Latigo Ranch, Colorado

Another Summer Season & A Beautiful Fall

October 29, 2010

It’s October 26, and I’ve just spent a full hour shoveling snow off our deck. Because of the strong winds that have accompanied this early snowfall, there were places where the snow was 18 inches deep. The good news is that this early storm takes our fire danger down to nearly nothi...

Another Snow Covered Morning ... In Mid-May

May 15, 2010

Winter just doesn’t want to let go of us this year. Here it is, mid-May, and we’re still waking up to snow on the ground. The falling snow has quite a bit of moisture in it, so the branches of the trees are softly laden. It’s a beautiful scene. If it occurred in December, we’d be...

Spring Equinox

March 21, 2010

We celebrated the arrival of the Spring Equinox at the Latigo Dude Ranch by taking a wonderfully long ski on our 11 inches of new snow, and then I made strawberry shortcake for dessert. It was a lovely celebration of spring, in our opinion. The cold front that brought us the snow a f...

Reflections on 2009

January 21, 2010

For me, the end of the year is all about celebrating Christmas, and I spend much more time preparing for the holiday than I do reflecting on the accomplishments of the year. Today, I was enjoying a solitary ski on top of Kasdorf, and it was fun to think through the events that are classified a...

Thoughts on a Fuller Sense of Place - Latigo Dude Ranch

November 29, 2009

Randy and I were listening to a discussion entitled, “A Fuller Sense of Place” last week created by the Highland’s Study Center. Although they were directing their conversation toward where people choose to live and how a sense of community grows, Randy and I could see a direct correlation to ...

2009 Summer & Fall at Latigo Ranch

October 30, 2009

We don’t seem to get around to our blog until the “off season.” Summer is over, and here we are again. Some of you may say: “What? Summer's over?” It is in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We have snow on the ground and freezing temperatures almost every morning now. We had grea...

Skiing With The Robins

April 20, 2009

While Denver and much of the front range recently received a phenomenal spring snow storm, we only had a dusting. But, that was on top of a big winter of snow accumulation. Latigo had a great winter of skiing guests, ski races, and other events, but we’re quite happy now to be enjoying o...

Going Green

January 15, 2009

The word “green” has taken on a life of its own these days. For those of us who went to college in East Lansing, the word will always be paired with “white” and will shout school spirit. Even though I might hum the MSU fight song and finish the chant of “Go Green” with “Go White”, we alw...

Latigo Logging Fitness Program - Fall 2008

October 20, 2008

We’re officially in our off-season now that all of the staff have gone home and our last guests of the season (hunters) have departed as well. Normally we don’t have staff stay this long, but we felt with the huge project of taking out dead trees positioned close to ranch buildings, we needed the ex...

A $40,000 Vacation -- For being on the staff?

June 09, 2008

Summer has been a long time arriving this year, but now that the aspen are sporting tiny green leaves, a few dandelions are dotting the lawn, and our first guests of the season are enjoying all that Latigo has to offer, we can feel that summer has begun. The staff who have chosen (and been cho...