The East Troublesome Fire made its way through the property on October 21st and 22nd, 2020. During the fire the ranch lost 4 buildings. Fortunately, none of these four buildings prohibit the ranch from ongoing operations and all critical infrastructure remained intact and in working order. The buildings that were lost included the iconic horse barn built in 1922, Evergreen guest cabin and two staff housing units. Portions of the land were hit by the fire, some worse than others. The main ranch compound was more or less spared, which is great news, so we plan to resume normal operations next spring. The lodging and dining components have not been affected and can resume as normal. Visually, when you are on ranch headquarters, you can hardly even tell there was a fire when enjoying common areas, surrounding meadows and vistas. Parts of the land outside of these areas were impacted more severely so some of our trails, scenery and fishing may be compromised. Proactive measures are being put into place to restore these areas over the next year, but ultimately Mother Nature needs time to do her job.
