Luxury Dude Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
The Vista Verde Ranch family suffered a heartbreaking loss last night with the passing of owner Jerry Throgmartin. He passed suddenly and unexpectedly after becoming ill. Jerry and Peggy purchased Vista Verde in 2006 and invested their love, time and resources into making it not only the best ranch to visit, but the best place…
DetailsSaddle Up for Luxe Cowboy Getaways Posted by Startle Editor Caroline Patek January 11th, 2012 03:00 AM What if you could learn the ins and outs of life as a cowboy (or cowgirl) while on a luxury vacation? Strap into your stirrups and get your best wrangling arm ready, because we’ve got three ranch getaways to…
DetailsIt’s nice to know that Mother Nature can call us all out on ever thinking we can control anything in life. After last winter’s amazing snow fall, breaking records left and right, and leaving us piles of snow to start our summer season in June, this winter has gone the other direction. As you…
DetailsWhew, 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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsHere 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…
DetailsWe’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…
DetailsChef Matt also updated his Empanada filling recipe to make it more user friendly. Makes: 25 Ingredients: 6- 6 oz. chicken breasts ½ – cup dry rib rub 1-Large yellow onion medium diced 1-Cup of toasted and rough chopped pistachios Salt and pepper to taste 3- oz- olive oil 2- oz- butter Melt the…
DetailsChef Matt has updated his Empanda Dough recipe to make it more usable. Enjoy! Makes: around 50(varies on the thickness of the dough and size of cutter) Ingredients: 4 ½ cups – All purpose flour 3 cups – Masa harina 1 tbsp. – baking powder 1 tbsp. – Salt 12 oz. – melted butter ½…
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