2777 County Road 225, Durango, CO 81301

Mark Vansidener, Hayden Outdoors LLC, C: 808-217-5473, [email protected], www.crenmls.com: Welcome to "The Florida River Ranch" This 63+/-acres ranch sits directly on the Florida River, which flows through the entire ranch with deeded access to over 560 acres of BLM land. The location is absolutely a prime and just a short 15 min to downtown Durango. The ranch has fantastic water rights from the river and from the Harrison Patterson ditch, which today is gold. The water keeps the 12 pastures lush and produces 3000+/- bales of hay. The fencing was constructed with 440 metal pipe, over 250K was spent on just the fencing. The ranch features a large custom built pond with a rock waterfall and is 10 ft deep for endless fun. The entire river on the ranch was enhanced with waterfalls and is lined with Aspen and Cottonwood trees, creating the most vibrant colors in the fall. The ranch features mature apple, plum, and sweet asian pear trees and a walking trail along the river for those crisps morning walks with the dogs. One very unique feature of the ranch is a deeded access to 560+ acres of BLM for riding the horses or long hikes with the family. The ranch was originally homesteaded in 1883 and has a long and rich history. The custom log home was crafted by master craftsman' Aaron Taylor and is a master piece and is truly one of a kind. The home has both a custom indoor granite kitchen and a full outdoor custom kitchen. All the appliances are top-of-line and all the custom cabinets were hand made with the majority of the wood coming directly off the ranch. The kitchen looks out over the main room which has a massive elk chandler with huge windows with automatic draw down shades, all looking over the river. The main room also feature a custom granite bar for serving up everyones favorite beverage. The home features 2 very large river rock custom fire places, one gas one wood. The entire home is voice controlled making the home a smart home and can be controlled from anywhere in the world from your phone. The floors are Montana Grizzly Stone and are heated, as well as the shower floors to keep your feet toasty.  The outdoor kitchen has a built in Kalamozoo BBQ grill, full oven, and refrigerator, with a massive river rock fireplace with a TV buried above it. The entire outdoor kitchen can be enclose so you may have year round use for family gatherings or watching the big games. There is a detached 4 car heated garage. In the rear of the home is an outdoor rock fireplace, a large wooded dance floor and sand was brought in and lines the river. There is also a pig roaster that also will hold 100 hamburger's. The ranch feature two state of the art heated and cooled barns with the main barn having a custom built, 2 bed 2 bath apartment over it that currently rents out for $295 per night and is constantly booked and guest can also bring their own horses. In the barns there are a total of 18 stalls all with rubber floors, no freeze water troughs, separate sand turn outs, automatic fly spray system, and top-of-the-line cameras so you can keep an eye on your babies. They're is 4 foaling stalls all padded for protection. The barns open at both ends in case of a fire, heated indoor on demand wash station, full laundry room and a barn manager office. All the concrete around the barns and walk ways are heated so you or your horses don't slip and fall. There is a Pierfert panel walker and no expense was spared, full very large fenced arena complete with a viewing deck for horse shows, training, or roping, also with a very deep sand fenced round pen. The ranch has a military grade backup generator with a buried propane tank so when you lose power the entire ranch still runs perfectly, the ranch has a fully independent flood light system that will light up the ranch. There is even your own gas and diesel tanks for filling all your vehicles and ranch equipment. You have your own workshop and a massive covered barn for hay and all your tractors sid