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Melissa booked a reservation yesterday for a honeymoon vacation in the winter. The winter season is my favorite time for honeymooners. It's just perfect when the ranch is covered in snow and we are adults only. That magic combination happens for most of January and the first half of February. Maybe it's just because I…
Our winter season here in Colorado has come to an end. Each year around February 1, I wonder why are we closing a month earlier than the Steamboat Ski Resort? For Vista Verde, the spring break crowd has never been a big one, and our bookings just slow down in March enough that it doesn’t…
If you want to provide the best dude ranch vacation to your guests, you have to start with the best dude ranch staff. Yesterday marked the start of our orientation weeks, and we are already off to the races on getting our crews dialed in on how to do their jobs with excellence! Typically, the…
Last week was a fun week here at Vista Verde. It started off with a 5 day horsemanship clinic for overnight guests and finished with a one day Reining and Ranch versatility clinic for locals. What is the difference? Well, they are very similar in many ways, but also very different. Obviously the 5 day…
Our friends at Top50Ranches posted this on their blog, and we thought it would be helpful for all our guests getting ready for a horseback riding holiday at Vista Verde this summer! Horseback riding seems like such an elegant sport that it can easily fool people into thinking that getting on a horse’s back…
Most mornings in the winter you’ll see our Bombardier MP+ out grooming the ski trails, piloted by Charlie Cammer. Although we don’t get Charlie out on skis much, he fully understands what makes a ski trail ideal and takes great pride in laying down the perfect courderoy for our cross-country skiers. On mornings like today,…
It only takes being around Chef Rob Citto for a little while to know that he is from New York, Staten Island to be exact. No cowboy twang and Stetson hat for this chef! Rob graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park and from there spent his time working as a chef…
Spring has spring in full force here in Colorado. We are busy getting ready to open for the dude ranch season on June 3. Between foals being born, grass sprouting, aspens starting to bud and flowers peeking out here and there, it definitely feels like spring is in the air. The snow is melting off…
Obviously this blog is usually about what is going on at Vista Verde Ranch. But today, I felt compelled to send a little shout out to Steamboat Springs, or what we affectionately call “the Big City”. You can’t miss the energy and the excitement of the upcoming Olympic Games here in. I’m not sure of…
Colorado is a great place for romantic getaways, whether it’s a honeymoon, anniversary celebration or just a getaway with your sweetheart. Some like to come in the summer, when the weather is mild, and the outdoors are so accessible. At Vista Verde, September is a great month for romantic getaways, when the ranch is adults…