Luxury Dude Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
As seen in The Daily Meal9 Wild West Dude Ranches – by Nicole Campoy-Leffler Spurs and all, these are more than just your average horseback riding adventure In this digital modern age, John Wayne’s dusty Wild West seems a novel, old fashioned place. And while the Gold Rush may be over, it’s comforting to note…
DetailsDace 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. I’m one of those people who, before working here, considered bread to be the kind of food product that you…
DetailsWith 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 in. Ben is the last one to arrive back, hot off the beaches of Mexico where he and Holly snuck…
DetailsTo 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 Steaming Bean, a local coffee shop. We sipped lattes, shared stories, got crafty and competitive over card games and coloring…
DetailsDude 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 before you go I brought a lot of things with me to my Colorado dude ranch vacation last summer, such…
DetailsWe’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 realities of living, working, eating and playing with the same people all summer long and how to foster a positive…
DetailsI 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 are quite offended by others using that term. It got me thinking though. What makes a dude ranch the best…
DetailsToday 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 the building. Right now they are placing the different pieces in their spots. The elk head is looking down from…
DetailsWhen 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 of the Steamboat Springs resorts close down because of Mud Season. Most years, it’s just an affectionate term that we…
DetailsSo 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 to get Rob and Teresa moved into the new Kitchen office, and I got moved into my new one down…
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