“Next up is the team from Chicago,” crackles the disembodied voice over the speaker system mounted above the arena. A genuine “Yee-haw!” is heard across the dusty corral, as two men and a woman ride ...

Hotels are out, dude ranches are in. At least to some luxury travelers. More wealthy travelers are opting to stay local, rather than travel overseas this holiday season. Many are heading to the ...

DENVER - Western dude ranches are having a rough ride this summer, as cautious consumers rein in spending on some upscale vacations. For the first time in at least five years, these quintessentially ...

Active ranch and ranch resort options in Arizona and Colorado range from family-ready to adult escapes for city slickers to work for their grub. Visitors dine at the chuckwagon, ride the open range ...

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 ...

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Republished from Western Confluence, which covers natural-resource science and management in the West. Western Confluence is published by the University of Wyoming Institute of Environmental and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billed as the most remote dude ranch in the Lower 48, Wyoming's Darwin Ranch really captures the Wild West frontier spirit with ...

Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis? When it comes to dude ranches, hosts are adopting John Wayne's, "A man's got to do what a man's got to do," and are offering options unheard of just a few ...

Bucolic scenes from the Old West, like horseback riding through rolling hills and settling in at a remote hacienda, continue to capture the imagination. These experiences don't have to be relegated to ...