C Lazy U Ranch and Resort is located in Granby, Colorado. In operation since 1919, the ranch received the Five Diamond and Five Star awards for excellence as a guest resort. Families will love the comfortable accommodations and gourmet meals along with specialized programming. The youth program caters to children ages 3 to 18, and includes pony rides, horseback riding, swimming, archery, rowing boats, scavenger hunts, hay rides, a carnival, ice skating, skiing, tubing and sledding. This program gives parents an opportunity to relax or have some adventures of their own. Adults enjoy horseback riding, fly fishing, mountain biking, zip line, hiking, yoga, personal training and the swimming pool. Families eat breakfast together and rejoin after dinner. Lunch and dinner are enjoyed separately with kids eating with their new friends, and adults enjoying wine and fine dining. The optimal vacation times for families are the summer, holiday and winter seasons. The ranch offers a "Kids Stay Free" for children 12 and under to stay free certain weeks of the year.
C Lazy U Ranch
P. O. Box 379
Granby, CO 80446
970-887-3344
clazyu.com
White Stallion Ranch sprawls beneath the Tucson Mountains, near the Saguaro National Park, in Tucson, Arizona. A top resort, the White Stallion Ranch is charming and relaxing, inviting families to enjoy nature and make lasting memories. Guests as young as five will enjoy horseback riding on the 3,000 acres of land. The ranch, in operation since 1965, offers a petting zoo, movie theater, game room and sport courts for families to spend quality time together. There is also a sauna, masseuse, fitness center and bar. Breakfast is served outdoors the rustic way, using grills and cast iron skillets. Guests ride in a wagon pulled by a horse to a desert picnic for lunch. Dinners are traditional ranch cuisine, including dinners prepared in a wood-fired Indian oven, and steak barbecues are served each week. Families stay in one of the 45 guest rooms or the Hacienda, a private house. Rates are all-inclusive and include daily meals, accommodations, horseback riding and ranch activities.
White Stallion Ranch
9251 W. Twin Peaks Road
Tucson, AZ 85743
1-866-645-6134
whitestallion.com
Located in Big Sky, Montana, Lone Mountain Ranch is a guest ranch that has plenty of options for family adventure. Summers are especially exciting for families, with outdoors activities including visits to Yellowstone Park, horseback riding, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking and fly fishing. The Outdoor Youth Adventures program is for kids ages 4 to 18 providing programs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parents are welcome to watch or participate in the children's activities that include three separate programs for different age groups. Breakfast and lunch is filled with a variety of menu options on a buffet, and there is a bag lunch buffet for guests to pack their own lunch for the days out on the ranch. Dinner is a full-course affair featuring local meats and produce. Families stay in rustic, historical cabins with sleeping, living and bathing quarters. The ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 thanks in part to the historic cabins.
Lone Mountain Ranch
P. O. Box 160069
Big Sky, MT 59716
800-514-4644
lmranch.com
