$12,114,300 - Meeker, CO
Tbd County Road 5 Meeker, CO - Skyline Mountain Ranch is a tremendous hunting and recreational ranch giving you direct road access to thousands of acres of pubic lands! The land is rich with open meadows that converge into towering tree-covered ridges, expansive benches, deep draws with meandering creeks and natural springs. This is one of the most diverse mountain ranches to ever come on the market, making it a rare and sought-after opportunity with significant potential!Saturated with sub-irrigated bottoms that gradually rise into deep draws rich with turkey, elk, and deer. At the top, with an average elevation between 8,200 and 8,600 feet, the land is characterized by dark timber-covered ridges and lush bottoms along Cow Creek. The ridges are lined with oak brush, while pockets of dense timber are scattered throughout the open meadows, offering diverse habitats for a variety of wildlife species. The open ridgelines provide stunning vantage points, offering expansive views of the lower elevations and the surrounding land formations. In addition, Skyline Mountain Ranch borders and almost entirely surrounds nearly 9,000 acres of BLM land. Furthermore, the ranch boasts excellent main interior roads that wind throughout the perimeter, providing easy navigation and access to the bordering BLM land. The ranch has excellent year around access with power available within the perimeters of the ranch. With that being said, Skyline Mountain Ranch has development potential written all over it with highway access, power and backing to public lands the entire distance! Located in both GMU 22 and 32, the hunting opportunities on this ranch are what hunters' dreams are made of! Over-the-counter tags and easy to draw tags are available in multiple seasons for elks while the ranch qualifies for several landowner deer vouchers. Additionally, both GMU 22 and 32 have over-the-counter spring and fall turkey tags available. This is not a migration hunting ranch, the ranch is loaded all year! As a result of the diverse terrain and habitat with an abundance of feed and multiple water sources, the ranch not only provides hunting opportunities that are second to none, but has also been remarkable for livestock operations. Aside from the 3,671 +/- deeded acres, the ranch also includes the Cow Creek and Rees BLM allotments that encompass 18,057 acres more or less, together as one. The current and previous owners have had the ability to spread the grazing out over 7 months for cows. Historically, they start them in the bottom throughout the sub-irrigated meadows and rolling hills, move them up into the higher elevations as the summer goes on, and then bring them back down for the winter. The thriving town of Rifle, CO is located 20 minutes south of the subject property and offers convenient stores with gas stations, dine-in restaurants, grocery stores, downtown businesses, a hospital, private airport and numerous other recreational activities! To the north of the ranch, Meeker, CO is approximately a 20 minute drive and provides gas stations, a grocery store, and hospital. private airport and restaurants. Located approximately 30 minutes to the southeast of the ranch, Glenwood Springs, CO offers much of the same as Rifle, but has additional amenities and activities such as the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park and the Glenwood Hot Springs! For air travel, the closest airports that provide commercial flights are Eagle County Regional Airport (located to the southeast between Gypsum, CO and Eagle, CO) and Grand Junction Regional Airport (located to the southwest in Grand Junction, CO), both of which are approximately 1 hour from the ranch.