Exceptionally Rare 160 Acre National Forest Inholding with Lodge
Style Log Home
17200 County Rd. 274 * Nathrop, CO 81236
Minimum Bid $680,000
Property Last Sold at $1,425,000
The property will ABSOLUTELY SELL once minimum bid is met.
Auction: Friday November 8 at 11:07 AM
(Auction location to be announced)
Preview Dates: Nov. 2 from 10 am to 3 pm
17200 County Rd. 274 * Nathrop, CO 81236
Minimum Bid $680,000
Property Last Sold at $1,425,000
The property will ABSOLUTELY SELL once minimum bid is met.
Auction: Friday November 8 at 11:07 AM
(Auction location to be announced)
Preview Dates: Nov. 2 from 10 am to 3 pm
Other preview dates available by appointment, please call 877-612-8494 to schedule.
Antero Mountain Ranch is a rare National Forest inholding with unparalleled privacy and breathtakingly beautiful scenery. This property is perfect for horseback riders, photographers, hunters, hikers, mountain bikers, and anyone seeking tranquility among pristine forests and snow-capped mountain peaks under Colorado’s clear blue sky. There is abundant wildlife here, and you will share your land with deer, elk, wild turkey, antelope and bear.
Antero Ranch is
already subdivided into four 40-acre parcels, so the new owner can choose to
sell some parcels of keep everything.
Only 6 miles off
Highway 285, Antero Ranch is easily accessible year round – the ranch sits
at the base of Mount Antero and is surrounded on all sides by the San Isabel
National Forest in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Alpine meadows
liberally sprinkled with wildflowers intertwine with stands of stately pines,
blue spruce, and delicate aspens. The bubbling waters of Eddy Creek run
throughout.
This property is only
a few hours from Denver. It is situated between Buena Vista, Salida and Poncha
Springs, and is just minutes to the famous Mountain Princeton Hot Springs.
THE HOMESTEAD
• Complete Privacy
The rustic and
spacious log-sided 2800 SF lodge-style home is itself a part of the
beauty of Antero Mountain Ranch. It is finely crafted and strategically
built to capture views on every side of this unique mountain retreat. The
main level is comprised of 1800 square feet and the lower level is 1000 square
feet. Quality craftsmanship is evident throughout this comfortable and
inviting mountain home. The great room, with its wood stove, rock hearth,
and log mantel, beckons you to relax and leave the cares of the outside world
behind. The cathedral ceilings with their log beams and aspen tongue and
groove construction, and the designer colors all blend together to create a
delightful mountain lodge-style atmosphere. With a total of four bedrooms
and three baths, there is room for everyone. The main level master
suite provides a private area inside and out with its own deck access with
views and a perennial rock garden. The main level also includes another
sizeable bedroom and bath with a walk-in tile shower. This level has hot water
baseboard heating as well as a wood stove. The lower level includes two
more bedrooms, a bath, and a Swiss-style sauna. The lower level has in-floor
heat. It may also be accessed through the attached 2-car garage.
• Majestic Mountain
Views
• Complete Privacy
• High Mountain
Lakes & Waterfalls
• Easy Year Round
Access-Just 6 Miles Off HWY 285
• Horseback Riding,
ATV, Snowmobiling, Hiking & Hunting – Right Out Your Front Door!
• Hunt Deer, Wild
Turkey, Antelope & Bear
• 2800 SF Log Home
Has Swiss Style Sauna
• New Pole Corral
and Tack Shed
• New Well
• Underground
Electric & Phone
Antero Ranch Could Be Used
for:
- A Year Round Home
- A Vacation Home
- A Vacation Rental
- A Bed & Breakfast
- A Hunting Lodge
- A Horse Riding Club
Hunting is in unit 56
right on and around the 160 acres and near Hancock/St. Elmo
Heckler junction all have elk, deer, bear, turkey, antelope, and big horn sheep and cougar abounding.
Owners have drawn tags every year and usually get 4 elk, 4 deer, a bear and turkey, and antelope (preference points).
The tags are generally filled each year as well, with many trophy elk and deer and antelope, the animals have been taken right on the 160 acres or within a mile or 2 of the house so hunting is phenomenal.
There is a roadless area of 64,000 acres lying to the south of the property that because of the terrain, is basically, used only by the owners at Antero Mountain Ranch.
The elk herds migrate from this area and Raspberry mountain into the National forest below, through the 160 acre property.
Because of the elevation of Antero Mountain and ranch the terrain, there are many viewing vantage points where one can sit and scan the whole area below to spot/scout out the herds of animals and then hunt from there.
