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Ben would be one of the more obvious ones to spotlight over this past year, but he was never in the right place at the right time for me to catch him for an interview. For those of you who have been to the ranch, it’s hard to not know and love Ben. Officially, he…
Details20 Vacation Spots For Kids Who Love Horses- Lydie Thomas Horses are animals that have captured the hearts of children and adults for generations, and for anyone who loves horses, there is nothing more heavenly than spending a whole week in the company of these mighty yet gentle animals. Even if you’ve never had any…
DetailsSteamboat Springs: Skiing, Luxury, and Fun For the Kids- Nancy Nichols Get your downhill runs out of the way and head north to Vista Verde Ranch for lots more fun. Kids? Not a problem. WILDERNESS RESORT: I am sitting in a private hot tub on the deck of a log cabin at Vista Verde Ranch…
DetailsI tend to come into the ranch early to catch up on my office work while it’s quiet. Most mornings, I have the place to myself. However, on snowy mornings like today, I come into a world of humming machinery and lights of the pre-dawn posse glowing in the distance. It takes a small army…
DetailsFor the past several years, I’ve been wanting to add to our spa menu, especially for the Winter guest ranch season. It was tough to find someone who lived close by who would be on call for spa services. Emmanell has been our long standing massage therapist, and she is great. Finally, I stumbled across…
DetailsI’m still getting caught up from the holidays, so I don’t yet have the photos from the big night. For your culinary reading pleasure, here is the menu Chef Matt and the crew put together for our annual Progressive Dinner on skis and sleigh. It was a cold night, but the warm stops and great…
DetailsWinter Guest Ranches- Wild Blue Yonder By Gigi Ragland | January 1, 2011 Winter Guest Ranches Escape the crowds packed into the mountain towns and ski hills at one of our select guest ranches in the Rockies. The horses may be boarded up for the season, but the snow adds a whole new dimension to…
DetailsI’m still buzzing from last week. This year was truly one of the most exciting Christmases at Vista Verde for me. It’s always great here for the holidays, but this year may go down as the best ever in my book. Why? I’ve been trying to figure out what it was that created this above…
DetailsSteamboat Is Featured In Eddie Bauer Catalog– Shannon Luthy, Colorado Editor Steamboat received plenty of ink in the “Christmas in Steamboat” edition of the Eddie Bauer catalog. Page after page featured the northern Colorado town, also known as “Ski Town U.S.A.” Olympian’s were featured on a page titled, “Steamboat’s Legendary Winter Olympians Meet Up With…
DetailsLast week Christi blogged about how job titles are kind of a funny thing around here. I laughed as I started to write this week’s post as it is so, so true. Yes, my main role at the ranch is to focus on the reservations and marketing. Yet, last week I found myself out of…
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