Join us for our 79th year in the saddle in 2025!
Grab your hat, your boots, and your sense of adventure….we’re ready to provide you with memories of a lifetime.
Looking for a Truly Unique Vacation Experience?
Join us the week of July 20th-26th, 2025 for Native American Week!
- Just $3550 per person (ages 13 and up)
- Lower rates for children 12 and under
An authentic horse and cattle ranch in the Rocky Mountain foothills, Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch has been Family owned and operated since 1946.
Our 3,200 acres offer plenty of outdoor adventures including cattle drives, overnight pack trips, fishing, rafting, trapshooting, and more. 33 min. from Estes Park. We’re an easy hour from Denver, with mild temps and mile-high elevation.
Sylvan Dale is a 2022 Travelers’ Choice Award Winner and 2023 Certificate of Excellence recipient by Trip Advisor. Gene Kilgore selected Sylvan Dale to be on the 2019 list of World’s Best Ranches! Also named “Best Family Vacation” by Frommer’s Colorado guidebook and rated among the “top ten Colorado Dude Ranches” by True West Magazine, Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch offers year ’round outdoor adventures.
Your Best Sylvan Dale Vacation Ever!
—–More for Less—–
The Jessup Family and Ranch Staff are here and ready to offer you “Great Fun, Great Food, and Great Folks!”
“Cowboy Up” with us this coming summer! More family time. More fun activities. More time to kick back.
Our six-night western-adventure-packed week begins with check-in on Sunday after 3:00pm and ends Saturday morning after breakfast with check-out at 10:00am. 5-night packages are also available during select weeks. (Sun-Fri).
Included in your Sylvan Dale Adventure:
“Lots to do…no pressure to do it!”
Horsin’ Around:
- Participate in ranch chores
- Brush up on your horsemanship skills
- Explore scenic trails on horseback
- Bond with your assigned horse
- Rise and shine for breakfast on the trail
- Gentle foals
- Roundup and drive cattle (select weeks) or try team sorting (any week)
- Enter the SDR Gymkhana
- Professional Training Demonstrations
- Care for your horse – vet care, hoof care, grooming, equine massage
- History of the Heart J herd
Outdoor Adventures:
- Trapshooting
- Rock Climbing
- Archery
- Fishing – Bass (included) & Trout (additional charge)
- White Water Rafting (additional charge – arranged through Mountain Whitewater Descents)
- Excursions:
- Cattle Drives – June 29th
Evening Fun:
- Welcome Wagon Ride
- Ranch History
- Cowboy Campfire with songs and s’mores
- Softball at the Field of Dreams with hand cranked homemade ice cream
- Swing your Partner – a night of country western dancing
- Happy Trails Ranch Party
All about Kids (ages 3-12):
- Lead around rides for the little ones
- Horsemanship class ages 7 and up
- Trail rides
- Archery
- Ranch chores
- Donkey Talk
- Chicken Roundup
- Gentling Foals
- Bass Fishing
Here are our 2025 peak season rates:
$3300pp– Adults (ages 13 and up)
$2300pp – Youth (ages 7-12)
$1650pp – Children (ages 3-6)
Free – Children under 3
Choose from the following adventure-packed weeks:
- June 1-6 – Cowgirl Roundup – Ladies Only – 5-night stay – SOLD OUT
- June 8-13 – Family Week – 5-night stay – SOLD OUT
- June 15-20 – Father’s Day Vacation! – 5-night stay – 2 SPOTS LEFT
- June 22-28 – Family Week – 6-night stay – SOLD OUT
- June 29-July 5 – Cattle Drive – 12 spots left
- July 6-11 – Cowgirl Roundup – Ladies Only – 5-night stay
- July 13-19 – Family Week – 6-night stay – SOLD OUT
- July 20-26 – Native American Living History Week – 10 SPOTS LEFT
- July 27-August 2 – Family Week – 12 SPOTS LEFT
- August 3-9 – Rodeo Cowboy week – Larimer County Fair & Rodeo Fun! – 13 SPOTS LEFT
- August 10-15 – Great Grownup Getaway – Adults Only – 5-night stay
- August 17-22 – Great Grownup Getaway – Adults Only – 5-night stay
- August 31-September 5 – Fall Cowgirl Roundup – Ladies Only – 5-night stay – 6 SPOTS LEFT
- September 7-12 – Fall Great Grownup Getaway – Adults Only – 5-night stay – 8 SPOTS LEFT
- September 25-30 – Fall Cowgirl Roundup – Ladies Only – 5-night stay – SOLD OUT
Ask about our Family Reunion Package too!
This summer is a great opportunity to experience that family gathering you have always wished for! With at least 25 good folks, you can have the Ranch all to yourselves. We’ll help customize your program to meet the interests and needs of your family.
Contact Karen for particulars: (970) 667-3915 ext. 202 or karenb@sylvandale.com
For all of the adults who are looking for a kid-free getaway, look no further!
Come to Sylvan Dale to discover your inner Cowboy or Cowgirl!
- June 1-6 – Cowgirl Roundup – 5-night stay – Ladies Only – SOLD OUT
- July 6-11 – Cowgirl Roundup – 5-night stay – Ladies Only
- August 10-15 – Great Grownup Getaway – 5-night stay – Adults Only
- August 17-22 – Great Grownup Getaway – Adults Only – 5-night stay
- August 31-September 5 – Fall Cowgirl Roundup – Ladies Only – 5-night stay – 6 SPOTS LEFT
- September 7-12 – Great Grownup Getaway – 5-night stay – Adults Only – 8 SPOTS LEFT
- September 25-30 – Cowgirl Roundup – 5-night stay – Ladies Only – SOLD OUT
Why not make Sylvan Dale your Holiday Tradition?
Make family memories to last a lifetime!
- More than Just Pumpkin Pie – November 28-December 1, 2024
- Candlelight & Carols – December 22, 2024
- Colorado Holiday Season Getaway – December & January
Check out? You set the date!
We look forward to learning more about you and your dream vacation. Our lodging capacity is limited to 40 good folks, so don’t delay in getting back to us!
Contact us today for reservations!
Lots to do…no pressure to do it!
Guestamonial:
“What a wonderful experience! Breathtaking beauty on the many trail rides with horses that are trained so well. All the staff, and I mean all, were so helpful and kind. This place is truly a gem. The food (3 meals a day) and lodging were outstanding. The various activities offered were all excellent. The open, caring atmosphere made making new friends & relationships just happen.”
— P.L.G.