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No question is stupid or ridiculous, but some of the answers are.

Most common phone question… Q: “I’m looking at your website and it says the minimum age for trail rides is 5. Does that mean my 6 yr old will be allowed to ride?” A: Neigh. Here is a ridiculous answer. We are skipping 6 year olds.

General information

Where is Vail Stables?

Vail Stables is located 1 mile NE of the Vail Village in Vail, CO. We’re the closest stables to the town and the best of course!

If you’re on foot, use our free shuttle to avoid walking 7/10ths of a mile straight up a mountain.   Text  (970)445-8204 to summon the shuttle.  Someone will ditch their duties to pick you up as soon as possible.  Stand at the Vail Transportation Center (upstairs from the Colorado Ski Museum, near the “Bustang” sign.  Look for the white van with our logo.    

We are off of Spraddle Creek Road, which heads east, out of the north-side roundabout, at the Main Vail Exit #176 off I-70.

Driving Directions: From the main vail Exit #176, get into the North Side Round-A-Bout and turn right onto Spraddle Creek Road.  Go up the hill one mile and for Heaven’s sake DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON AT THE GATES TO SPRADDLE CREEK ESTATES!!  That is a private housing community and they are over it!  Absolutely OVER it!!

Look to the right as you enter the circle and you will see our WELCOME sign and dirt road.  We are 50 yards up the dirt road.  We promise you, that you will not drive off the edge if you simply do not turn your wheel towards the side.  Your car will not spontaneously swerve to the right and run off the edge.

Park like you are in a lot ~close together and straight up to a curb.  Note:  Suburbans are not compact nor are they mid-size.  

Right at the reservation time.  No earlier unless your ride ends after G.O.A.T. Happy Hour ends then, we recommend you come earlier to enjoy the goats.

Please click on the big red button on the homepage for the real-time calendar for hours and days.  Or right here! If you call to ask, your first drink costs double.
Hours: 11-5pm, usually.

Irregular.  Most days, we are ready to receive GOGA guests by 8:30 a.m.    Happy G.O.A.T. Hour closes at 5:00pm.

Voted the BEST OUTHOUSE IN VAIL!!  There is a sexy, unisex, vault-style, hamster-like atmosphere, concrete facility with a lockable door located in the parking area. Don’t forget to flush! It’s cleaned every day. If you find it unacceptable, please don’t use the bushes. Someone will take your picture.

There are no restrooms located on the trail, so we suggest you visit the facility prior to checking in at the office.  It’s a small brown building in the parking lot with a large restroom sign hanging on it.

Can we talk about parking?  OM!!.  There will be about 25 cars, besides yours, in our tiny lot.  Please park close together so we don’t have to ask you to move in our game of Tetris Parking.

We have various beverages and snacks available for sale at the bar.  After the ride, you can belly up to the bar at the Crooked Cow Saloon for an adult beverage and snacks. For the kids we have Capri Sun, juice, soda or seltzer.

We also have T-shirts in various styles.

Don’t walk.  Don’t ride a bike, unless you are really fit or it’s an e-bike!    Call Uber (there are 2 in Vail) or a Taxi.  Drive your own car.

Ride our free shuttle from Vail Transportation Center.  Simply text (970) 445-8204 15 minutes before you want to be picked up.

Some of the hotels in Vail will run you up in one of their shuttles and retrieve you after the ride. Otherwise, taxis can be reasonable if you work the sticker price before entering the cab.
Buses do not come our way.

Don’t let anyone (wink, wink, concierges) tell you we are close to town, and that you can just walk up the hill. A one-mile, uphill walk doesn’t seem like a problem, until you are in the middle of the mile. Unless you are in the actual town of Vail, everything is up a hill.
We are hoping drones can carry more weight soon.

If you still have unusual questions, you can call now.  Don’t be scared.

Dont’ call for these reasons:  All of this information is available on this site and through the booking system.  We are not as available since we are serving many, many guests in our presence.

  1. To ask the hours of  Happy G.O.A.T Hours.  The times are available on the booking system.
  2. To see if we have Pony Rides.
  3. To ask where we are located.
  4. To see if we have availability for horseback rides.
  5. If it’s 8am on the East Coast.
    To see if we ride in the rain.
  6. To see if Happy G.O.A.T Hours is still operating in the rain.