A day of skiing at the Steamboat Ski Resort
By Steph With only 22 days until the Steamboat Ski Resort opens for the 2014-15 season, and a fresh dusting of snow sitting on the mountains right now, it’s hard not to to finally get…
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There’s always something happening at Vista Verde Ranch. Foals are born, new recipes are created, or the wranglers are playing tricks on each other. Come here to read the latest news!
You know it’s off-season at a dude ranch when:
By Steph It’s off-season at Vista Verde right now. What does that mean? We’re not open for guests, most of the seasonal staff have headed home, either for a break before the winter season or…
Chef’s Corner: Applesauce Gingerbread Cake (and more)
Perfect for cold weather, a warm fire, and a cozy evening. You can make the full dessert, or just enjoy the cake by itself! Applesauce Gingerbread Cake Ingredients: ½ C. Sugar ¼ C. Butter 1…
The many adventures of Goldie the dog
By Steph Over the course of the summer, Erica (in charge of our kids program) has sent me photos from her adventures out in the mountains around Vista Verde. Always by her side is her…
October in Colorado
By Steph As we near the end of our season, we are all enjoying the last days of guests at the ranch. Come October 18 things will get awfully quiet around here. The last guests…
Adult vacations + wine pairing dinners = fun times
By Steph We are in our 5th adult-only week of the fall season. So far, we have had some gangbuster weeks with a ton of great guests, lots of wonderful adventures, a mix bag of weather…
Happiness- it must be in the water at Vista Verde
By Steph Something hit me the other day as I was talking to a couple guests at lunch. They were telling me how they just love how we all seem to just be so happy.…
Why a guest ranch isn’t a resort
By Steph Vista Verde is often seen as being a “resort” as many folks can’t wrap their head around the fact that a guest ranch, or dude ranch, can be something more than what they saw…
VVR kids have some fun while helping others
By Steph A couple weeks ago, the VVR kids got crafty and creative when they decided to raise some money for animals in need. As they went through yard after yard of friendship threads (if…
Epic staff adventures- the life and times dude ranch staff
By Steph There is a great amount of pleasure taken in watching our guests have epic adventures on their vacations here at Vista Verde. I love hearing the stories, seeing the photos, and watching their…
