The Banded Peak Ranch is a 17,500 acre ranch, ringed by twelve thousand foot peaks. The terrain ranges from giant valley floor parks, golden aspen forests and fir-clad mountain slopes to alpine tundra.

Numerous headwater streams create waterfalls and mountain ponds, and form the Navajo River. Throughout the ranch you will be treated to breathtaking vistas of one of the most beautiful valleys in the Rocky Mountains.

The combination of forest and meadow, aspen and pine cover, river and stream create a habitat that is perfect for elk.

Protected from external hunting pressure, the ranch has become a haven to its large herd of over 3000 wild animals.

In the spring, the elk return in mass from their winter grazing lands. Calves are born and the bulls form bachelor herds.

The ranch is unfenced and the elk are completely wild. The ranch works hard to protect and preserve its magnificent herd.


Significant resources are applied every year to keep out poachers.


The forests and wildlife are managed in consultation the Colorado Division of Wildlife.