Colorado Dude Ranches
Colorado Guest Ranches offer vacation packages via horseback with beautiful, spacious lodges where all of your meals are provided. Once on the dude or guest ranch, you are invited to participate in any of the activities at your leisure. You'll love horseback riding in the eastern plains or the majestic Rocky Mountains, year-round, in Colorado.
Rainbow Trout Ranch
Jane Van Berkum
Linda Van Berkum
1484 FDR 250
Antonito, Colorado 81120 (USA)
VIEWLinda Van Berkum
1484 FDR 250
Antonito, Colorado 81120 (USA)
With a unique location 9000 ft up in the southern Colorado Rockies, but within easy reach of glorious New Mexico, Rainbow Trout provides the best of the old west and the southwest. Excellent riding, fishing, kids programs, activities, historic lodge, quaint cabins, and spectacular scenery combine to provide the ultimate family vacation. Join us for a week and take home a lifetime of memories.
Tarryall River Ranch
Dan & Kristine Elzy
Kristin Woodford, Diane Beebee
27001.5 County Rd 77
Lake George, Colorado 80827 (USA)
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27001.5 County Rd 77
Lake George, Colorado 80827 (USA)
Welcome to a Rocky Mountain Paradise! A week's stay at Tarryall River Ranch will be a summer vacation not to be forgotten. It's located at 8600 ft in the Pike National Forest of the Rocky Mountains. We have excellent children's programs for ages 3-17. The scenery and cool, clear weather, combined with warm hospitality, home-cooked meals and great activities (horseback riding, fishing, swimming and whitewater rafting), will provide the vacation of a lifetime.
Sundance Trail Ranch
Ellan & Dan Morin
17931 Red Feather Lakes Road
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado 80545 (USA)
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Red Feather Lakes, Colorado 80545 (USA)
Summer Family Dude Ranch; Fall, Winter & Spring Country Lodge with Horseback Riding, only 100 miles NW of Denver, yet lost in the quiet beauty of the mountains - we love living here, and we love guests! Families play together and make memories of shared adventures. Summer horseback riding, mountain hiking, seasonal white-water rafting, trout fishing, bicycles, a game of pool, foosball table, rock-climbing, disc golf, horseshoes, or enjoying a book on a sunny porch.
Northern Colorado's Historic Rawah Ranch is a Colorado guest ranch located in one of the most scenic and unspoiled valleys in North America. Rawah Ranch's all-inclusive vacations cover Best-of-the-West activities and amenities, gourmet cuisine, luxurious cabin lodging and memories that last a lifetime.
Family fun abounds at Colorado Trails Ranch located in the beautiful San Juan Mountains just outside of Durango, Colorado. With its comprehensive Western riding and children's programs plus some of the best fly-fishing, the ranch offers an array of activities for the entire family. You'll find that we tailor riding our program to accommodate all ability levels. If you're a new rider, we'll teach you the basics; if you're an experienced rider, you will appreciate the quality of our horses and the opportunity to do more than just "nose-to-tail" trail rides. In addition to riding and fishing, we offer shooting sports, rafting, hiking, swimming, evening programs, cozy cabins, delightful food and the best staff around!
Broadmoor Wilderness Experience
Andre Gutierrez
1 Lake Avenue
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 (USA)
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Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 (USA)
Offering refined luxury with the rustic charm and inspiration of a wilderness enclave. Surrounded by over 100,000 acres of National Forest, indulge in a private escape in beautifully appointed cabins featuring rich furnishings and modern amenities. Fly fish in pristine mountain lakes, hike and bike scenic trails or explore mountains on horseback. The ultimate all-inclusive experience.
One of the country's foremost guest ranches, the C Lazy U Ranch falls somewhere between a world-class resort and secluded high country retreat where scenery and guest services exceed your wildest expectations. The Ranch is Miles Above Ordinary and has preserved the traditions of the Great American West for over 90 years. We welcome you to come visit our family.
Wind River Christian Guest Ranch
Don McIntyre, General Manager
5770 Hwy 7
Estes Park, Colorado 80517 (USA)
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Estes Park, Colorado 80517 (USA)
Nestled in the majestic mountains of Colorado, Wind River Ranch offers a peaceful and beautiful setting for you and your family to enjoy a break from the busyness of life. We take care of all the details so that you have plenty of time to focus on relaxing and renewing in an uplifting, Christian environment. Although horseback riding is the favorite activity, it is by no means the only activity. We also offer a climbing wall and zip-line, fly fishing, lake kayaking, rafting, golfing, hiking, as well as our many onsite activities; square dances, hootenannies, rodeos etc. Visit our website to start planning your vacation today!
Colorado's highest guest ranch at 9600 feet. Unique for spectacular location, adjacent to Browns Canyon National Monument, excellent riding program, variety of activities, value, superb menu and intimate capacity. Thrilling full-day whitewater raft trip, trapshooting, marksmanship, archery, fishing, van trip to Aspen, mountain biking, hayride, square-dancing, evening entertainment, Jacuzzi and Browns Canyon Adventure Park ropes course. Massage is available for an additional charge. Families encouraged to spend time together. Adults-only in September. The Murphy family's home and passion since 1985.
