Open range · Working ranch · No spectators

Saddle up before the sun does.

A real working cattle ranch in the high desert — mornings on horseback, afternoons mending fence, evenings at the fire circle. Three to seven nights, twelve guests max, no two days alike.

2,800
Acres of working range
12
Max guests at a time
38
Years on this land
5:42
First saddle, May avg.
Choose Your Stay

Three doors. One ranch.

Every stay is a real working week — not a costume. You'll ride the same trails, push the same cattle, and eat the same suppers as the wranglers. Pick the length that fits the work you want to do.
3 Nights

The Taste

3 nights / 2 full ride days

The shortest door in. Get on a horse, learn the basics of cutting and trail, ride out to the south meadow, eat ranch suppers. Best for first-time riders or skeptical spouses.

  • Bunkhouse twin or queen
  • 2 ride days, 1 lesson day
  • All meals, all gear
$1,480per guest, all-in
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5 Nights · Most Booked

The Immersion

5 nights / 4 full ride days

Our flagship. Long enough to actually become a ranch hand — you'll move cattle, mend a stretch of fence, learn knots, and ride into terrain the day-trippers never see.

  • Cabin private or shared
  • 4 ride days, range cookout, fire-circle nights
  • Pairs you with one horse for the week
$2,650per guest, all-in
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7 Nights

Cattle Drive Week

7 nights / spring + fall only

The real thing. Ride the herd from winter range to summer pasture — 64 miles, four nights under canvas, range cooking every meal. Returning riders only.

  • Tent + bedroll, two truck-camp nights
  • Six full days in the saddle
  • Intermediate riders only
$3,980per guest, all-in
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The Crew

Four wranglers. A hundred and twelve combined years.

Every guest rides paired with the same wrangler their whole stay. They'll teach you, watch you, and sit next to you at supper.

01

Rev Holloway

Foreman · 32 years

Runs the operation. Started here as a teenager, took over the herd in 2004. Best teacher of trail-cutting on the property.

02

Cassidy Vale

Lead Wrangler · 19 years

Former barrel-racer, two-time state qualifier. Patient with first-timers, ruthless with bad form.

03

Booth Marler

Cattle Hand · 27 years

Knows every fence post and creek bed. Leads the cattle drive every year. Doesn't talk much, says everything that matters.

04

Wynn Aldridge

Wrangler · 34 years

Range cook, farrier, fiddle player. Fire-circle ringleader. Will out-eat you.

A Day at Wagonwheel

Six in the morning to nine at night.

Days here run on weather, light, and the cattle — not on a schedule. But here's the rough shape of one. Want the full hour-by-hour walk-through? Read the daily-life page.

5:42 AM
First saddle

Coffee in the cookhouse, then to the corral. Bridle up before dawn.

8:15 AM
Herd check

Ride out to wherever the herd settled overnight. Count, look for limps.

12:30 PM
Range lunch

Cookout under the cottonwoods — biscuits, beans, whatever Wynn cooked.

3:00 PM
Skill block

Roping, cutting, knot-work, or fence-mending depending on the day.

6:30 PM
Bunkhouse supper

Ranch dinner at the long table. Family-style, no phones.

9:00 PM
Fire circle

Story time. Stargazing. Bed when you want.

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I
What we provide

Saddle, tack, bedroll, slicker, all meals, a horse for the week.

II
What you bring

Boots (or rent ours), jeans you can dirty, a hat, a sense of humor.

III
Riding level

None required for 3-night. Walk-trot for 5-night. Posting trot + canter for the drive.

IV
Gift & group

Stay vouchers from $480. Private buy-out (12 guests) from $24,800/week.

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Hold Your Stay

Sunrise won't wait for you.

Spring & fall weeks book seven months out. Winter is quiet and we like it that way. Hold a date today, no card required — we'll confirm by phone within twenty-four hours.