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Horseback Riding and Goat Activities with Vail Stables

Our gentle horses, friendly, experienced guides, and awe-inspiring trails await your arrival.

Try Goat Yoga or Goats & Wine!

We have the Happiest Hour in Town when the goats mingle with our bar patrons.

Located one easy mile (don’t walk!) NE of Vail Village

GOGA! (Goat Yoga)

GOGA! (Goat Yoga)

Goat yoga is an amazing experience for those who want to unwind, laugh, and relax while attempting to do the downward dog with a young goat or several winding around and between your limbs.

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Bear Hollow Trail

Bear Hollow Trail

Enjoy a scenic ride on mountainous terrain, through a leafy-green Aspen forest with wide open viewpoints of the Gore Range, Vail’s ski slopes on down to Beaver Creek. Join us on a ride, and get in touch with nature!

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Dark Timber Trail

Dark Timber Trail

This technical horseback ride travels through endless Aspen trees, Lodgepole pines, thick foliage and wildflowers, while offering two amazing, wide open viewpoints of the mountains from the Gore Range down to Beaver Creek.

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Goats and Wine

Goats and Wine

Goats? Wine? What? Yes! It’s incredibly fun to enter a pen with 5 or more goats and a glass of wine. Their goat-like behavior entertains and delights. They’ll pose for your selfie.. If you’re bringing children, they can enjoy Goats & Soda.

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Rocky Point Trail

Rocky Point Trail

Our Rocky Point Trail ride is perfect for all ages! This scenic ride gives amazing views of Vail Valley Gore Range & more. There is an abundance of sunshine and a scarcity of cliffs and mountain lions on this multi-dimensional ride.

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Discover Vail, Colorado

Vail Stables is uncompromisingly Colorado, specializing in beautiful mountain horseback rides near the town of Vail.

We have been the leading provider of tours on horseback for over 17 years and offer adventurers an all-access pass into the backcountry of the White River National Forest.

The spirit of the Old West rides on the breezes flowing through the quaking Aspens and echoes in the squeaking leather saddles. Our passion is to create transformational experiences through horseback riding.

Our friendly, experienced guides, gentle horses, and awe-inspiring trails await your arrival.

Note: The information on this website supersedes any other information found on printed materials or other websites.

Home of the Happiest Hour in Town

Relax in our hammocks with a stunning view of the slopes. We have cold beer and wine for the adults and soda available for the kids. Play a game of cornhole, washers, or cards. The goats come out to mingle too!

The beer garden at the Crooked Cow Saloon is open Monday and Wednesday 12-3 , Friday and Saturday from noon until 4:00, 5:00, 6, or 7 p.m. if the crowd keeps it going. If no-one shows by 4pm, we are outta there!

The goats come out to mingle between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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Treat Yourself to the Ultimate Adventure

★★★★★ 5/5

Visited twice in 3 days- so much fun!

“We booked a family trail ride our first day of vacation in Vail- it was so great- horses were very sweet and gentle, scenery was gorgeous, ride was very relaxing. Then we found out they have Goga (Goat yoga), and the girls HAD to come back for that, so day 3 of our trip we were back at Vail Stables for a really fun session of goat yoga with the sweetest goats and great yogi leading the session. Highly recommend both experiences!!”

SoonthebeachTripAdvisor

Goat Yoga so much fun!

“My daughter convinced me to sign her up for goat yoga. We got there and all decided to join her as a family. It was so much fun. Amy was the instructor and was awesome. She gave us a nice workout and gave us plenty of time to interact with the goats. The goats were sweet and fun. Highly recommend. We may try to do it again before our vacation ends.”

kjtex2016TripAdvisor

Excellent Beginner Ride

“Having almost no horseback riding experience, 2 hour Vail Stables tour was perfect for our family with 2 tweens/teens. Climb into forest was manageable, not scary at all, and views were amazing. Horses in beautiful condition and very well trained. On our ride we hardly did any directing, in fact, we could have actually handled going faster.”

KrisC3333TripAdvisor

Best ride we’ve been on. Great route and overall great experience.

“Great experience from the minute we checked in. Our guide was Ellen and she was terrific. Got us ready and off we went on a fantastic 2-hour ride. Great pics along the way. Never considered about the horses or trails and we got up and down the mountain with incredible views and great memories. Highly recommended! Do the 2-hr ride. well worth it!”

David K.TripAdvisor

Loved it!

“We decided to go for a horseback riding after my kids (10 and 12 years old) insisted… my husband didn’t want to come but somehow we convinced him. We all loved it!!! The horses are so perfectly train that you literally don’t need to do anything… it was a great experience and a great way to see Vail from a new perspective! Will definitely be back.”

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Looking for the kids program?

After a wonderful 16-year run, we have decided to discontinue our kids programs, including Horse Camp, Pony Camp and Nature Camp.

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Pony Time for Lil' Buckaroos

We have mini horses wearing mini saddles for mini humans. That would like to enjoy time with a pony. Groom, lead and/or ride. Parents lead the pony, carrying the children, up the path surrounded by beautiful scenery. It’s the perfect photo opportunity with your Li’l Buckaroos. Bring the whole gang to enjoy the experience.

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