Roatcap Creek Stevens Gulch Paonia, CO 81428

The Roatcap Creek Ranch is 356 acres and encompasses the draws, meadows, and ridges along the south face of the Grand Mesa, adjoining BLM land along its entire eastern and southern border. This ranch features incredible building sites and fantastic views of the West Elk, Ragged, and San Juan Mountai...n Ranges. Power is installed on the ranch and domestic water is available to build your dream home or lodge. Just 5 miles north of Paonia, Colorado, on Stephens Gulch Road. The ranches offer year-round county road access. 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. To improve the property for livestock and wildlife, miles of wildlife friendly new fence has been constructed. The ranch features year-round water in Roatcap creek, numerous springs, and small ponds. The terrain of each ranch is as varied as the acreages, elevations run from 7,400' to 8,200' with vegetation mixes of sub-irrigated meadows, sage brush, Gamble Oaks, Cottonwoods, and grassy meadows with small pinion pine at higher elevations. To improve wildlife habitat, multiple acres of low-lying brush has been cleared and reseeded into highland pasture. This improved habitat diversity has driven a vast expansion in game species populations both migratory and year-round herds. 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. Continue reading