Remmow Ranch

Durango, Colorado (La Plata County)
$5,900,000Sold
2,078 +/- Deeded Acres

Surrounded by San Juan National Forest, with abundant wildlife including elk, mule deer, and turkeys.

Trophy Hunting and Excellent Grazing Near Durango
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  • Located approximately 25 miles east of Durango, Colorado
  • Surrounded by San Juan National Forest (USFS)
  • Abundant wildlife including elk, mule deer, and turkeys
  • Trophy hunting for the famed “San Juan Elk Herd” (GMU 751)
  • 2,078 acres (~500 acres sub-irrigated pasture)
  • Historic improvements
  • 4 permitted wells and adjudicated water rights
  • 5 ponds and 1.3 miles of Bear Creek
  • 5 elevated hunting stands/blinds
  • Perimeter and interior fenced pastures serviced by two-track ranch roads
  • Both remote and easily accessed, a unique opportunity to own a large acreage property surrounded by USFS lands on all sides
  • A robust network of roads and trails connects the property to the National Forest for seamless recreational access
Introduction
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The 2,078-acre Remmow Ranch is a gorgeous mountain hunting and grazing property located in La Plata County 25 miles (30 minutes) east of vibrant Durango, Colorado, and 12 miles (20 minutes) north of the friendly town of Bayfield. Situated in ponderosa pine-forested foothills, this secluded ranch is supremely private, remote, and yet easily accessed, offering a unique opportunity to own a large acreage property surrounded by US Forest Service lands on all sides. Graced at an elevation between 7,500 and 7,900 ft., Remmow Ranch offers excellent elk, mule deer, and turkey hunting and is situated in Colorado’s famed Game Management Unit (GMU 75). This remarkable ranch borders the 3 million-acre San Juan National Forest with a trailhead and road access to the famous Weminuche Wilderness Area. A terrific investment opportunity, with tremendous development and conservation potential, Remmow Ranch is without question the best sporting ranch opportunity in the Durango/Four Corners region.

Several photographs of Remmow Ranch are taken by Camera Head Media.

Lay of the Land
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Improvements

There are five historic improvement locations on the ranch including the main headquarters site and an old timber mill. Combined the built improvements include a number of houses, cabins, a barn, numerous outbuildings, and sheds. All of the buildings are in primitive condition and would need attention prior to occupancy. Electric utility service runs to the south entrance of the property and is provided by La Plata Electric.

Location

Remmow Ranch is a short thirty-five-minute drive east from Durango, CO, and a twenty-minute drive north from the town of Bayfield. The impressive San Juan Mountain Range and the 3 million acre San Juan National Forest surround the ranch on all sides.

Locale

Durango, Colorado is one of the West’s great mountain towns boasting all the major amenities of a large city, while maintaining the appeal and charm of a smaller accessible community. Located at the foot of the San Juan Mountains with the wild Animas River running through the heart of it, Durango is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, offering an incredible array of activities with easy/immediate access to the mountains and rivers with hundreds of miles of National Forest and BLM lands in all directions.

Culturally diverse, Durango is home to a number of art galleries and museums as well as Fort Lewis College, a four-year liberal arts institution. A gateway to the desert Southwest, the Four Corners region, and red rock canyon country, Durango is a short drive from Mesa Verde National Park and Canyon of the Ancients National Monument. While known for its eclectic mix of fine restaurants, farmers’ markets, music festivals, and art fairs, Durango is not without conventional services including big box retail, abundant fast-food food, numerous grocery options, hardware, motels, movie theaters, and other major services. The La Plata County Airport with non-stop service to Denver, Salt Lake, Albuquerque, and Phoenix is a twenty-five-minute drive from the ranch.

Climate

The Durango area offers the best of Colorado’s ideal 4-season climate. The + 6,500’ elevation assures both winters and summers are generally mild with plenty of Colorado’s famous year-round sunshine.

  • Rainfall (in.): 14.6
  • Snowfall (in): 108.6
  • Precipitation Days: 64
  • Sunny Days: 269
  • Avg July High: 83
  • Avg. Jan High: 4
Sporting Features
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Recreation

Located at the foot of the San Juan Mountains with the wild Animas River running through the heart of it, Durango is a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, offering an incredible array of activities with easy/immediate access to the mountains and hundreds of miles of National Forest and BLM lands in all directions. Numerous trailheads for hiking, world-class mountain biking, horseback riding, kayaking and white water rafting, cross country skiing, hunting, and fishing are all part of the vibrant activities available in and around Durango. World-class skiing at the Purgatory/Durango Mountain Resort is a short hour’s drive from the ranch over what many argue is one of Colorado’s most scenic highways. Vallacito Reservoir is 4 miles east of the ranch; the Animas River is less than half an hour away and is renowned for the excellent fishing, and thrilling white water rafting. The world-famous Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway leaves right from downtown and offers visitors a trip back through the areas rich mining history and incredible scenery.

Hunting

Remmow Ranch offers excellent elk, mule deer, and turkey hunting and is home to the full spectrum of Colorado montane wildlife species. The ranch is situated in Colorado’s famed Game Management Unit (GMU 751) and qualifies for landowner preference tags for both elk and mule deer. Five (5) elevated hunting stands (blinds) are situated strategically across the property amidst a diverse variety of open meadows and timbered draws. With excellent grazing and cover, providing vital year-round habitat, the ranch also serves as an important migration corridor for elk and mule deer moving thru from higher Forest Service lands to lower elevation habitat. Highly productive, the property has been leased to commercial outfitters for many decades; details about the success and capacity of the operation can be made available upon request.

Fishing

There are five man-made ponds on Remmow Ranch where the fishing could be quite decent when the ponds were stocked with brown and rainbow trout. For the avid angler, there is also world-class fishing only a few miles away on either the Animas River near Durango or five miles west on the Los Pinos River and Vallecitos Reservoir.

Ranch Attributes
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Ranch Operations

The ranch was originally assembled in the 1960s, built and run as part of a larger working cattle ranch, and serving as seasonal summer grass for decades. There are five historic improvement locations on the ranch including the main headquarters site and an old timber mill. Combined, the built improvements include a number of houses, cabins, a barn, numerous outbuildings, and sheds. All of the buildings are in primitive condition and would need attention prior to occupancy. The ranch historically included a commercial hunting operation leased to outfitters out of Louisiana and Texas. The property is made up of four large paddocks with perimeter and interior fenced pastures serviced by two-track ranch roads.

Water Rights

Remmow Ranch is served by 4 permitted wells, in addition to decreed rights to 2.5 CFS in the George B Jones Ditch (1936 and 1966). There is no actively irrigated acreage on the ranch, though there are five livestock ponds on the property.

Conservation Values

An important open space and wildlife legacy property, Remmow Ranch is an attractive conservation opportunity and significant interest to the La Plata Open Space Conservancy.

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