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Property: Red Mountain Open Space
Priority Area: Laramie Foothills (map)
Size: 13,448 acres
Description
Red Mountain, scheduled to open to the public in 2009, totals 13,500 acres predominantly used for livestock grazing and irrigated meadows. This property lies only 15 miles north of Fort Collins. The landscape is rolling foothills and rocky outcrops interspersed with ponderosa and juniper woodlands. Several creeks (including the perennial Boxelder Creek and intermittent Sand Creek) bisect this ranch and provide important riparian habitat. Sand Creek enters from the northwest corner of the property and flows through Haygood Canyon which has steep red sandstone cliffs. This canyon opens into a broad undulating valley surrounded by rocky timbered small mountains and because it drops off into a rather precipitously from rolling grassland to the north, it is known as the Big Hole.
Property Information
| Type of Acquisition | #Acres | Property Value |
Partnerships Bargain Sales Donations |
Date Acquired |
Public Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee Simple | 13,448 | $ 9,700,800 | Larimer Co - $ 1,846,400 GOCO* - $ 7,854,400 |
2004 | 2009 |
*Great Outdoors Colorado
Management Plan
The management plan has not yet been written. There will be a number of public meetings allowing the citizens of Larimer County to comment on desired uses of this property. Please check back for times and locations of the meetings.
Future Vision
To ensure that these properties remain in agricultural uses in perpetuity, while providing recreational activities to the public.