LOCATION: The XX Ranch, also referred to as the Double X Summer Range, is located approximately 10 miles south and east of Laramie, Wyoming off Interstate 80. Via US Highway 287 from Fort Collins, the southern portion of the Ranch is only 50+- miles north of Fort Collins, Colorado. Only 35 minutes to the Wyoming Capitol City of Cheyenne and 2 hours to Denver, Colorado. Access is excellent via direct access of I-80 frontage road or all weather county roads. In addition Laramie offers all available services, four daily commercial flights to Denver and the municipal airport is capable of handling the largest private aircraft.

ACCESS: The XX Ranch is located in the Laramie Mountains in the historic area of Sherman, the highest point on the Union Pacific Railroad main line in Wyoming. Laramie is home to the University of Wyoming with many cultural events, sporting events and the atmosphere of a large university of more than 10,000 students.

The area provides easy access to the Medicine Bow National Forest and the Snowy Range for added year round outdoor recreation. An easy 1 ½ hours over the Snowy Range to Saratoga and the prestigious Old Baldy Club and 2 ½ hours to the outstanding ski resort of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. An incredibly accessible Ranch yet providing the utmost privacy.

ACREAGE: The Ranch consists of 11,911 + deeded acres, more or less, 640 acres of Wyoming state lease and 1,060 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. These acreages are approximate and subject to change and verification.

DESCRIPTION: The XX Ranch was established in 1864 by the Williams family and currently the Ranch has changed ownership only once. A very unique hideaway, offering complete solitude and privacy without giving up ease of access and over one hundred years of history only 30 minutes from town.

The controlled access offers a special combination of convenience and unparalleled seclusion in the middle of spectacular vistas allowing numerous options for home sites. Excellent views are afforded of the Colorado peaks of the Never Summers and Rocky Mountain National Park.

This exceptional Ranch contains rugged topography from heavily timbered slopes to sandstone bluffs reminisce of Arizona. The Ranch at the northern end is 8,600 feet and drops to 7,600 feet at the southern reaches. A great variety of topographical relief exists on the Ranch for a very diverse feel.

Vegetation includes upland pastures doted with sage, pine, aspen, cottonwoods and mountain mahogany bushes. Nine canyons thick with Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine dot the landscape. Several springs and windmills provide adequate water resources that could be further developed for fishing ponds.

Minimal improvements are located on the ranch, but a newer small cabin can be used as a starting point. An outstanding recreational and ranching opportunity along the Front Range corridor. Also an outstanding opportunity to use conservation easements for tax benefits and as a means of keeping this wonderful Ranch intact.

Small cabin next to a pond on the large ranch for sale near Laramie, WY

Views to the east from the Double X Summer Range ranch.

WATER: Several springs and windmills provide adequate water resources that could be further developed into fishing ponds.

WILDLIFE: The Ranch is known for its large elk population and good mule deer population. Herds of elk in excess of 600 head can be seen. This ranch is located in Area 6. The hill country and pasture provide cover and food for many varieties of game birds including blue grouse and would provide excellent habitat for other non-native birds that could be stocked. Again, the ease of access and total privacy of the Ranch adds to the quality of the wildlife experience.

IMPROVEMENTS: Minimal improvements are located on the ranch, but a newer small cabin can be used as a starting point. An outstanding recreational and ranching opportunity along the Front Range corridor. Also an outstanding opportunity to use conservation easements for tax benefits and as a means of keeping this wonderful Ranch intact.

PRODUCTION: Maximum estimated livestock capacity would be limited to approximately 800 yearlings.

MINERALS: All minerals owned by the Seller will be conveyed. It is believed that Sellers own the majority of the rights on all even numbered sections, while Anadarko Petroleum, through the merger with Union Pacific Resources and associated 1865 land grant, owns those on the odd numbered sections. There is no significant mineral activity in the area. An abundance of decorative stone outcrops including granite, limestone and sandstone are available on the Ranch for use as building material in new construction.

PRICE: The Double X Summer Range is priced at $15,000,000

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