20738 Stevens Gulch Paonia, CO 81428

The Moose Meadow Cabins is 194+/- acres ranch lying between the heart of the North Fork River Valley and the Grand Mesa Plateau. The ranch has one home and one cabin with domestic water, telephone, and generator, grid power is within a mile away. The main home is a 4 bedroom 2 bath home with open ki...tchen, dining and living room with grand fire place. It has been completely refurbished, providing comfortable lodging for family and guests or hunters and guides. The rustic cabin is a 2 bedroom with sleeping loft, 1 bath and an open kitchen living room. The ranch encompasses the draws, meadows, and ridges along the south and west face of the Grand Mesa, just 5 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. It has year-round county road access on Stephens Gulch Road. It adjoins the National Forest along it entire northern border. Located only 90 miles from Aspenâs world-class ski slopes and 50 miles Montrose regional airport with flights to Boston, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, San Francisco, and Charlotte. This exceptional ranch property is a superb wildlife paradise for moose, elk, mule deer, bear, mountain lion, turkeys, eagles, and numerous small animal and bird species, with over-the-counter elk tags available. Current revenue potential includes hunting, limited timber production, grazing, and summer/winter ecotourism. Over 2.3 miles of wildlife friendly new fence has been constructed since 2017. The ranch features year-round live water with a small creek, numerous springs, and two large trout ponds. The elevations run from 7,900' to 8,400' with vegetation mixes of sub-irrigated meadows, sage brush, Gamble Oaks, at the lower end to lush stands of aspen, meadows, dark spruce & pine timber stands at higher elevations. To improve wildlife habitat, over 25 acres of low-lying brush has been mulched & reseeded into wildlife forage. This improved habitat diversity has driven a vast expansion in game species. Additional incredible building sites and fantastic views of the West Elk, Ragged, and San Juan Mountain Ranges. Moose Meadows ranch has been refurbished, replanted, re-surveyed and fenced as part of a million-dollar vegetation mitigation/improvement project. Nothing has been left undone and is a turnkey property. Continue reading