Ride, Relax, Recharge! Experience the Best of the Southwest for your perfect family ranch vacation, honeymoon, corporate retreat, or dream horseback riding holiday. The Roberts Family invites you to experience our spectacular mountain setting and genuine western hospitality, which we have been serving at our Colorado dude ranch for 38 years! Let us help you create the best week of your year!

Forge a relationship with your horse, work cattle, trek into 500,000 acres of wilderness at our back door, fish, raft, water-ski, swim, soak, indulge in a massage, and dine like royalty. This  is the ideal vacation holiday for kids from 3 to 83. Families, grandparents traveling with grandchildren, couples and singles have been creating unsurpassed memories at our ranch, near Durango, in southwestern Colorado since 1970.

The secluded ranch borders the magnificent Piedra and Weminuche Wilderness Areas, which host an abundance of wildlife, crystal clear streams, open meadows, high mountain vistas, and vast mountain forests covering thousands of acres. Boasting the nickname "The Switzerland of America," this is truly one of the most beautiful areas in Colorado.

The riding program is lead by certified American Riding Instructors Association (ARIA) instructors. This structured approach is well suited to all abilities--whether you are a timid beginner or an avid rider. We own our herd of horses, and many were born at the ranch. We match our horses to your ability and we offer plenty of riding variety: Riding instruction, half and all day scenic mountain and valley trail rides, fishing rides, trailblazing, trotting and loping, cattle work, a natural horsemanship clinic, arena work, a gymkhana, and private lessons. Trail rides explore the spectacular Weminuche and Piedra Wilderness Areas surrounding the ranch, and our wranglers always stress safety, learning and fun. We believe strongly the more you learn about horses, the less you fear, and the more fun you’ll have!

• Heated pool and hot tub
• Beautiful riding on mountain trails. Instruction & cattle work.
• Well-appointed log cabins
• Cordon Bleu Chef
• Teen/children’s program
• Adults Only in September
• Mesa Verde National Park Tour
• Massage by Nationally Certified Therapists
• NO added gratuities or service charges

Cattle101 and Stockworking
Tune into your inner cowboy or cowgirl and join us for half or full days of herd work and arena games. Learn to effectively move a herd through mountain terrain, or join a partner or team for the challenge of modified team penning and other games in the arena. To experience a true taste of ranch reality, join our cowboys mending fence, packing salt, and driving the herd between pastures.
Weekly Cattle Work
Looking for the real cowboy and cowgirl experience? Join us for half or full days of herd work and arena games. Learn to effectively move a herd through mountain terrain, or join a partner or team for the challenge of modified team penning and other games in the arena. To experience a true taste of ranch reality, join our wranglers/ cowboys mending fence, doctoring calves, packing salt, and driving the herd between pastures.

Youth Programs
The youth program has been voted “best of the best” in multiple editions of Gene Kilgore’s Ranch Vacations. We have three great programs for never-bored kids! Specially trained counselors provide fun-filled days in a safe environment.
The Pony Express (ages 3-5) love the pony rides, hikes, picnics, arts and crafts, sandbox, tree house, slide, pool, swings, and the weekly hay ride with a marshmallow roast.
6-10 year olds receive riding instructions, ride THEIR horse for the week, learn about the outdoors and southwest history, plus have nature hikes, picnics, crafts, scavenger hunts, and swimming.
Preteens & teens (ages 11-12 & 13-17) help construct their week with choices from activities like half and all day rides, water-skiing, hiking, fishing, team games and challenges
Family rides are also offered during the week. You'll be amazed that your kids won't miss TV, the mall, or the Internet!!