Summer Dude Ranch Schedule
You will not need your watch - take it off!
Sunday Afternoon
Guests arrive & settle in rooms
Take a deep breath!
Tour ranch & meet horses & staff
"Barn Orientation Class" - Ground Manners, Catching, Haltering, Leading & Tieing
Evening
Hospitality & appetizers on front porch
Supper & ranch orientation & meet folks
Introduction to Cowboy Poetry
Sunset hike
Dessert for those who return (Just Kidding!)
Monday Morning
Breakfast
Barn orientation - "Horse Instincts and Communication"
Arena demo and practice (Walk, Whoa, Turn)
First ride for skills practice and/or arena
time
Afternoon
Lunch at picnic tables
Start horseshoe tournament!
Ride horses into National Forest, to Bubba’s
Hill or Lady Moon or Hunter’s Camp or Aspen Canyon
Evening
Appetizers on front porch
Supper
Sunset hike
 Tuesday Morning
Breakfast
Horse grooming & tack lesson (This is where we
teach guests how to do our chores!)
Ride to Bubba’s Hill or Lady Moon or Hunter’s
Camp or Aspen Canyon
Afternoon
Lunch on the trail
1:30 Rock Climbing Class at Stoney Point Hill
5:00 Kids cookout & scavenger hunt & field
games & stories at the fire & sleep-out
at tipi
Evening
Adult hospitality & candle light dinner (generally
interrupted once, by kids to show off their seven
kinds of poop found on scavenger hunt... horse, donkey,
goat, sheep, rabbit, chicken...etc.)
Adult quiet evening of conversation on front
porch.
Wednesday Morning
Breakfast
Horse grooming and tack
Mt. Margaret (all day) ride
Afternoon
Lunch at Mt. Margaret trail head
Ride, hike, play
Return to fish, rifle & trap range
Some prefer to nap, read or soak in Jaccuzzi after
5-7 hours in the saddle!
Evening
Appetizers & Dinner
Evening campfire with s’mores and cowboy singers
Lars & Amy Larson.
 Thursday Morning
Breakfast
All-day rafters leave for the river early.
Half-day Rafters play on ranch (rifle, trap, ect.),
pack lunches & to the river! Afternoon.
Some rafters return for fishing, shooting, horse
shoe tourney, archery, hiking, shooting trap or "plinking" cans at the rifle range
Some rafters stay in town to explore, shop and/or
enjoy dinner in "Old Town" Ft. Collins after
their white water adventure.
Evening
Dinner & free evening
Friday Morning
Up early for breakfast ride!
After breakfast ride to destination of your choice (There are lots and lots of trails still to explore!)
Afternoon
Lunch
Last Chance to try what you haven’t done yet.
Your choice:
Ride, Hike, Fish, Rifle & Trap range,
Archery, Roping lessons, Horse shoe tourney
Evening
Dinner
Campfire with Cowboy Poetry
Saturday Morning
Breakfast
Gymkana Arena Games - The Sundance Dude Rodeo!
Start Check-out
Box lunch or buffet available
Hugs & Farewells |
