Beckwith Ranch Westcliffe, Colorado

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BECKWITH RANCH WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO

$2,975,000 | 2,085± ACRES

LISTING AGENT: JEFF BUERGER

2000 S. COLORADO BLVD., T1, STE. 3100 DENVER, COLORADO 80222 P: 303.861.8282 M: 303.229.9932 [email protected] BECKWITH RANCH WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO

$2,975,000 | 2,085± ACRES

LISTING AGENT: JEFF BUERGER

2000 S. COLORADO BLVD., T1, STE. 3100 DENVER, COLORADO 80222 P: 303.861.8282 M: 303.229.9932 [email protected] Land… that’s where it all begins. Whether it is ranch land or family retreats, working cattle ranches, plantations, farms, estancias, timber or recreational ranches for sale, it all starts with the land.

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Beckwith Ranch offers 2,085± acres of rare extensive wetland in the Wet Mountain Valley of southern Colorado. The ranch is a true agricultural property in its lush valley location set against colorful wildflowers and foliage, rolling meadows, and sweeping views of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range.

The property is ready for high-functioning operations, boasting senior water rights, hay production, and quality grazing lands. Artesian wells and a network of waterways and ponds enrich the land and support a diversity of wildlife from fish and ducks to migrating herds of elk and deer. It is both accessible and rustic, located conveniently along State Highway 69 just minutes from the neighboring town of Westcliffe and within an hour and a half’s drive to Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.

Beckwith plays a central role in the Wet Mountain Valley’s long ranching history and conservation legacy, holding the center of a more than 12,000-acre swath of protected land, making the area a destination for its breathtaking valley viewshed. Two conservation easements within the property contain 500± acres each. The remaining 1,000± acres of the ranch presents an opportunity for future owners to complete the conservation project that has been underway for 25 years.

Joining with the tradition of the community’s grand ranching legacy, Beckwith is known as a shining centerpiece among its neighbors and offers a legacy of carrying on its fine agricultural operations and conservation values within the picturesque valley for years to come.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 3 – LOCATION Beckwith Ranch is ideally situated within the Wet Mountain Valley, surrounded by hundreds of miles of San Isabel National Forest and BLM lands and the friendly rural communities of Custer County off State Highway 69. The charming ranching town of Westcliffe, Colorado, population 500+, is just a five-minute drive away for goods, groceries, and local shops. The larger nearby cities of Canyon City and Pueblo both have hospitals and larger retailers, hotels, and restaurants within an hour’s drive from the ranch. The Colorado Springs Municipal Airport is an hour and a half drive and offers nonstop service to more than 11 major US cities. Salida, known for its old-west character, is an easy hour-long trip northwest for quality dining and shopping.

The majestic Sangre de Cristo mountain range and its legendary 14,000+ foot peaks rise up just a mile from the ranch’s western border. The property sits adjacent to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, and the famed Great Sand Dunes National Preserve is just south of the ranch on the western side of Sangre de Cristos.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 4 – LOCALE The Wet Mountain Valley is nestled between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the west and the Wet Mountain range to the east. This makes the area a destination not only for its preservation of a stunning valley viewshed, but also for its freedom from light-pollution, highlighting its exemplary stargazing as the home of Colorado’s first designated International Dark-Sky Community. Having been a ranching territory since the late 1800s, the community celebrates its agricultural heritage with popular events, rodeos, and parades. The area is also known for the San Isabel National Forest, the Crestone Needle peak, the Royal Gorge and surrounding federally protected lands for its unforgettable scenery, hiking, hunting, horseback riding, cross- country skiing and more.

SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST Several access points into the San Isabel National Forest neighbor the ranch for convenient hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking through its vast trails across 3 million acres. The Rainbow Trail winds 100 miles from Westcliffe to Salida along the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range featuring mountain lakes and fishing streams along the way.

THE CRESTONE NEEDLE The iconic Crestone Needle located in the San de Cristo’s mountain range is known as one of the most challenging fourteen-thousand-foot peaks, “14ers,” to the summit in Colorado, but also one of the most rewarding. It sits among three other “14ers,” known as the Crestones, which are highly sought after by experienced mountaineers for their stunning views.

THE ROYAL GORGE AND ARKANSAS RIVER This incredible “Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River,” the Royal Gorge, is half an hour away for breathtaking canyon views from the bridge and park. The Royal Gorge is an icon of southern Colorado and its history. It features tours, ziplining, rock climbing, stunning scenery, and more.