Roads below allow ATVs and trucks for hunting there as well.
The owners have rarely if any time seen a hunter behind their property, because most do not want to walk to get to the great hunting.
There is a herd of over 200 elk that winter in the pasture/hay fields below Antero
plus the antelope hang out in the BLM below the property and in the national forest.
Recreational
OpportunitiesHeckler junction all have elk, deer, bear, turkey, antelope, and big horn sheep and cougar abounding.
Owners have drawn tags every year and usually get 4 elk, 4 deer, a bear and turkey, and antelope (preference points).
The tags are generally filled each year as well, with many trophy elk and deer and antelope, the animals have been taken right on the 160 acres or within a mile or 2 of the house so hunting is phenomenal.
There is a roadless area of 64,000 acres lying to the south of the property that because of the terrain, is basically, used only by the owners at Antero Mountain Ranch.
The elk herds migrate from this area and Raspberry mountain into the National forest below, through the 160 acre property.
Because of the elevation of Antero Mountain and ranch the terrain, there are many viewing vantage points where one can sit and scan the whole area below to spot/scout out the herds of animals and then hunt from there.
Roads below allow ATVs and trucks for hunting there as well.
The owners have rarely if any time seen a hunter behind their property, because most do not want to walk to get to the great hunting.
There is a herd of over 200 elk that winter in the pasture/hay fields below Antero
plus the antelope hang out in the BLM below the property and in the national forest.
All the recreation a
person could want starts right out the front door of this 160 acre property.
One can bike ride, ATV, snowmobile, snowshoe or cross country ski, hunt, horse ride, hike all on property or off property in the national forest.
The Colorado Trail is located below the entrance gate and is easily accessible for hundreds of miles of recreating.
Excellent fly fishing, white water rafting, kayaking, and canoeing is only 20 mins away on the Arkansas river.
Boating and fishing can be found in mountain lakes nearby about 30 mins away -Clear Creek lake, Twin lakes, Antero Reservoir and more
rock climbing locally, jeeping locally and on national forest roads near St. Elmo and numerous others about 30 mins away and closer
Aspen, Breckenridge and Vail are within 1 1/2 hours for fun shopping and skiing
Ski resorts Monarch is 45 mins away, Cooper and Copper, Keystone and Vail all within 1 1/2 hours.
One can bike ride, ATV, snowmobile, snowshoe or cross country ski, hunt, horse ride, hike all on property or off property in the national forest.
The Colorado Trail is located below the entrance gate and is easily accessible for hundreds of miles of recreating.
Excellent fly fishing, white water rafting, kayaking, and canoeing is only 20 mins away on the Arkansas river.
Boating and fishing can be found in mountain lakes nearby about 30 mins away -Clear Creek lake, Twin lakes, Antero Reservoir and more
rock climbing locally, jeeping locally and on national forest roads near St. Elmo and numerous others about 30 mins away and closer
Aspen, Breckenridge and Vail are within 1 1/2 hours for fun shopping and skiing
Ski resorts Monarch is 45 mins away, Cooper and Copper, Keystone and Vail all within 1 1/2 hours.
THE HISTORY
John and Charles Eddy
bought the property, now known as Antero Mountain Ranch, in 1887 from John
Pledger, who originally homesteaded the property in 1886. The brothers
would bring cattle from their ranch in New Mexico (Eddy County, New Mexico is
named for them) north to Colorado to sell to the miners and move what was left
of the herd to another ranch they owned in South Park, Colorado. The Eddy
Brothers original cabin continues to weather time and may be found about a
quarter mile off the property line.
Call
877-612-8494 to schedule a time to view.
DIRECTIONS TO THE PROPERTY
Head south from Buena Vista 11 miles south on
highway 285,Turn right onto CR. 270
Go 1 1/2 miles on black top(road continues to right)
Go straight onto dirt road CR. 272 and head west 1 1/1 miles
At kiosk intersection go straight onto CR. 274
Go 2.2 miles on graded dirt road, staying only on 274 not 274a
Till you come to our log entrance – road dead ends at our property gate will be open
Bear to right and follow buck and rail fence up past the tack cabin 1 mile to house
From Salida
Head north on 285 about 8 miles
Turn left onto CR. 270
Go 1 1/2 miles on black top(road continues to right)
Go straight onto dirt road CR. 272 and head west 1 1/1 miles
At kiosk intersection go straight onto CR. 274
Go 2.2 miles on graded dirt road, staying only on 274 not 274a
Till you come to our log entrance – road dead ends at our property gate will be open
Bear to right and follow buck and rail fence up past the tack cabin 1 mile to house
