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Riding the Range- from the Weeklywrinkle.com The movie “City Slickers” has a lot to answer for, encouraging a popular fantasy to leave it all behind, head for the old West and dress up in your chaps and cowboy hat to ride the range with your fellow cowboys and cowgirls. But whilst many so-called ranches have cashed…
DetailsTo update you all on where we are in our summer season, this is our final cattle round up week, and also our final week of the season. We have had 4 total weeks of rounding up cattle, and have brought in about 250 so far, so there is still some work to be done…
DetailsBy guest blogger, John Hill Last Sunday a group of Vista Verde Ranch staff did a full moon hike to summit Hahn’s Peak. The moonlight negated any need for headlamps, yet the multitudes of rock pieces made the last stretch of the ascent fairly difficult. Without shelter of trees at the top, the wind picked…
DetailsI received this wonderful essay written by guest Katie. What nice writing. I hope you got an A for this essay Katie! Waking Up As I doze I slowly become aware that I am no longer in Edinburgh, I know this because the quilt under my fingers is soft but unnecessary; warm air washes over…
DetailsGuests Kim and Mark were talking about the Vista Verde sigh the other day. What is that? It’s that really big sigh you let out at some point soon after arrival. The one that cues you that you are finally on vacation in Colorado. The one that lets you know you have left reality behind. …
DetailsYou know the postcards that read, “Wish you were here”? Well, I got a photo yesterday that made me wish I was there! Guides Beka and Lindsay took guests John and Astri up to summit Little Agnes last week, and sent me this photo to share the gorgeous view. Wow, I could take just getting…
DetailsLast night was the last night of barn dances before we head into our adult only weeks. All summer long, kids have stomped it up on the dance floor with Barn Dance Ben calling the dances. Whether it was the younger ones laughing and dancing with their mom or dad, or a terrified teen being…
DetailsA while back, we added an extra adult only week at the end of our season. But, I haven’t been great about getting the word out there so there are still a few cabins open for that week. If any of you are looking for great fall foliage, fun in the mountains and some great…
DetailsVista Verde Guest Ranch – by Kara Williams for Away.com Wide-open meadows, thick pine forest, pretty aspen groves, and looming mountains… welcome to nature on steroids at Vista Verde, a luxury, all-inclusive guest ranch near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Vista Verde may be a dude ranch, but this property offers so much more than just horseback…
DetailsEvery summer, every winter, it seems like we live in a vortex of time. The pre-season preparations are frantic and exciting. Then we get going with the guests and the days just zoom by. Here we are in the second week of August already. The grass is just starting to turn a bit more golden…
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