The Arkansas River cuts through the gorge for unique views of the surrounding peaks as well as whitewater rafting adventures and outstanding fishing, including a strong brown trout presence, popular with fly-fishers.

MONARCH MOUNTAIN Monarch Mountain is about an hour’s drive from the ranch for a relaxed day of skiing in the winter. Monarch is known for its abundant snowfall and convenient access for slope-goers looking to skip the crowds of larger resorts. A trip along Monarch Pass is also one of the most scenic winter drives in the state.

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK Great Sand Dunes National Park is just over the west side of the Sangre de Cristo range from the ranch, an hour and a half’s drive away. The tallest dunes in North America, are popular with visitors for the rare experience of sand-sledding and sandboarding while offering plenty of exploration among its surrounding miles of mountain trails, alpine lakes, creeks, and impressive, diverse scenery.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 6 – © 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 7 – GENERAL DESCRIPTION Beckwith Ranch benefits from its well-watered valley locale between the Sangre de Cristo and the Wet Valley mountain ranges with stunning scenery and rich meadows that includes both dryland and irrigated pastures. Located minutes away from the charming town of Westcliffe just off of State Highway 69 adjacent to the San de Cristo Wilderness, the location is as convenient as it is rustic.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 8 – Beckwith presents a rare sense of containment, sitting between two mountain ranges while maintaining expansive rolling valley views of the meadows and tree line. The property is situated on Swift Creek and has both surface and sub-surface flows, including a network of streams and channels. These deliver water throughout the ranch and allow for seasonal irrigation for grazing used in conjunction with its ranching neighbors, though Beckwith holds senior water rights. An impressive ring of man-made ponds and artesian wells also mark the property, supporting it as an important wetland habitat for fish and waterfowl and connecting corridors for resident and migrating herds of elk, deer, and pronghorn.

Beckwith Ranch is a proud member of the Wet Mountain Valley Ranchland Preservation Program, along with six contiguous ranches just west of the property, committed to keeping more than 12,000 acres of contiguous open space forever in agricultural production. While the ranch’s two existing 500-acre easements protect the historic rural setting and spectacular viewshed for generations to come, the deeded 1,000± acres hold unique potential for completing the existing conservation project.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 9 – CLIMATE AND ELEVATION Beckwith Ranch enjoys distinct Colorado seasons with around 300 days of sunshine a year. Even with its water-rich climate, the area maintains low humidity, drawing moisture instead from the mountain runoff into its valley. Each season is pleasant and temperate; in the summer, highs warm the fertile region with 85 degree-weather over the rolling green grassland just before haying season. The fall is especially spectacular as the surrounding aspen trees turn bright yellow. In the winter, lows are only around 42 degrees. The area sees about 50 inches of snowfall a year and around 14 inches of rainfall. Elevation is around 8,000 feet throughout the ranch.

Beckwith Ranch offers 2,085± acres of rare extensive wetland in the Wet Mountain Valley of southern Colorado.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 11 – IMPROVEMENTS Beckwith Ranch represents an opportunity for new landowners to usher the property into its next season of growth. Ranching operations are already successful, and wide-open space holds potential for increased conservation efforts with desirable building envelopes on this remarkably fertile land.

RANCHING OPERATIONS Quality fencing encloses the perimeter and runs within the interior, and the property is serviced by two-track ranch roads. Much of the water is used seasonally to irrigate the pastures, and the current owners constructed a series of wetland ponds with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to serve as augmentation flows to control irrigation.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 12 – BUILDING ENVELOPES Each conservation easement consists of 500± acres that both contain building envelopes carefully positioned among the stunning mountain scenery and colorful meadows for the best home site possibilities. The remaining 1,000± deeded acres also hold an abundance of prospects to create a fully outfitted family residence suited for a working ranch.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 13 – WILDLIFE RESOURCES Beckwith is an important wetland and wildlife habitat, its water-rich meadows serving as a corridor for resident and migrating herds of elk, deer, and pronghorn. Plenty of antelope and a variety of upland birds also grace the property. Artesian wells are scattered throughout the property, and numerous ponds teem with trout and smallmouth bass, providing a home for waterfowl such as ducks and geese.

