Overview
The Gates at Stonegate is a rare opportunity to own one of the most exquisite homes in the North Platte Valley. It pairs sophisticated, fully furnished interiors with 35± easy-to-maintain acres that border more than 17,000 acres of accessible BLM land.
Improvements
The main residence offers 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms plus a powder room, a 10,900 sqft home that is completely remodeled top to bottom with the most exquisite, designer-caliber finishes, sold turnkey and fully furnished. A separate caretaker/apartment suite with its own private entrance is offered in addition to the main house, ideal for staff, a property manager, or extended guests. Highlights include:
- A dramatic two-story great room with a soaring vaulted, exposed-beam ceiling, massive natural log support columns, and a floor-to-ceiling river-rock fireplace with a mounted longhorn above the mantel
- A second great room/sitting area with its own stone fireplace, wrought-iron and glass double entry doors, and a formal piano room featuring the Yamaha grand player piano
- A wraparound loft library with built-in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves overlooking the great room below
- A chef’s kitchen outfitted with a full suite of built-in appliances: a Wolf induction cooktop, full-size oven, microwave, and toaster oven; a Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer plus Sub-Zero beverage and wine refrigerators; a Cove dishwasher; a True ice maker; and a built-in Star Max flat-top griddle in the island. Handcrafted Raw Urth Designs range and island hoods, quartzite counters with a full-height quartzite backsplash and pot filler, a leathered granite island with bar seating, custom stained cabinetry with brass hardware, and white marble floors complete the space, with a butler’s pantry and dedicated appliance counter just off the kitchen
- Formal dining room seating 12 beneath a statement crystal chandelier, with a live-edge walnut table, tufted leather chairs, and a second stone fireplace, opening onto a four-season covered porch
- A fully custom wet bar and game room with quartzite countertops, backlit liquor display shelving, a dedicated beverage refrigerator, and a custom pool table and matching custom poker table crafted by Aspen Rustic, a respected American-made craftsman recognized as a leader in finely crafted log and timber billiard tables; the pool table is built with tournament-grade slate and a hand-rubbed finish
- A private study/library with an antique-style walk-in gun safe, built-in bookshelves, and a leather-and-hide chaise, overlooking open pasture
- A spa-style primary bath with full-slab marble surfaces, a private sauna, a curbless glass-enclosed shower and freestanding soaking tub combination, and a tiered crystal chandelier
- A secluded complete home gym
- Multiple guest bedrooms featuring custom tufted leather and hide bed frames with fur bedspreads and antler lamps
- A powder room finished in snakeskin-textured wallpaper, dark glass tile, and a black-lacquer vanity with gold accents
- A long gallery hallway displaying curated nature and landscape photography by renowned Wyoming-based wildlife photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen
- A whole-home Control4 smart home system integrating lighting, climate, audio/visual, and security, plus whole-house Bluetooth audio
- Custom fur bedspreads and handcrafted Western furniture by Bison Creek Interiors throughout
- Custom antler tables and lamps and oak crown molding throughout the home
- Built-in safe room and secure vault
- Attached 3-car garage with epoxy floors
- 5 rocked-in fireplaces throughout the home, with a brand-new forced-air furnace and air conditioning throughout.
- 3,660 sq ft heated shop with concrete floor.
Location
Situated between the Snowy Range and Sierra Madre Mountains, near Encampment and Saratoga, Wyoming, with the Encampment River within 10 minutes.
Locale
Encampment is a small historic town of roughly 450 residents in Carbon County, Wyoming, forty miles south of Interstate 80 and about 85 miles west of Laramie. Known also as “Grand Encampment”, the town was a booming center of copper mining and smelting around the turn of the twentieth century, reflected on the ranch’s own former railway grade. Nearby Saratoga, the area’s slightly larger hub, had a population of about 1,700 as of the 2020 census and carries the town motto “Where The Trout Leap In Main Street,” a nod to the region’s Blue Ribbon fisheries. The immediate area is home to three of the American West’s most celebrated ranches: Brush Creek Ranch, an award-winning luxury resort on 30,000+ acres; A Bar A Ranch, one of the nation’s oldest and largest guest ranches at nearly 100,000 acres; and Silver Spur Ranch, a major cattle operation and outfitter renowned for its Blue Ribbon fishing and big-game hunting, placing Stonegate at the heart of one of Wyoming’s most prestigious ranching corridors. Laramie, roughly 90 minutes away, is home to the University of Wyoming and sits about 50 miles west of Cheyenne, the state capital, and 130 miles north of Denver, Colorado. Private and charter aircraft can fly directly into the Saratoga Airport, just 4 miles gate-to-gate from the property, with commercial service available through Laramie Regional Airport and Denver International Airport serving as the primary commercial gateway into the region.
History
The property is crossed by the former grade of the Saratoga/Encampment Railroad, which hauled copper from area mines in the late 1800s–early 1900s. The Encampment River was featured in Ray Bergman’s 1937 book Trout, and the pools, rocks, and eddies he described remain on the river today.
Climate
The area enjoys a four-season mountain climate typical of high-elevation southern Wyoming. Summers are long and pleasant with average highs near 90°F, while winters bring cold temperatures with lows typically in the 10 to 20°F range. The region enjoys abundant sunshine, averaging around 300 days of sun per year, with moderate annual precipitation and periodic heavier mountain snowfall, ideal conditions for four-season recreation.
