June 8 Blog Meet Wrangler Chad Black Mtn Ranch, Wranglers Meet first year Wrangler Chad Shoulders. Although it is his first year up at Black Mountain Ranch, it is definitly not his first year in the saddle. He started to ride when he was four years old and has spent previous summers as horse pack guide and hunting guide in Durango, CO. Chad grew up in Vail, Colorado and started to ski when he was two. He has been skiing ever since and is the Coach of the Ft. Lewis Ski Team and Ski Instructor at Beaver Creek. Years of teaching and coaching ...
June 6 Blog Anna Simons: Head Wrangler We are absolutely thrilled with our 2012 Wrangler Family! They are the backbone of the ranch, here to make sure you have an amazing time throughout your Colorado Dude Ranch Vacation! Five-year, seasoned veteran, Anna Simons is leading the team this year as Head Wrangler. Anna started at Black Mountain Ranch in 2006. Born and raised in South Dakota, Anna comes from a large family (she has over 40 first cousins, just on her dad's side!) and brings her vivacious personality and huge ...
June 4 Blog Family fun at our Colorado Dude Ranch: Meet our Baby Goats Best Dude Ranch Vacation, Black Mtn Ranch, Training, life at a dude ranch At Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch, we are a real working guest ranch. Not only do we keep our 70 horses, herd of cattle, we also have two chicken coops (currently finishing the chicken chalet), bunnies, and five adorable Colorado born rescue goats. These adorable little fellows were adopted after either being rejected from their moms at birth or runts struggling to get fed at meal time. We decided three years ago to start adopting these guys to give them a new chance at life and ...
May 29 Blog Cowgirl Quotes: Life at a Colorado Dude Ranch Here is our Wrangler Jessi helping a calf keep up with the herd at Black Mountain Colorado Dude Ranch! We have a great team of Wranglers and Staff this year and we look forward to introducing them to you. We truly live a working ranch lifestyle up at our Family Dude Ranch! We look forward to making fancy formal introduction of our amazing team. Hope you plan to join us for another great summer vacation at our family run and super fun dude ranch! No question is to big or too ...
May 29 Blog Worlds Youngest Cowboy from Australia: Royce Gill barrel racing, little cowboy, royce gill, seventh generation cowboy, worlds youngest cowboy Little Royce Gill, from New South Wales, Australia is pictured here with his six-year-old pony, Maybelline. At two and a half years of age, he is a seventh-generation rodeo rider. Originally reported on the Daily Mail, his father champion rodeo rider Ryan Gill states 'We breed 200 calves purely for bucking bulls and 300 horses for rodeos, so there's not much else around for Royce to play with." Pretty adorable if you ask us. Talk about following in your fathers footsteps! He ...