Inside Tall Timber: You Can Only Reach This Hand-Built Colorado Estate by Train or Helicopter

There are only two ways to reach the 200-acre Colorado property known as Tall Timber: by train or helicopter. But back when octogenarian matriarch Judy Beggrow was just a girl, there was a third way—by horse.Tucked inside the 1.8-million-acre San Juan National Forest near Durango—and surrounded by protected public land with no public road access—the estate is now on the market for $25 million.Judy, her son, Johnroy, and his wife, Dionne, have listed it with Max Cawal.Its centerpiece is the three-story timber lodge Judy and her late husband, Denny, built by hand. It went up in a single summer and opened as a resort in 1972. Expanded in the mid-1990s, the lodge has 21 bedrooms, 22 full bathrooms, and 10 half-baths, laid out more like a boutique mountain hotel than a family home.A three-story great room anchored by a river-rock fireplace opens onto decks with views of forest, river, and surrounding peaks. The dining and gathering spaces are served by a commercial-grade kitchen built for feeding a crowd.Loading...Guests arrive to Tall Timber by train or helicopter.Woods PhotographyLoading...The property comes with exclusive river frontage throughout its 200 acres.Woods PhotographyLoadi...