The Mountain Ranch is a unique opportunity to purchase a large acreage working ranch within minutes of the Front Range. This beautiful ranch is ideally suited for year around residence, commercial horse boarding and riding operation, a private family retreat, or a working ranch operation. The ranch's close proximity to Ft. Collins and Loveland, together with the senior water rights makes this an excellent long term investment. LAND Located in the Rocky Mountain foothills along Buckhorn Creek, the Mountain Ranch contains a wide variety of terrain, vegetation and habitat, providing a private wilderness experience within commuting distance of Ft. Collins. It is truly unusual to find a large contiguous parcel of this size and this much variety so close to the city. The ranch contains just over 133 acres. There are approximately 30 acres of irrigated hay meadows, 10 acres of improvements, over 1/2 mile of Buckhorn Creek and 80+ acres of tree covered hillsides, canyons and red cliffs. The ranch ranges from 5,600 feet to 6,400 feet in elevation. IMPROVEMENTS The Mountain Ranch has a full compliment of improvements. The main home is the original homestead built in 1890. This 2-story home is over 1800sf and has been well maintained and tastefully restored. The home has 2 large bedrooms, 1 bath and a very large country kitchen (13x21) with breakfast nook. Additional living/sleeping space can be found in the 300 sf upstairs loft. The house is served by a domestic well with a reserve cistern system, septic and propane gas space heaters. The ranch operation is fenced and cross fenced, and includes hay barn, loafing shed, corrals and workshop. The ranch also comes with over 250 acre-ft of senior water rights, providing a tremendous value to the ranch operations. These water rights were appropriated in 1874 and are supplied by the Kirchner Ditch. The owner has created a 9+ acre fishing pond at one end of the ranch, as well as some smaller stock ponds for the kids and horses. The ranch has a conservation easement in place to preserve the agriculture heritage of the ranch and surrounding habitat, while still allowing for additional structures, improvements and individual parcel sales.
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