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After more than 30 years of private stewardship, a ranch built in the Vail Valley by the founders of Architectural Digest and Bon Appetit magazines has been put on the market for $66.5 million.<\/p>\n

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The 287-acre Knapp Ranch started by Bud and Betsy Knapp is about 30 miles west of Vail and adjacent to the White River National Forest and the Holy Cross Wilderness.<\/p>\n

Ken Mirr of the Mirr Ranch Group, which listed the property for sale, said in a statement that the ranch is regarded \u201cas one of the Western Region\u2019s most iconic mountain, fishing and conservation ranches.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knapps expanded their vision beyond building an informal country retreat for family and friends to making it a working farm, using sustainable practices, according to the Mirr Ranch Group.<\/p>\n

The Knapps bought the property in 1993, their son, Aaron Knapp, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first two years were spent working with the (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers rehabbing West Lake Creek, which runs right down the middle of the property,\u201d Aaron said.<\/p>\n

They reintroduced native plants, fish and insects and created pools for fish. The Knapps built cabins and then the main house on a hill.<\/p>\n

The Knapps moved to the ranch full-time in 2006, Aaron said. The couple sold their home in Los Angeles to live in the Colorado mountains.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019d come up to Vail all the time when I was a kid,\u201d said Aaron, who lives in nearby Eagle. \u201cWe took vacations all the time so it was a very natural transition for my dad to go from Los Angeles to Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aaron said his parents worked with the U.S. Forest Service to cut down beetle-infested pine trees and clear other vegetation. They also worked with Colorado State University, which had weather stations in the area. They consulted with the school on high-altitude farming.<\/p>\n

The property is at roughly 9,000 feet in elevation. The family had a store for a while in Eagle where they sold home-harvested honey and produce from their farm and other area farms.<\/p>\n

The Knapps wrote about their ranch in the book \u201cLiving Beneath the Colorado Peaks: The Story of Knapp Ranch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The site fronts about three-quarters of a mile of West Lake Creek. The ranch has senior water rights, ponds, creeks and aquatic systems.<\/p>\n

The site also has a private trail network and is near world-class skiing, hiking and year-round amenities, the Mirr Ranch Group said. The ranch is within an hour of the Eagle County Regional Airport.<\/p>\n

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