HORSEBACK RIDING

We keep a herd of close to 90 horses with variety enough so that there is one suited to the experience of most any rider. Since many guests have had little riding experience, we begin the week with a very basic riding orientation program in the arena. Guests may have as much instruction as they feel necessary. You can also schedule arena time with any of our wranglers for additional instruction through the week.

We offer different trail rides every day except Sundays. The rides vary from long to short and fast to slow. We are one of the only ranches that can get you extremely high in elevation; we ride up to 12, 200 feet! In all cases we provide experienced wranglers to accompany all rides.

With millions of acres of extraordinary scenery around us, you will never get bored on the rides. By the middle of the week we hope you'll be ready for some all day riding, and perhaps by Thursday you will join us on an overnight pack trip. We have three sided shelters complete with mattress, sleeping bags and pillows. But the really big draw is the big steak meal and guitar at 10, 500 feet. We have special use permits which authorize us to ride in Pike National Forest.

We will select a horse for you at the beginning of the week and, if you like the choice that will be “your” horse for the week. For riding safety and comfort, we strongly encourage you to bring boots or at least something with a good heel. Tennis shoes and the like are not suitable for riding in the mountains.

On Saturday it's rodeo time. Both kids and adults will have a chance to compete in barrel racing, pole bending and all. Its great fun to see folks (who a week before had never been on a horse) proudly wearing a blue ribbon on Saturday night. But don't worry; you'll have plenty of time to practice.