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Vista 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…
DetailsSomething was a little more sparkly in the barn this week. What was it you ask? New saddles? Polished spurs? Someone cleaned the water trough? No, no, no. It was a shiny new diamond ring. Yes folks, Javin did it. He asked Jo to marry him. The fact that we’ve all kind of been waiting…
DetailsAdding a pool to our list of amenities was not an easy decision here at Vista Verde. We resisted it for years for many reasons. We didn’t want our dude ranch, although a luxury ranch, to feel too much like a resort. We didn’t want a pool to detract from the amazing activities for kids…
DetailsGet a Sitter: Colorado’s Dude and Guest Ranches without the kids Colorado’s dude and guest ranches are known for amazing family vacations, but they also make for incredible couples getaways. Most of the state’s ranches offer adult-only weeks, usually in the fall, when the pace slows a bit, the menus are a little more gourmet…
DetailsIt’s summertime and we’ve been loving this salad! Bring back a little bit of your Colorado ranch vacation with this salad and a nice glass of wine on a warm evening. Makes: Ingredients: 1 oz.- balsamice vinegar 1 oz.- sherry vinegar 1 oz.- champagne vinegar 1 oz.- red wine vinegar 1 tbsp.- honey 1 tsp.-…
DetailsBy Krista Coy- Front Desk Extraordinaire Coming from the core of the corn belt in Indiana, it seems Colorado has it all from the golden-lit snow-capped mountains to the calm cool lakes. In particular, Steamboat aka Ski Town USA, is best known for its winter ski resort, but The Boat’s motto “Come for the winter…
Details2011 may officially be the craziest year of weather, and I’m saying that only half way through the year. You all probably heard enough of my talk about the winter with immense amounts of snow we had at our Colorado dude ranch. And then there was the spring …… with immense amounts of snow. As…
DetailsYesterday was a fun day at the ranch. Ok, most days are pretty fun, but it’s always a bit more special to celebrate a holiday at a ranch. The morning started out with our regular orientation ride. The guests got a chance to get to know their horses, learn a little more about where we’re…
DetailsMost people enter the dude ranching business because they love people, horses, the outdoors, or just the Western way of life. Most don’t know that entering the business will have a profound impact on their lives. It starts with finding out that the people you serve daily are really amazing folks. Wait a sec, suddenly…
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