DuNoir Valley Ranch

Listing Price: $2,400,000

Located in Fremont County, Wyoming, DuNoir Valley Ranch is located at the end of a seven mile road off Highway 26 at the base of the Ramshorn Peak. The location adjacent to Shoshone National Forest and nearby Washakie Wilderness gives this property a backyard of over three million acres of continuous wilderness and forest lands. For all its seclusion and privacy, the property is conveniently within 20 miles from the town of Dubois, located in the Wind River Valley. Despite the smaller size, Dubois offers many amenities normally found in larger communities such as a grocery store/drug store, excellent restaurants, shopping and a nine-hole golf course. Commercial air service to the area can be found as close as the Wind River County Airport, located an hour east of Dubois. It is serviced by Great Lakes, Frontier, and United Express airlines.

Tucked away in its own private valley, this 113-acre alpine ranch is located at the base of the famous Ramshorn Peak and offers a scenic and private setting. Boasting big mountain views in all directions, the Wind River and Absaroka Mountain Ranges provide an unrivaled backdrop. Comprised of mostly forested acreage dominated by spruce and aspens, the DuNoir Valley Ranch also has a small portion of lush open meadow acreage. The three sides of Shoshone National Forest boundary provide a seemingly endless extension of acreage to explore from this end of the road location. The property is accessed via a private road which is shared by only a handful of private land owners. There are plenty of additional building sites throughout the ranch should an incoming owner choose to construct a dream home in addition to the existing improvements. A quaint spring flows through the property and originates from an artesian well located next to the existing residence.

Due to the eco-sensitive nature of the DuNoir Valley Ranch with its crucial wildlife habitat and National Forest boundary, it could provide substantial tax benefits to an incoming owner through the placement of a conservation easement on the ranch.

Improvements on the DuNoir Valley Ranch include a 5,500 sqft main residence, a 2,600 sqft barn/garage and a 2,250 sqft three-sided, large machine shed next to the barn. The main home was built in the mid 1970s using all native timber taken from the property. With vaulted ceilings, an expansive open loft area, cherry wood cabinets, and a four-sided stone fireplace in the great room, this lodge-style home provides the ideal setting for a large family compound. There is an additional three-bay garage attached to a well-kept, four-stall horse barn on the side of the home.

Bisecting the valley below the ranch, the Wind River offers some of the best and varied fishing in the country. The upper Wind River is a free flowing natural river dominated mostly by cutthroat trout. As the river meanders down the valley, the rainbow and brown trout populations increase giving anglers the chance of landing all three species in a day. In addition to the amazing fisheries close to the property and in the immediate Dubois area, there are endless angling destinations and opportunities all within a short drive from the ranch. There are 626 lakes and reservoirs and 2,057 miles of streams that comprise the fishing waters of the Wind River Country.

The setting of the DuNoir Valley Ranch provides one of the area’s most diverse wildlife viewing environments. More notably are the ranch’s big game species which at any given time of the year may include elk, moose, Mule deer and Bighorn sheep. These are in addition to bear, mountain lion, wolves, bobcats and even the elusive wolverine and lynx that can all be found on the ranch and in the immediate National Forest surroundings. The natural flows in the spring from the artesian well provide crucial habitat and water for these various species. For the bird enthusiasts, the DuNoir Valley Ranch provides plenty of viewing opportunities for various types of hawks, eagles, osprey and songbirds.