Morning or Sunset Horseback Ride for Two or Four at Sombrero Ranches' Hi-Country Stables in Estes Park (Up to 55% Off)
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More than 260 miles of trails sprawl out in front of riders at Rocky Mountain National Park as sun rises or sets over snowcapped peaks
Before man learned to ride horses, Western films ended with cowboys jogging into the sunset. Saddle up with this Groupon.
Choose from Four Options
- $59 for an 8 a.m. scenic morning trail ride for two (a $100 value), including national-park entry passes (a $20 value; a $120 total value)
- $99 for an 8 a.m. scenic morning trail ride for four (a $200 value), including national-park entry passes (a $20 value; a $220 total value)
- $59 for a 4 p.m. sunset trail ride for two (a $100 value) including national-park entry passes (a $20 value; a $120 total value)
- $99 for a 4 p.m. sunset trail ride for four (a $200 value) including national-park entry passes (a $20 value; a $220 total value)<p>
From the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, groups of up to 18 embark on excursions into the grazing elk and deer of Rocky Mountain National Park, a natural enclave ringed with snowcapped peaks. After rides, up to four adult visitors are granted access to the national park for the next seven days, providing ample time to board a shuttle that traverses Trail Ridge Road—the highest continuous highway in the world—and makes pit stops along the way, or fly-fish for greenback-cutthroat trout.
Sombrero Ranches’ Hi-Country Stables will close for the 2012 season on October 1.<p>
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About Hi-Country Stables Inc
Cody Walker muses that within the stillness of Rocky Mountain National Park, "You get a sense that it's the way it should be." His father, Rex, grew up on a steady diet of cowboy films, eventually following his dream to Colorado where he met his wife, Queeda. Queeda was born into a family of homesteaders who caught and broke wild steeds. In 1959, they channeled their passion for the old-west lifestyle into Sombrero Ranches, the parent company of Hi-Country Stables, in Rocky Mountain National Park. The stables eschew souvenir-shop gimmicks for horseback expeditions that, much like avalanches of super glue, bond visitors with their steeds and natural surroundings.
Today, Cody carries on his parents' legacy with a staff of ranch hands from nearby homesteads and college students participating in equine science programs all across the country. After training in a vigorous program that's evolved during more than 50 years, his employees launch short rides or lengthy adventures. Cody distinguishes the Continental Divide ride as one of the most awe-inspiring; it begins at Bear Lake at 6 a.m., wending across the Continental Divide and to Grand Lake during a nine-hour stretch.
In the off season, Hi-Country Stables lets its horses roam free in the wild to, as Cody puts it, "Get the horse back into them." When the time comes to round them back up, a select few make the 60-mile journey from the mountaintops down to the ranch. Those who endure the entire voyage earn a buckle, a rare trophy that engenders the utmost respect among fellow horsemen and professional collectors of belt buckles.