Ranch News
With many of us squeezing in vacation time the past couple weeks, it’s been pretty quiet around the Steamboat Springs resort town and our ranch. This week the long term crew begins to roll back…
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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!
Rows of bread
Dace and I walked into the kitchen this morning to see Rob working away at his new pastry section. Lined up on the counter next to it were rows and rows of fresh baked bread.…
Dude Ranch Vacations
Dude Ranch Vacations- Jamie Pearson wrote this great article on horse riding vacations after visiting Vista Verde Ranch in the summer. Here, she gives some advice on dude ranches for families. Five things to know…
Coffee and Cards
To lighten the intensity of all the training and orientating the staff has been going through this past week, Dace brought them all into “the big city” last night for a little party at the…
The Best Dude Ranches
I was at a Colorado Dude Ranch Association meeting yesterday and we were discussing how some ranches use the term Best Dude Ranch to describe themselves. It was a hot topic, as many dude ranchers…
Staff and Stuff
We’re in the heart of orientation week and the level of energy at the ranch is at a high. Dace has given his talk about the mission statement. Ben has given his talk about the…
Mud Season
When it’s not quite still winter, and not quite yet summer here at Vsta Verde Ranch, we don’t refer to it as Spring but call it by another name. Mud Season. During this time most…
The Big Move, Part II
Today is the day! The design crew got started around 8am and are cranking away getting all the furniture moved into the Great Room. The rugs are down and much of the furniture is in…
Honeymoon at a Dude Ranch?
Yes! These days, we are seeing more and more folks coming to Vista Verde Ranch for their honeymoon. The cliche beach vacation is just so…..well, cliche. Coming to a guest ranch is a different and…
The big move, part I
So far, we have 3 of the 4 new offices moved into. Ben was the first to jump on the moving bandwagon and was moved in by early this week. Yesterday was a big push…
