Elk Meadow Ranch
Welcome to Elk Meadow Ranch, an extraordinary Colorado mountain retreat featuring a beautifully renovated Colorado-style home surrounded by breathtaking scenery, privacy and tranquility and endless opportunities for recreation. The 3BR +office, 3BA home, with an oversized 2 car garage, perfectly blends rustic charm with modern updates. The ranch is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including deer, elk, turkeys, bobcats, fox and bear.
Land
The property’s setting is very private and tranquil, with an abundance of wildlife that call the ranch and surrounding forest home. The ranch is bordered by public land for expanded access to trails, exploration, and hunting. A lush grassy meadow creates a serene foreground, offering an excellent grazing pasture for horses or other livestock. This is a true equestrian or gentleman’s ranch opportunity, where you can enjoy wide-open spaces and natural b...
The property’s setting is very private and tranquil, with an abundance of wildlife that call the ranch and surrounding forest home. The ranch is bordered by public land for expanded access to trails, exploration, and hunting. A lush grassy meadow creates a serene foreground, offering an excellent grazing pasture for horses or other livestock. This is a true equestrian or gentleman’s ranch opportunity, where you can enjoy wide-open spaces and natural beauty just beyond your doorstep. A wide variety of wildlife frequent the ranch, including mule deer, elk, turkeys, bear, bobcat, fox and much more, offering great opportunities for hunting and for your viewing pleasure.
Improvements
The home offers an open floor plan ideal for entertaining, highlighted by soaring vaulted tongue and groove ceilings and a stunning natural moss rock fireplace that brings the beauty of the outdoors inside. The home has been thoughtfully designed to have the updated master suite on the main level as well as the living, dining, kitchen and laundry. The two guest bedrooms and shared bath can be found upstairs. The home is efficiently heated with in-floor radiant hot water heat on the min level and baseboard hot water heat upstairs. Cooling is provided by two mini-split units in the master bedroom and the living room. Multiple private decks provide seamless indoor-outdoor living, allowing you to relax while taking in the sweeping long-range views and unforgettable Colorado sunsets. The ranch has a very special and unique feature that will only be shown to a serious buyer.
In addition to the main home, the property includes a large shop with ample room for an RV or camper plus vehicles, equipment and a workshop. The shop also has a rustic bunkhouse, complete with a modern antique style gas cooking stove, kitchen sink and bathroom.
Additional features include a nice storage shed, greenhouse, loafing barn and a newly constructed log bunk house located on the far end of the meadow, perfectly situated for wildlife viewing.
Recreation
The ranch has roads and 2 track trails to get you around the property so you can access is easily and make the best use of your ranch. There is a wide variety of wildlife providing a great hunting opportunity for mule deer, elk, turkeys, bobcats, coyotes, fox and bear. Over the counter elk tags are available in Game Management Unit 75 for the 2nd and 3rd rifle seasons. Turkey and bear licenses are available over the counter as well.
SW Colorado is an outdoors enthusiasts dream come true. The area is 75% public land which gives you seemingly unlimited opportunities for hiking, biking, ATV’s, horseback riding, camping, kayaking, river rafting, hunting, fly fishing, and so much more.
Durango is just 25 minutes away with it’s quaint historic downtown, numerous excellent dining options,farmers market, arts and craft fairs, weekly music festivals during the summer, special events all year long, movie theaters, recreational center, skiing, golfing, art galleries, concert hall and much more. Durango truly does have a lot to offer.
Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources
The ranch also receives nominal mineral royalties per month from the Bear Trail Gas Well which is NOT on the property.
Location
Elk Meadow Ranch is conveniently located within 20 minutes of Mercy Hospital and 25-30 minutes from downtown Durango and Durango/La Plata County Regional airport, with daily flights to Dallas, Phoenix and Denver. Bayfield is just 15 minutes away as well, which has most of your everyday needs.
Durango is just 25 minutes away with it’s quaint historic downtown, numerous excellent dining options,farmers market, arts and craft fairs, weekly music festivals during the summer, special events all year long, movie theaters, recreational center, skiing, golfing, art galleries, concert hall and much more. Durango truly does have a lot to offer.
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From Durango take Hwy 160 East, L on CR 225A, R on CR 225, R on CR 228 to address on the left. From Bayfield go north on CR 502, veer left onto CR 228 to address on the right. Gated entry.
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About Wendell Qualls
I grew up in a beautiful farming and ranching community in southwest Colorado and I am blessed to call this area home. Growing up I enjoyed roaming the mountains, foothills, and ranches in search big game animals as well as small game and predators. If Im not out selling real estate, my wife and I can usually be found enjoying time on our boat and camping at a local lake.In my early years, I worked for numerous farmers and ranchers and learned a lot about the farm and ranch life. Those lessons included learning a good work ethic, what hard work is all about and the rewards that come from giving it your best effort. Something else I learned from those farmers and ranchers is a love and appreciation for the land. One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to spend time out on properties and experiencing the unique qualities that each property has to offer.My interest in real estate sales began as a customer, buying and selling personal and investment properties, and that eventually evolved into a full-time career as a real estate broker. I have been dedicated to helping my clients to achieve their real estate goals for over 23 years and I find great satisfaction in guiding my clients through what can be a complicated process. I have been one of the top producing brokers in the Durango area throughout my career, having closed over 400 real estate transactions, totaling over $100 Million in sales. I am dedicated to helping my clients to find the perfect property for their needs or to help them to market and sell their current property to transition into the next chapter of their lives. I strive to provide the highest level of service and expertise to each of my clients and to utilize all of my experience and skills to guide my clients smoothly through the entire transaction.