Luxury Dude Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Whew, where did the time go? The holidays seem to be a bit of a vortex of time for all of us at the ranch. From the whirlwind of getting the staff back in action, training the newbies, and getting everything in tip top shape to open for the season, to all the festivities of…
It seems like I have posted pictures of a “new team” several times in the past couple years. Yes, we have struggled a bit to find a good pair to replace Zig and Zag. If I am counting correctly, I think we have tried 4 times. And, we are really hoping that the 4th time…
I love, love, love this post that we just had on our Facebook page from Ann: This picture is my daughter who was so sad to leave Vista Verde yesterday. Last Sunday my kiddos headed out for an awesome trail ride while I back-country skied across frozen Hahn’s Peak Lake with one of your amazing…
Here we are, 5 days until we open for the season, and despite the wintery feel outside, the heat is definitely turned up at the Ranch these days. For those of you who follow this blog, you may notice a direct correlation with our orientation weeks and me falling off the blogging bandwagon. It’s a…
We’ve added some new accommodations to the ranch. No, we haven’t expanded our capacity for people. We’ve expanded it for horses! After several years learning how the beautiful indoor arena fits into our program, we are finding that we need the ability to house more horses indoors. So, this fall, we took on a project…
Vista Verde has donated a stay at the ranch to help raise funds for a local Steamboat couple. Gary Crawford is a coach who works with Steph’s husband Todd at the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. A former Olympian, now training young athletes to follow in his footsteps, Gary has helped so many young athletes…
Over the weekend, we all were wrapped up in the excitement of Johanna and Javin’s wedding. It was an amazing day! I know many of you have been waiting for the details, so here they are: In the days leading up to the wedding, the sun was shining and it was just beautiful around the…
By guest blogger- Reid Morgan November at Vista Verde means many different things, but in the horse department, it means preparing our herd for the rigors of a Steamboat Springs Winter. We’ve been moving horses around from pasture to pasture, building new stalls in the indoor arena for some “5 star” horse living quarters, and…
I have kept this email in my inbox as I just love reading it. Each time I read Jason’s words, I laugh. But it also reminds me how a Vista Verde experience follows people home. While Jason was here with some friends, we talked a bit about how people take their experiences at the ranch…
I got a laugh out of the staff room board yesterday morning (you may have to click on it to see it better). In many ways it represented to me what off season means to many of us here. During the guest season, we are happily totally immersed in taking care of all of our…
