Elk Meadows Ranch
Elk Meadows Ranch is a 198-acre recreational and agricultural ranch located near the community of Radium, Colorado, an area well known for its access to the Colorado River and extensive Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands. The ranch sits less than 45 miles from the resort community of Vail and under 15 miles from the full range of services available in Kremmling, including a hospital, grocery store, restaurants, hardware store, and private airport.
The ranch features over 1,550 feet of Sheephorn Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River that supports a healthy population of Rainbow and Brown Trout. This stretch of creek remains unimproved, offering an excellent opportunity for enhancement of the fishery. Elk Meadows Ranch holds a strong portfolio of water rights, including multiple decreed ditch rights and reservoir storage rights, which currently irrigate approximately 68 ...
The ranch features over 1,550 feet of Sheephorn Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River that supports a healthy population of Rainbow and Brown Trout. This stretch of creek remains unimproved, offering an excellent opportunity for enhancement of the fishery. Elk Meadows Ranch holds a strong portfolio of water rights, including multiple decreed ditch rights and reservoir storage rights, which currently irrigate approximately 68 acres of hay meadow and pasture.
Situated in Game Management Unit 361, the ranch is bordered by Bureau of Land Management lands that extend to the White River National Forest. Ownership includes a grazing lease on the adjacent BLM ground, and direct access to hundreds of miles of trails for horseback riding and ATV use, with thousands of acres of public land in the form of BLM lands and the White River National forest immediately accessible from the property.
Improvements include a 4,873 square foot log and mountain modern main residence with three bedrooms and three and one-half baths. Originally constructed in 1994, the home was expanded in 2015 to include a primary suite, open-concept great room, updated kitchen, and attached two-car garage. A separate 928 square foot caretaker’s cabin with one bedroom and one bath is located near the entrance of the ranch, providing privacy from the main home. Additional improvements include a 556 square foot guest cabin, an original log horse barn with hay loft, and two additional historic log cabins, one of which formerly served as the Sheep Creek post office and is now used as a game and bunk room. The second cabin is currently being remodeled and offers future potential as a guest residence, studio, or office.
Elk Meadows Ranch is accessible year-round and offers a rare combination of live water, irrigated ground, on-ranch hunting and fishing, and immediate access to vast public lands, all within close proximity to a world-class resort community and regional services. The ranch represents an outstanding opportunity for recreation, agriculture, or a private mountain retreat in a highly sought-after area of central Colorado.
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About William George
Bill is originally from White River Junction, Vermont. He moved out west to pursue his desire of being a rancher in 1998 after living in Vermont for most of his life except for a tour of duty in the U.S. Army from September 1990 thru January 1993. Bill has been working on ranches in Grand and Summit since 1999 and was the general manager and foreman of the largest working cattle ranch in Summit Colorado from 2004 to 2011. During that time period Bill also managed the Home Owners Association that owned the ranch. His intimate knowledge of working ranches as well as home owners associations includes firsthand knowledge of water rights, irrigation, hay production, cattle breeding, herd development, livestock marketing, range management, animal husbandry, horse care, horse training and breeding, wildlife habitat management, ranch budgeting and conservation easements.