• YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.
  • YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.
  • YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.
  • YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the horses, and the ranch, all come together.
  • YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the horses, and the ranch, all come together.
  • YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

  • Where your family, the ranch, and the horses all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the horses, and the ranch all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the horses, and the ranch, all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the horses, and the ranch, all come together.

YOUR AUTHENTIC RANCH VACATION

Where your family, the ranch, and the horses all come together.

Everything You can experience here!

All-Inclusive Ranch Vacations!

This is no ordinary vacation, but an experience of a lifetime. You will learn to catch your horse and saddle up each day, preparing you for the adventures to come. Accomplish real and necessary cattle handling and horsemanship challenges, building relationships with your group, your horse, and your guide. Then enjoy your afternoon relaxing in the hammock or taking a nap until your homemade, ranch style dinner is ready for you. Spend each night under the quiet of the stars in one of the darkest skies in America. This vacation is just waiting for you!

This Sounds Amazing!

Short Term Lodging

Check out our Last Minute Lodge N' Ride where you can take advantage of renting the house for a weekend getaway.

This stay is our only 'Lodging Only' opportunity and fills up quick.

Of course you can add on a horseback or wagon ride if you wish.

Check out what dates are available in our calendar now, before someone else snags the deal!

Come for the Weekend!

A Day on the Ranch / Horseback Riding

Come learn the basics of horseback riding with us for a day on these Ranch Adventures.

Choose your ideal adventure below, but all rides come with a one hour orientation including saddling your horse, a homemade picnic Lunch, and one on one coaching from real cowgirls!

Book your day at the ranch today!

Spend a Day at the Ranch, Horseback.

Your group's Experience: Our All Inclusive Ranch Vacation

The Ranch

You will be visiting a 4,000 acre working cattle ranch just outside of Westcliffe, Colorado. We have some of the darkest skies in the US (which means you will see an incredible amount of stars) and house traqulity here.

We have strong core values- true to our cowboy selves. Helping others, working hard, showing respect to people and animals alike, and always learning are just some of the values we believe in.

We only have one lodging facility on the WHOLE RANCH! What this means for your group is complete exclusivity to our facilities and full attention from our coaches.

The Horses

We pride ourselves in having some of the most well trained horses you can find on a guest ranch. For your enjoyment and your safety, we spend countless hours training our horses as well as coaching each guest to ride them with true horsemanship for everyone's benefit.

Not only do we care about how well behaved our animals are, we care deeply about their experience living here at Music Meadows Ranch. They get to graze and just be horses in the open meadows when they aren't working. This allows them to practice their innate social structure with Herd Dynamics.

You will learn all about Herd Dynamics on your very first day so you can understand how important it is to practice being a good leader for your horse. Don't worry if you show up knowing nothing, we are well equipped to help beginners and seasoned horseman alike.

The Ranch House

Originally a homestead in the late 1800s, rooms have been added on and it is now a cozy 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Ranch House. There are beds for 8 people with a full kitchen and cozy fireplace in the living room to spend quality time around.

Although we encourage you to take some time away from the real world, we do have wifi for your use.

There is a wonderfully big yard with a fire pit, hammock, horseshoes, our new rustic hot tub, and the creek running through it.

Check out more details for the Ranch House here.

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The Most Private Guest Ranch Experience Out There

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Ranch Vacations

  • All Inclusive Summer Ranch Vacations (DEPOSIT)
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  • All Inclusive Winter/Spring Ranch Vacations: Starting @ $3,000 for Two
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  • Maverick Week // Sept 25th - Sept 29th (DEPOSIT)
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    $1,500.00
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  • Maverick Week // October 9th - October 15th (DEPOSIT)
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    $1,500.00
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  • Host a Photography Class: 2 Day (Winter/Spring)
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    from $3,240.00
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    $900.00
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  • Private Photography RANCH VACATION (Winter/Spring)
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    from $3,500.00
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All of the Memories, None of the Stress. Our All Inclusive Ranch Vacations Have You Covered

Our 6 night, 5 day itineraries include about 6 hours a day with your guides. This will be spent learning horsemanship, checking on our Sangre Best Beef Cattle, enjoying a homemade picnic lunch each day, exploring the ranch and much more. This leaves you with several hours a day to relax in the hammock, fire up the Hot Tub, take a nap or shower after your exciting day on the ranch, or really just to do whatever you want to do. We have learned that it is necessary and FUN not to have every minute of your vacation planned out for you - just enough to keep you hungry for more. 

As far as food goes, once you book you will receive a series of emails from us. These emails include a full ranch menu where you will be able to pick (as a group) what you want to eat each day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and of course dessert!!) This allows us to plan ahead for your meals but also allows for you to arrive fully prepared for your stay, no decisions needed! Just make yourselves at home and enjoy :)

Even though we have a general itinerary, our guides will make specific goals with each person in your group and get the feel for your group collectively. This will help us tailor the experience to what you and your loved ones would enjoy the most. 

See the full package details and start planning your trip here!

Start Planning Your "Ranch Vacation" Today!

We only offer 26 of Our One-of-a-Kind, 6 Night, All Inclusive, Summer Ranch Vacations and they go FAST. Be sure to head to the Ranch Vacations page to find out everything you’ll experience here at the ranch, and pick out which week works best for your family and friends. Bookings are now OPEN for 2024. Book by December 31, 2023 for 10% off your stay next summer!

How to Reserve Your Stay - Plan Ahead!

1. Sign up for our Ranch Family Newsletter so you don’t miss the opening of reservations.

2. Reserve your spot before someone else does. Bookings are OPEN! If you have any questions, let's talk here.

3. You’re all set! Time to start gathering up your cowboy/girl gear. We’ll be with you every step of the way to get prepared!

 

Are you super pumped about coming to the ranch and have some questions? Schedule a call with Elin to get all the details you need.

Schedule Your Call With Elin, the Owner, Today!

Sharing Our Heritage with You!

Our Music Meadows Magic

“Music Meadows Ranch is an authentic, working cattle and horse ranch that could very well change your life. I met Elin in 1996 and can testify to the fact that she is the real thing; a real working cowgirl. She “ranches” for a living, a glorious, strenuous and demanding living. Music Meadows is not a dude ranch you visit, then go back to your life and forget. If you want to experience a lifestyle not often understood, then make every effort to get here. You will work honest and hard, acquire unexpected knowledge of yourself, and thank God for the experience.”

Lisa Frank

"Nicole was in charge of our rides and she was amazing. The girls hadn’t ridden so they got instruction for three days on our fabulous rides! Priceless! By day three they were comfortable with their horses and in control of them. They learned to trot and some canter. Dallas also rode with us and she was a big help and very nice. No head to tail at this ranch. We were encouraged to guide our own horse and spread out within reasonable distance of each other. By the time we left, the girls had so bonded with their horses that they cried to leave them. We had to say goodbye to them three times over the final twelve hours! I learned what “a girl and her horse” is all about. We’ll be back and back and back. Five stars plus!”

Gary Ganz

“Is a 5-star rating all I can give? It is so much more! Our family will never forget the week we spent at Music Meadows Ranch. The grandkids (5) still talk about working on the ranch. They learned many things from Elin and Rhoda that has been beneficial on our cattle farm since we were there. Sharing meals around the table was like being with family. There was something special for all the family to enjoy for ages 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 41, 46, and two 74 years old.”

Gwen Joyce Clayton Maxwell

Members of The Dude Ranchers' Association