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Overview

All Levels Ranch Vacation in Wyoming

Horseworks Wyoming calls it a Guest Ranch Vacation or Gap Year Holiday rather than a “dude ranch vacation” to emphasize the focus on Western riding and horsemanship rather than fancy amenities! Whether here for a week, three weeks or touring the Western US for three months, all guests participate in trail rides, overnight camping, observe Western horsemanship and training, and enjoy many on-and off-ranch activities in the Wyoming paradise. Create your dream vacation, not an endurance contest! No experience is necessary as Horseworks Wyoming has horses to match your abilities and can teach you what you need to know to enjoy your riding vacation!

Key Information

Rider Weight Limit: 250 pounds / 110 kilograms
Horse Breed: Quarter horses, Appaloosa, paint horses, crossbreds
Horse Heigh: 14 to 16 hands
Tack Type: Western Tack

Highlights

Horse riding sessions
Tack and unlimited riding
24 / 7 access to the accommodation
Beautiful Wyoming scenery
Delicious meals and snacks
6 nights' accommodation
Airport transfer

Skill level

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

Styles

6 days with instruction

Group size: Maximum of 8 participants

Airport transfer included: Yellowstone Regional Airport

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Accommodation

Facilities

Dining area
Environmentally friendly
Fireplace
Kitchen
Free parking
Laundry
Library
Tour assistance

HorseWorks Wyoming's rustic cabins are located between Meeteetse and Thermopolis near the former town of Grass Creek. There are six cabins for two to four people with twin beds or bunk beds. Shared bathrooms are in the lodge, a short walk from the cabins. Also located in the lodge are the laundry, kitchen, and a sitting area with wood stove, all available 24 / 7. Cabins have heat and electric, but no running water.

HorseWorks, a working horse and cattle ranch, has a spacious open-area lodge, including a sitting area with a wood burning stove for relaxing prior to going to your cabin for the night. The lodge, including bathrooms / showers, great room, kitchen, laundry, and library, is accessible 24 / 7 to guests who stay in the cabins. Guests are not allowed in the corrals or the livestock.

This is a rustic, no-frills, working ranch located 23 - 36 miles from the nearest towns on a well-maintained gravel road. The facility is off-grid - Horseworks Wyoming has solar-powered electricity, but no electric or phone lines running into the ranch. Limited Wi-Fi is available to check emails, but not for streaming. Cell phone signal is available in lodge only and there is no TV.

Program

During the week, take long and short horseback rides over scenic terrain that varies from sagebrush flats to grassy slopes with canyon views. There's no need for nose-to-tail riding! Enjoy plenty of opportunities to ride side-by-side, visiting with new friends, or in calm solitude, quietly taking it all in! The variety of daily rides includes treks to the cow camp where homesteader cabins were built at the turn of the century, tracking the elusive herds of elk, spotting other wildlife, and rounding up a few cattle to try your hand at cutting and team penning!

The emphasis is on safety (see helmet policy) and matching horses to appropriate riders. Some rides may be divided into smaller groups to ensure that all riders can go at a pace and distance within their comfort level. Horseworks Wyoming invites riders to bond with the same horse for the week or try out horses of various breeds and personalities. The guest ranch vacations and gap year holidays are a great opportunity to enjoy riding a variety of horses.

Included excursions

Visit Yellowstone National Park, the famous Cody Nite Rodeo or the Hotsprings of Thermopolis.

Location

HorseWorks Wyoming, a working horse ranch located in Grass Creek between Cody and Thermopolis, Wyoming near beautiful Yellowstone National Park, is on the Absaroka Front, a prong of the Rocky Mountains in the American West. Here, you may ride on 66,000 acres ranging from sagebrush flats to expansive scrub pine mountains.

Today, fewer people travel this 15-mile wide and 25-mile long country than traveled it 70 years ago. The land is wild and beautiful. You may enjoy easy day rides from HorseWorks’ ranch headquarters or faster paced, tougher rides into the high country, trailing the remuda, and on occasion moving the cattle.

Features

Activities

Horse riding
Shopping

General

Dining area
Environmentally friendly
Fireplace
Kitchen
Special menu request

Services

Laundry
Library
Tour assistance

Food

Delicious meals will be provided during your vacation. The lodge, which is accessible 24 / 7, is where you will savor home-cooked meals planned to satisfy your dietary preference (including vegetarian, food allergies, and so on).

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Water
Coffee
Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Lactose Free
Other dietary requirements on request

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Local off-ranch activities include the Cody Nite Rodeo, white water rafting, floating the Big Horn River, soaking at the hot springs in Thermopolis, and an overnight trip to the world famous Yellowstone National Park, all of which Horseworks Wyoming will help you schedule around your on-ranch experience to round out the perfect Western adventure!

What's included

Horse riding sessions
Tack and unlimited riding
24 / 7 access to the the lodge (dining room, kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, and showers)
Airport transfer
6 nights' accommodation
Delicious meals and snacks

What's not included

Off‐ranch activities
Transportation to / from the town for these activities

How to get there

Recommended Airports

COD

Yellowstone Regional Airport

74 km

Transfer included

Driving directions from Billings or Cody

Leave Cody, Wyoming on Highway 120 toward Meeteetse and Thermopolis.
Go through Meeteetse and continue past the Gooseberry Rest Area on your left to the Grass Creek sign at mile marker 36 (County Road 17 / Four Mile Road).
Turn right and go 4 miles to the T.
Turn left onto Highway 171 (the Marathon Oilfield Headquarters is on your right and a Quonset Hut is on the left).
Go across one cattle guard and watch for Coalmine Draw Road (gravel road) on the right (about 2 and a half miles).
Turn right onto the gravel road and go 2 and a half miles bearing right whenever another road intersects.
You will see Brown Lane (Horseworks Wyoming's driveway) on the right.
Turn right and come to the lodge and corrals.

Driving directions from Thermopolis or Casper

Leave Thermopolis on Highway 120 toward Meeteetse and Cody.
Go to the Grass Creek sign after the 25 miles marker (Highway 171 / Nine Mile Road).
Turn left and go about five miles watching for Coalmine Draw Road (gravel road) on the left and turn left.
Go about 2 and a half miles straight ahead.
You will see Brown Lane (Horseworks Wyoming’s driveway) on the right.
Turn right and come to the Lodge and corrals.

Airport: Yellowstone Regional Airport Airport transfer included: Yellowstone Regional Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.

7 Day Working Ranch Adventure near Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Organized by Horseworks Wyoming

Horseworks Wyoming is a working horse ranch offering one to three-week all-inclusive internships and vacations near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA.

Thermopolis, United States

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