Antero Mountain Ranch

Listing Price: $2,175,000

One of the most important features of this property is its location. Being a "true" inholding means that every inch of the 160 acres borders the San Isabel National Forest. Understanding that most true inholdings are off the grid, with a small cabin and are usually only accessible part of the year, will help appreciate the rarity found in Antero Mountain Ranch.

This unique offering has the benefit of being an inholding with all the privacy and seclusion they offer, but it is very special in that is does have an easement through Forest Service land with underground electric and phone, it also has permitted year round access on a very good road. The 160 acres retreat offers a secluded mountain feel, but it is only a 10 min. drive to the highway and conveniently located nearby two charming mountain communities in the picturesque Arkansas River Valley of central Colorado. With premier vistas of the jagged peaks which form the Sawatch Range and the nearby Arkansas River this 160-acre Forest Service inholding is in close proximity to some of the finest recreational pursuits the Rocky Mountains have to offer.

The property sits at the base of Mt. Antero. Next to the home, a small mountain creek meanders down the hillside through a lush grove of old growth aspens.  The 160-acre property is fully fenced with a new pole corral. The space surrounding the lodge-type home has been meticulously cleared out making an open ponderosa forest with open landscape and clean, well- kept look. Trimming of the trees and clearing all the dead falls, throughout the property has helped make for easy hiking or riding on the marked trails. Several of these follow the creek, and pass through the perimeter of the property to the adjacent forest.  Relaxing on the back patio or front porch, the sounds of birds and Eddy Creek that runs through the property can be enjoyed. The ranch consists of aspen meadows, cedar covered ridges and open Ponderosa forests. This property offers you views of the Chalk Cliffs and Mt. Princeton that can only be seen from the vantage point of Antero Mountain Ranch.

The 2,800 sq ft lodge style residence of Antero Mountain ranch is unique for an in-holding.  Most inholdings offer only a small off-the-grid cabin. At Antero Mountain Ranch, the home is welcoming and has a rustic log and stone exterior. There are decks off every doorway, with each door boasting a beautiful, stain glass window. There are breathtaking views from every window.  Large windows adorn the home giving it great solar light throughout. The interior is an open floor plan, allowing for visiting upstairs in the dining room, great room and kitchen. The kitchen has an abundance of cabinets and two pantries. A laundry room is handy off the kitchen. Cathedral ceilings accented by log beams help give it that lodge feel. The focal point of the great room is the cozy, woodstove, resting on a rock hearth with nice log mantel. Aspen tongue and groove, combined with walls of earth-tone colors, give the home a woodsy charm. The home consists of 4 spacious bedrooms and 3 baths. The large master bedroom has its own bath and a sitting deck where a perennial rock garden can be enjoyed.

A second sunny bedroom and bathroom with a walk-in tile shower are also on the main floor.  Downstairs are 2 bedrooms and a bath and a sauna, to enjoy after a day of snowshoeing or hiking. The original home builder had a Swiss-style sauna installed to relax in after a long day of cross-country skiing or snowshoeing on the property or in the adjacent National Forest.

Antero Mountain Ranch is in a mecca of Colorado Big Game Diversity. From the property you can see Elk, Mule Deer, Mountain Goats, Big Horn Sheep and Moose have been spotted in the area. In addition there are opportunities for Black Bear and Mountain Lion hunting.  There are also Blue Grouse, Ptarmigan and Wild Turkey in the area. Located at the southern end of the Collegiate Park Range, the ranch is in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. The unit is great for those hunters willing to get off the main access roads and hike into areas inaccessible to motor vehicles. With this ranch you can hunt right off your property into areas that are very hard to access by the public. The area has great alpine meadows and deep timber away from the well traveled routes. The ranch is located in Colorado Game Management Unit 56.

According to the Colorado Angling Guide, the section of the Arkansas River between Nathrop and Texas Creek – accessed just minutes from the ranch – offers the best fishing on the entire river. This section is well known to be one of the premier brown trout fisheries in the state with large trout rising to the prolific caddis hatches during the season. Long runs, sweeping bends, deep pools and rocky ledges provided excellent habitat for the healthy population of voracious browns throughout the Arkansas River near the ranch.

Your recreational enjoyment starts directly out of the front door. In the spring, summer and fall, you can ride ATVs, hunt, mountain bike, horseback ride, or backpack until your heart is content. In the winter your gated oasis turns to a snowshoeing and snowmobiling wonderland. After having exhausted the trails on the property, enjoy the endless miles accessed on the nearby Colorado Trail, which borders Antero Mountain Ranch on two sides.