Hi, I just heard about this site from a friend and I'm hoping someone can help me. A few friends and I are interested in heading out to Montana for the Dude Ranch experience. Can anyone give us some info on ranches they've been to? We're not dead set on Montana so we'd love info on Dude Ranches in any other state anyone has visited. Thanks! Ellyn

Hello from Northwest Montana
Haven't stayed at a dude ranch as I live here however the following sites may help
www.travel.state.mt.us/
www.discoveringmontana.com
Come on out---Have a great trip

In May I stayed at the Seven Lazy P Deep Canyon Guest Ranch in Choteau Montana. It was great! Their web site is:www.guestranches.com/sevenlazyp

Normally all the Dude ranches which are on the organisation Dude ranches are good...In Arizona in Tucson teh White Stallion ranch is a must : not too
great and you can ride 4 times a day if you want...It's open from autumn to may due to the heat in summer, but a week here is a dream...beame reality...
Erik.

We enjoyed the Twin Elm in Bandera, Texas.

Lost Creek Ranch - WY

We loved Cherokee Park Ranch, which is about an hour north of Fort Collins, Co and maybe an hour south of Cody, Wy. For a more rustic ranch, but with unescorted riding in the Canadian forests, try the Flying U, in British Colombia...about a four hour drive east of Vancouver. You can also take the train right to the ranch.

There are many differrent types of ranches out there...from working cattle ranches to ritzy, resorts where the golf course and tennis are more popular than the horse rides. Get Eugene Kilgore's book "Ranch Vacations" for very thourough and accurate reviews of ranches all over the country. Many of the good ones fill up their summer spaces by March, so Plan ahead!

? Vista Verde Ranch
Box 465
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
(800) 526-7433


http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/co/k/cok6001.htm


GREAT place- nice cabins on the river-great food- hayrides-hot air ballooning-horseback riding...kids and adults both will love it!