Just 31 miles south of Pagosa Springs, Colorado and less than 2 miles into Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, one will find the gates to the breathtaking +/-2410 deeded acres of Chromo Mountain Elk, Land & Cattle Ranch! With 5 substantial water holdings, 17 landowner elk tags and 100% draw on Unit 4 Mule Deer tags, it offers the very best of the best - beautiful Southern Colorado access, scenery and location, with New Mexico’s awesome big game landowner tags. Location The town of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, a previous top 2 choice by Outdoor Magazine, is surrounded by +/-1.8 million acres of the San Juan National Forest, hosts over 30 restaurants, a new hospital, a Walmart, excellent galleries and a G5/Continental Express capable airport and is located a quick 30 minutes to Chromo Mountain Ranch. Wolf Creek Ski Mountain is 30 minutes further up the pass for Colorado’s most annual snowfall and excellent for the powder enthusiasts! Durango’s commercial airport, galleries and 100+ restaurants is 90 minutes. In +/-2 hours you can be in Santa Fe and/or Taos and Albuquerque International airport is +/- 3 hours. Land With a midlevel average elevation of +/-7800’ - 9200’, Chromo Mountain Ranch carries an incredible resident population of game that only increases further into the season as the adjacent South San Juan Mountain range (10, 000’ to 12, 000’) starts getting their September to December snowfalls. History Chromo Mountain Ranch has been a family recreational holding for years with no commercial hunting and kept in ag tax status with property taxes in the +/-$2600 range annually. The ranch was previously a working cattle ranch for generations and still includes the welded shipping pens. The improved gravel, all-weather road to the headquarters is complemented by approximately 15 miles of two-track roads and trails, making for an ATV, side-by-side or horseback riders mecca. Game With no timber wolves, grizzly bears or winter kill, this ranch has historically received an elk tag for every +/-140 to +/-170 acres (always check regulations). The 4 either-sex archery elk tags and13 rifle elk tags (5 cow, 8 bull) awarded to the ranch annually by the New Mexico Fish & Game demonstrates the incredible game-rich habitat that Chromo Mountain Ranch offers for todays discriminating landowner who wishes to manage their game for family generations to enjoy. Rio Arriba County, New Mexico has been the # 1 Boone & Crockett Mule Deer producing county in North America every decade since 1960 and as long as one applies annually for their Unit 4 Landowner Mule Deer Tag by the mid-March deadline it has historically been 100% draw. Black bear tags are over-the-counter until the quota is filled and in New Mexico the Landowner Mountain Lion Season is 12 months, with the limit of 2. Chromo Mountain Ranch also carries a nice population of Merriam’s Turkeys, blue grouse, and offers excellent small game and predator hunting as well. Fishing There’s a rainbow trout-stocked pond hidden up in a stand of aspens, where one can easily enjoy the evening hatch while waiting for that big bull elk or monster mule deer to drop in…. The Quality Waters of the San Juan River, northern New Mexicos holy grail of trout fishing, hosting +/-20, 000 trout per mile, is a hundred minute drive! Water With 2026 being the driest year in recent history, the Chromo Mountain Ranch carries excellent water retention (probably due to its history of being a working cattle ranch) with 5 year-round substantial water sources, numerous springs and additional seasonal dirt tanks.
