While planning my family's ranch vacation this year, I spoke to a pro who gave me her best dude ranch vacation hacks—and I'm sharing them with you. When planning our annual family vacation earlier ...

There’s something undeniably romantic about riding a horse through a cactus-laced desert: the fresh air, the array of colors in the unpolluted sky, and the rugged sense of adventure only a horse can ...

(BPT) - Are you tired of the same old adventureless vacations? Consider staying at a dude ranch! Vacationing at a dude ranch is a chance to experience the cowboy lifestyle in incredible locations.

ON A RECENT Thursday at Chico Basin, an 87,000-acre cattle ranch near Colorado Springs, Colo., I sat secure in my saddle atop a palomino horse named Butters, staring down on organized chaos. Dozens of ...

Urban and suburban women can challenge themselves to ride horses, shoot air-guns or rope cattle. In the process, they get to ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. There are few better ways to experience Colorado’s scenery, history, and culture than through an overnight ...

I never thought I'd visit a real dude ranch, much less ride a horse - something I had never done. This fact surprises many, because I grew up on a farm near Floodwood. (I did drive a tractor, though.) ...

In the late-1800s, big-shot city slickers (known to cattle ranchers as “dudes”) discovered that ranch visits out West made for unforgettable getaways. This spurred a unique niche of travel as working ...

The more than 7,000-acre Rowse's 1+1 Ranch hosts vacation stays in Burwell, Nebraska. Rowse's 1+1 Ranch This year, Yellowstone National Park turned 150 years old, and to add to the luster of its ...