Vista Verde Ranch is a truly unique ranch experience for all seasons. Enjoy gourmet meals and relax in a luxurious log cabin with a private hot tub. Activities include horseback riding, mountain biking, fly fishing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, sleigh rides, downhill skiing, wine tasting and more.
The moment you arrive you will want to linger forever on the front porch soaking in the breathtaking view. Skilled wranglers instruct beginner through advanced riders - family rids, sunset rides, breakfast rides, loping rides, cattle roundups, team penning, overnight pack trips. Two hundred miles of mountain trails wander through lush aspen groves and expanses of wildflowers to remote beaver ponds or high vistas. Flyfish, raft, dance, hike, or just relax.
Two hours from Denver in a secluded mountain valley, the 600 acre Drowsy Water Ranch offers an outstanding horse program for all abilities of riders with half-day, instruction, all day, loping or walking rides, cattle penning, counseled kids programs, along with hiking, mountain biking, rafting, country dancing, hayrides, delicious family-style meals, daily maid service and evening entertainment.
Music Meadows is a 4,000 acre cattle ranch in Southern Colorado's majestic Wet Mountain Valley. Your "Home on the Range" is family size, updated but dating from the early 1900's. Not a lot of amenities... but good horses, beautiful country, patient instruction, and peace and quiet will mark your stay here. Here you are taught to ride "out of line... not down a trail"!
Cherokee Park Ranch
Dickey & Christine Prince
436 Cherokee Hills Drive
Livermore, Colorado 80536 (USA)
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Livermore, Colorado 80536 (USA)
An historic establishment first opened in 1886, abounding in Western character & charm. The Northfork of the Cache La Poudre river winds through our ranch. Remote; yet easily accessible from Denver. Riding for all ability levels! Over 128 horses with just the right personality for you. Come find your wilderness! You won't want to leave. Our guests arrive as strangers and leave as friends.
The 4UR Ranch is an exclusive family fly fishing ranch and hot springs resort in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and has been welcoming guests since the late 1880's. It offers over 6 miles of private tail water, a natural horsemanship program for all riders and exquisite cuisine prepared by their Le Cordon Bleu trained chef. At the 4UR you will arrive as guest and leave as family.
Bar Lazy J Guest Ranch
Jerry Helmicki
Cheri Helmicki
447 County Road 3 Box N
Parshall, Colorado 80468 (USA)
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447 County Road 3 Box N
Parshall, Colorado 80468 (USA)
Opened in 1912, Bar Lazy J is considered the oldest continuously operating guest ranch in Colorado. We believe our ranch to be ideally located just southwest of Rocky Mountain National Park and nestled in a peaceful valley on the Colorado River. With a guest capacity of 42 we offer our guests a friendly, informal atmosphere and a true "western experience".
North Fork Ranch & Fishing Lodge
Hayley & Nick Horner
55395 US HWY 285
Shawnee, Colorado 80475 (USA)
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Shawnee, Colorado 80475 (USA)
Only a short one hour from Denver discover a bit of Colorado heaven all in one spot! Fly Fishing, horseback riding, hiking, shooting sports, zip line, whitewater rafting, delicious cuisine. Relax along the North Fork of the South Platte River in cozy cabins & enjoy star-filled skies. Best yet, customize your stay, arrive & depart any day & length of stay. Family-owned & operated since 1985.
We are a full service working guest and cattle ranch. Rather than a rigid schedule we offer activities in the most flexible way possible. We want you to choose what you want to do, when you want to do it and whom you want to do it with. Rafting, cattle drives every week, unlimited riding, pack rips, shooting, fishing and more. Fully licensed saloon. Call for a free DVD that tells the story!
Welcome to Tumbling River Ranch, one of the finest guest ranches in the Colorado Rockies. We have a long-established tradition of giving guests what they expect. A superb location, nestled in a secluded valley high in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by cascading streams, abundant big game, wildflowers and trees... exciting activities, including trout fishing, swimming, invigorating hiking, horseback riding along extraordinarily secluded and scenic trails, trapshooting, river rafting, plus terrific programs for kids of all ages.
Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch
Karen Burbank
Susan Jessup
2939 N. County Rd 31D
Loveland, Colorado 80538 (USA)
VIEWSusan Jessup
2939 N. County Rd 31D
Loveland, Colorado 80538 (USA)
An authentic horse and cattle ranch in the Rocky Mountain foothills, Sylvan Dale Ranch has been family owned and operated since 1946. 6-night all-inclusive vacations on our secluded 3,200 acres offer plenty of outdoor adventures including cattle drives, overnight pack trips, fly fishing, rafting, and more. 1-hr from Denver and 45-min from Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park/ Estes Park. Business retreats Nov-May
