In 2024, a Colorado county paid $34 million for a 650-acre ranch privately owned for more than a century; 2 years later, 530 acres are being transferred into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

• Known as Snowmass Falls Ranch, the 650-acre property sits in the upper Snowmass Creek Valley and had been privately owned for more than a century.
• Pitkin County bought the property in 2024 through its Open Space and Trails programme to prevent it f