Rides
Walking, Scenic Rides - Gentle Horses- Charming Guides
Picnic Tables with a View - Kid Fun - Advanced Rides
Open Mid-May through September
(weather permitting)
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Kids must be 6 years+ and 40"+ tall, to go on trail rides. Sorry, no double riding. But, don't be too quick to hire a babysitter! We have parent-led pony rides, $10/20 minutes, wrangler-led pony rides $20/20 minutes, a petting zoo filled will little critters for $5/child with an adult from your group, and our ever popular, supervised camps that younger kids, aged 3+ can go into while you ride. Pony Camp - $35/hour, Critter Camp $20/hour. Weight Limit: 240lbs. Call if you are over 6' tall to see if we can make an exception. |
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| Name | Duration | Cost | Times |
| Rocky Point | 1 Hr. | $65 | 9:00, 10:00, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 |
| Bear Hollow | 1.5 Hrs. | $75 | 10:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00 |
| Dark Timber | 2 Hrs. | $90 | 11:00, 3:30 |
| Elk Springs | 3 Hrs | $120* | 10:30 |
ELK SPRINGS RIDE: $120pp*
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10:30 |
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Cross Spraddle Creek to climb the side of a long draw and crest the side onto a high open meadow with spectacular Colorado wide-open views. At 10,000 ft, the natural mountain spring bubbles up cold and crisp. Flop down on your belly and take a long drink for instant brain freeze. Not for the tenderfoot, this ride doesn't have a short way back to the ranch. You are in the saddle approximately 3 hours. |
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Gourmet Box Lunch Available $15pp * 20% auto-gratuity automatically added to this ride for a total of $144pp
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Dark Timber Ride: $90pp |
11:00, 3:30 |
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Get up close and personal with the beetle-killed Lodgepole pine at 9400 ft, the highest point of this approximately 2 hour ride. You'll spend about 15-20 minutes in the dark timber area, 40 minutes in the dense Aspen glade, which appears to glow when you emerge from the dark timber, and the remainder in open or lightly treed areas. |
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Bring a light jacket as we are in the cool shaded areas for a 20 minute stretch. (approx. 2 hours)
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Bear Hollow Ride: $75pp** |
10:00, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30, 4:00 |
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**Staff Pick- Favorite Ride |
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This ride lasts about 1-1/2 hours. The ride covers the same territory as the Rocky Point Ride, but adds 30 minutes of lush, green Aspen glade filled with tall Cow Parsnip, and dense green underbrush, with the ever changing canopy of color and a view of the sunken underground river.
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Rocky Point Ride: $65pp |
9:00, 10:00, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 |
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This walking ride lasts between 50 to 70 minutes depending on the ability of the riders. It's a large scenic loop between the Spraddle Creek draw and the Booth Creek draw on the lower area of Bald Mountain. You will pass through a large sage field, up to a fantastic lookout point we call Rocky Point. There, the entire town of Vail, the Gore Range, Vail Mountain and the Vail Valley are visible from 8900 feet. The ride then enters the wooded area and skims the edge of a large Aspen glade, across a high meadow and over through the younger area of the glade. You'll pass Cow Camp, where an older building stands with the most photographed door in Colorado. |
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(approx. 1 hour) *Does not include gratuity. 20% gratuity automatically added to groups of 6 or more, and to the Elk Springs Ride.
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48 Hour Cancellation Policy - Full Price Charged for No-Shows, or Cancellations within 48 Hours. So where are we located? Check out our view of the ski slopes on Vail Mountain. We are just across the interstate from the ski slopes, and Vail Village as seen near the bottom of this picture, right at Exit 176.
