New Years at the Ranch
A ranch holiday is unlike any other. We do things just a bit differently. No ball gowns, no big city lights, and we don’t even really make it to midnight. It might sound boring, but…
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Deck the Hall
With the new Great room, we decided to start a new ranch holiday tradition. Instead of going out and picking a single tree for the Lodge, we brought in a live spruce tree for each…
September at a Colorado Ranch
I was asked to write a quick blog post for Forbes travel guide today. Although we’re looking at a lot of snow and winter vacation visitors right now, I was able to remind myself of…
Local’s Day Fundraiser
To warm ourselves up for opening day, we decided to open our doors today to the locals. They were invited to come up and ski at the ranch for free and we had a nice…
The Winter Resort season is coming!
With only 5 days until we open our doors for family snow vacations. Despite the wintery feel outside, the heat is definitely turned up at our dude ranch these days. There really aren’t that many…
Luxury all-inclusive resort stalls
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 winter program…
Win a 3 night winter vacation for 2 people!
Vista Verde has donated a stay at our luxury winter resort 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…
Shuffling Horses
November at our Colorado ski lodge 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…
Bringing Home Cows on a Cattle Drive
Bringing Home Cows On a Cattle Drive Isn’t Like the "City Slickers" Movie – by Dick Friedland Herding cattle back to Vista Verde Guest Ranch in Colorado © 2011 Dick Friedland When I tell my friends…
Lodging in Rustic Luxury at a Colorado dude ranch
Lodging in Rustic Luxury at a Colorado Dude Ranch – by Lois Friedland The cabins at Vista Verde Guest Ranch in Colorado are surprisingly luxurious (c) Lois Friedland I’ve always thought the words "rustic luxury" were…
