Red Cone Retreat lies about 12 miles from Norwood and 40 miles from Telluride, CO, in San Miguel County, on 45 secluded acres bordering the Uncompahgre National Forest. This 45 acre property is accessed by 3.5 miles of deeded road through private ranch land and is surrounded by a 1,700 acre private ranch on 3 sides and National Forest on one side. At 8,100' in elevation, the main home for this off-grid property is approximately 2,000 square feet and consists of 2 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom, loft area, kitchen, dining, family room, sunroom and enclosed front porch. The heat for this off-grid home is provided by a wood stove and propane heater and a well provides the domestic water. Electricity is supplied by two rotating solar panels with power inverter and 24 storage batteries with a propane generator for back up. This off-grid retreat has all of the modern conveniences including a full bathroom with a large walk-in shower and jacuzzi tub and a full-sized kitchen. A wraparound sunroom and enclosed front porch provide additional living space and multiple windows provides passive solar heat collection and spectacular viewing opportunities of the beautiful outdoor surroundings.

Colorado prepper property with garden and irrigation water and public land access

If you are looking for a luxurious western Colorado off-grid retreat with complete Prepper property attributes, you need not look any further. The Red Cone Retreat was constructed with complete self-sufficiency in mind--inside AND out. The compound has one (1) share of Lone Cone Ditch water for irrigation which is piped underground in 4" PVC to the property from a head gate located on the National Forest about 1/3 mile away. The ditch water is used to water the large fenced vegetable garden, complete with numerous fruit trees and also fills two small ponds for additional water storage. Water from the ponds can be pumped to water the numerous planted trees surrounding the off-grid retreat as well as the numerous flower gardens around the house and in the tranquility garden. A detached, wood stove heated and insulated, 4-car garage provides plenty of room for storage of equipment, vehicles and tools. There is a 10 x 10 loafing shed and the property used to house the owner's horses for use on the incredible equestrian trails, hiking trails and biking trails into the National Forest--right off of the property. A small greenhouse allows for winter vegetable gardening or starting vegetables prior to planting season.

Off-grid retreat offers excellent seasonal business opportunity

Another aspect to this self-sufficient off grid property is the camping area at the Red Cone Retreat. This area of the property was built to attract adventurous travelers and give them a taste of the western Colorado outdoors. The campground is secluded from the main house and consists of a kitchen building complete with 3 propane refrigerators a cookstove and dining area. In addition to the kitchen building there is also an outdoor barbecue pit, outdoor kitchen area--complete with running water and a sink and TWO indoor showers with a heated water supply. A campfire pit, wood fired hot tub, and horseshoe pit create and excellent place for guests to unwind after a long day of hiking or recreating through the property and neighboring National Forest. The lodging consists of a hard sided tent with wood stove, a canvas hunters tent with wood stove and 5 teepee sites situated in a beautiful mountain meadow. The camp could be run under separate management or could be managed in-house and would provide excellent income for this off-grid retreat. Located in GMU 70, the big game hunting in the surrounding area is excellent for elk, mule deer, turkey and black bear and the teepees, cabins, showers, and kitchen facilities--would make amazing accommodations for hunters.