Gary Hubbell

Gary Hubbell, ALC, is a Colorado rancher, real estate broker, and auctioneer with wide-ranging experience in ranches, hunting properties, luxury homes, orchards and vineyards, mountain land, recreation properties, small farms, and special projects. Gary is one of only 32 brokers in Colorado and Utah, of a total 50,000 real estate agents and brokers, to have attained the prestigious Accredited Land Consultant designation awarded by the Realtors Land Institute. REAL ESTATE BROKER AND AUCTIONEER LICENSED IN COLORADO AND UTAH Gary has brokered properties in Telluride, Steamboat Springs, and Aspen, as well as farms, ranches, outfitting businesses, vineyards, development land, motels, resorts, hunting land, and equine properties all over Colorado and Utah. A 2016 graduate of the Texas Auction Academy, Gary’s auction sales are over $8.5 million in only three years. He has sold luxury real estate, vacant land, ranches, oilfield equipment, construction equipment, farm equipment, guns, classic cars, livestock, and even the World Record Elk Antlers at auction. His projects with United Country’s Strategic Client Services division include a Utah real estate developer’s retirement sale of 120 properties at absolute auction; a 13,000-square-foot luxury home in Ridgway, Colorado; oilfield equipment; and a 1,300-acre mountain ranch in Northwest Colorado. HUNTING AND FISHING PROPERTY EXPERT As a wilderness outfitter, Gary has guided several hundred hunters on excursions for elk, mule deer, blue grouse, waterfowl, and pheasants. At one time Gary and his wife owned a string of 47 hard-working mountain horses. As a fly-fishing guide, Gary was a well-known figure on the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers near Aspen. His expertise as a big game hunting guide and fly-fishing guide gives him a special perspective on buying and selling hunting and fishing properties. AWARD-WINNING MARKETING EXPERT As a professional photographer, location scout, production manager, and animal wrangler, Gary Hubbell has worked on marketing campaigns for Marlboro, Coors, Victoria’s Secret, UnderArmour, Izod, Sig Sauer, Bushnell, ATK, Weaver rifle scopes, K2 skis, Santa Cruz snowboards, and many others. Gary has won multiple national marketing awards for his real estate and auction projects, which consistently feature excellent photography, drone video, and custom mapping. DEEP BACKGROUND IN RANCH REAL ESTATE Gary’s educational background in ranch real estate is deep, with courses in 1031 exchanges, game management, estate planning, mineral rights, rangeland management, mapping, radon, and even cannabis and hemp production. He and his wife, Doris, raise Labrador retrievers and hay on their 118-acre ranch near Crawford. AWARD-WINNING WRITER, PUBLISHER, AND AUTHOR As a freelance writer and photographer, Gary Hubbell has won two Colorado Press Awards as well as a Colorado Book Award for his book, “Shadowcasting: An Introduction to the Art of Flyfishing.” He has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles for publications such as Western Horseman, Shooting Sportsman, Outdoor Life, and Aspen Magazine. He was a columnist for The Aspen Times for 20 years. He is also the publisher of the noted books, “The Labrador Shooting Dog” and “The Pointing Labrador.” Gary’s writing talents are especially useful when describing unusual and interesting properties for his sellers. He is considered an expert on search engine optimization (SEO) strategies.