures, smaller meadows surrounded by aspens, ponderosa pines, gamble oaks, all distributed in densely forested areas. Best of all, there are stunning mountain views of the Sneffels Range, Wilsons, Lizard Head, and the Dolores Peaks.
Wild yet accessible, this Colorado ranch offers unique fishing for brown trout and northern pike on 0.75± miles of the Rio Grande River. A private (shared) trailhead provides river access into the gorge. It adjoins BLM land to the west and the 243,000± acre Rio Grande del Norte National Monument to the south. Deer and elk traverse the property, providing an excellent opportunity for hunting. This large, private river parcel is a rare find and presents the buyer with a conservation opportunity.