HUNTING The ranch is in a migratory corridor and offers access to antelope, mule deer, elk and a variety of upland birds that inhabit the property. A series of man-made ponds run through the heart of the ranch and allow for excellent duck hunting. The waterways also offer a rich year-round habitat for terrestrial and aviary wildlife such as ducks and geese.

FISHING A series of ponds teem with trout and smallmouth bass for abundant fishing. These stepped ponds run along the historic valley railroad grade and were made by diverting naturally occurring artesian springs for a fish hatchery, and an opportunity exists to re-vitalize the ponds to an even more robust fishery resource.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 15 – WATER RIGHTS Beckwith Ranch is fortunate in holding senior water rights among a well-maintained network of ditches that flow through the property and deliver water to irrigate hayfields and pastures. Swift Creek and a series of wetland ponds provide the ranch surface and subsurface flows, making it remarkably well-watered and productive with a complex hydrology system.

Any and all seller-owned water rights appurtenant to the property are included in the sale.

CONSERVATION VALUES HISTORY Current ownership purchased the ranch in the Beckwith Ranch was established by brothers, late 1990s. Preserving the stunning viewshed Elton and Edwin Beckwith circa 1869. Like and the open land was a priority for the many of its neighbors, it represents a deep owners. The Wet Mountain Valley Ranchland agricultural and ranching heritage. Though Preservation program was created together not included in this offering, the historic with the San Isabel Land Protection Trust, Waverly House that sits along the eastern the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land property line has been carefully restored Trust, and five adjacent ranches. Today over and maintained by a community nonprofit, 12,000± contiguous acres are open forever Friends of Beckwith Ranch. The whitewashed, and in agricultural production. Two 500-acre red-roofed, original Beckwith headquarters is conservation easements, each containing considered the most historically significant full building envelopes, maintain the historic landmark in Custer County, and a testament agricultural use of the land on the southern to its ranching legacy. Waverly Place now portion of the ranch. The next owner has the serves as a site for local tourism, education unique opportunity to complete this project and events that benefit the local economy. by placing the remaining 1,000± acres under easement.

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 17 – BROKER’S COMMENTS Beckwith Ranch is recognized as a largely agricultural-use property and is priced to reflect the conservation easement, remaining unencumbered land, water rights, and current augmentation plan. Ideally located within a few minutes of Westcliffe in the historic Wet Mountain Valley, the ranch is easily accessible with immediate highway access. The views of the Sangre de Cristo Range are tremendous, and there is ample opportunity to build to suit to take full advantage of an area of Colorado, recognized for its incredible viewshed. This is a large acreage holding for the area and rare that a ranch of this size, combined with its location, is presented to the market. The water features on the property attract a variety of wildlife and add a strong visual aesthetic. It is equally rare to find so much deeded acreage, spanning over numerous ranches in excess of 12,000± acres protected by conservation easements. Beckwith presents an opportunity to continue an agricultural operation in an area of vast amounts of protected land. Westcliffe is a welcoming, friendly, and agriculturally oriented community.

PRICE

$2,975,000

Hall and Hall is acting as a Seller’s Agent and will cooperate with other agents acting as a Transaction Broker or Buyer Agent only. NOTICE: Offering is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice, and approval of purchase by owner. Information regarding land classifications, acreages, building measurements, carrying capacities, potential profits, etc., are intended only as general guidelines and have been provided by sources deemed reliable, but whose accuracy we cannot guarantee. Prospective buyers should verify all information to their satisfaction. Prospective buyers should also be aware that the photographs in this brochure may have been digitally enhanced.

1. MANAGEMENT SERVICES – Hall and Hall’s Management Division has a very clear mission–to represent the owner and to ensure that his or her experience is a positive one. Services are customized to suit the owner’s needs. They often begin with the recruiting and hiring of a suitable ranch manager or caretaker and are followed by the development of a management or operating plan along with appropriate budgets. Ongoing services include bill paying, ranch oversight, and consulting services as needed. Even the most sophisticated and experienced ranch owners appreciate the value of a management firm representing them and providing advice on local area practices and costs. Wes Oja, Jerome Chvilicek, or Dan Bergstrom at (406) 656-7500 are available to describe and discuss these services in detail and welcome your call.

2. RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT SERVICES – Increasingly the value of a ranch is measured by the quality of each and every one of its resources. Coincidentally, the enhancement of a ranch’s resources also increases the pleasure that one derives from the ownership of a ranch. Our management services have included the assessment of everything from wildlife habitat to bird habitat to water resources and fisheries and the subsequent oversight of the process involved with the enhancement of these resources. Wes Oja, Jerome Chvilicek, or Dan Bergstrom at (406) 656-7500 are available to describe and discuss these services in detail and welcome your call.

3. AUCTIONS - Hall and Hall Auctions offer “Another Solution” to create liquidity for the owners of Investment-Quality Rural Real Estate. Our auction team has experience in marketing farmland, ranchland, timberland and recreational properties throughout the nation. Extreme attention to detail and complete transparency coupled with Hall and Hall’s “Rolodex” of more than 40,000 targeted owners and buyers of rural real estate help assure that there are multiple bidders at each auction. In addition, the unique Hall and Hall partnership model creates a teamwork approach that helps to assure that we realize true market value on auction day. For more information on our auction services contact Scott Shuman at (800) 829-8747.

4. APPRAISALS - Staying abreast of ancillary market influences in ever-changing economic conditions requires a broad professional network to tap into. Finding an appraiser who not only understands the numbers but also the differences in value from one area to another is a critical part of making an informed decision. The appraisal team at Hall and Hall, formed entirely of Accredited Members of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), has that critical network of brokers and lending professionals. This professional network coupled with diverse experience across multiple regions and market segments allows our appraisal team to deliver a quality product in a reasonable timeframe. Stacy Jackson at (903) 820-8499 is available to describe and discuss these services in detail and welcome your call.

5. SPECIALIZED LENDING - Since 1946 Hall and Hall has created a legacy by efficiently providing capital to landowners. In addition to traditional farm and ranch loans, we specialize in understanding the unique aspects of placing loans on ranches where value may be influenced by recreational features, location and improvements and repayment may come from outside sources. Our extensive experience and efficient processing allows us to quickly tell you whether we can provide the required financing.

Competitive Pricing | Flexible Terms | Efficient Processing Tina Hamm or Scott Moran • (406) 656-7500 Adam Deakin • (970) 716-2120 Monte Lyons • (806) 698-6882 J.T. Holt • (806) 698-6884

© 2020 HALL AND HALL | WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM | [email protected] — 20 – In Colorado, Buyers should be aware that different real estate brokerage relationships are available which include seller agency, buyer agency or transaction-brokerage.

BROKERAGE DISCLOSURE TO BUYER

DEFINITIONS OF WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: SELLER’S AGENT: A seller’s agent (or listing agent) works solely on behalf of the seller to promote the interests of the seller with the utmost good faith, loyalty and fidelity. The agent negotiates on behalf of and acts as an advocate for the seller. The seller’s agent must disclose to potential buyers all adverse material facts actually known by the seller’s agent about the property. A separate written listing agreement is required which sets forth the duties and obligations of the broker and the seller.

BUYER’S AGENT: A buyer’s agent works solely on behalf of the buyer to promote the interests of the buyer with the utmost good faith, loyalty and fidelity. The agent negotiates on behalf of and acts as an advocate for the buyer. The buyer’s agent must disclose to potential sellers all adverse material facts actually known by the buyer’s agent including the buyer’s financial ability to perform the terms of the transaction and if a residential property, whether the buyer intends to occupy the property. A separate written buyer agency agreement is required which sets forth the duties and obligations of the broker and the buyer.

TRANSACTION-BROKER: A transaction-broker assists the buyer or seller or both throughout a real estate transaction by performing terms of any written or oral agreement, fully informing the parties, presenting all offers and assisting the parties with any contracts, including the closing of the transaction without being an agent or advocate for any of the parties. A transaction-broker must use reasonable skill and care in the performance of any oral or written agreement, and must make the same disclosures as agents about all adverse material facts actually known by the transaction-broker concerning a property or a buyer’s financial ability to perform the terms of a transaction and if a residential property, whether the buyer intends to occupy the property. No written agreement is required.

CUSTOMER: A customer is a party to a real estate transaction with whom the broker has no brokerage relationship because such party has not engaged or employed the broker, either as the party’s agent or as the party’s transaction-broker.

Please contact one of the Hall and Hall brokers for a complete discussion of potential working relationships for this property. A written relationship disclosure will be provided to a prospective buyer prior to engaging in brokerage activities as defined by the Colorado Real Estate Commission.

Jeff Buerger of Hall and Hall is the exclusive agent of the Seller.

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