We're not just a dude ranch. We're not a resort. We're a Return to What Matters.

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We we exist to help people (team included) remember who they are, reconnect with what matters, and reimagine life. and we’re on a mission to build a ranch that delivers unforgettable, life-changing experiences, makes the STR brand a status symbol to wear, and sets the benchmark the industry chases.

If you are looking for wilderness you will find it here. We are 138 acres that has access to 800,000+ acres of Roosevelt National Forest and next to the 800-acre Boy Scout Ranch. 8,000 ft elevation. We are an hour from Fort Collins, two from Denver so we are just far enough to disconnect but not to far from the action of town we you want a sometime off the property.
 

We're set on leading what we call The Great Reconnection. A movement back to what makes us human. Nature. Presence. Play. Challenge. Connection. A life that's actually lived. Guests show up burnt out and glued to their phones. They leave kinder, calmer, closer to the people they love.

That's the work. Our team makes it happen.

We welcome a maximum of 24 guests and run a small crew. Every person on this ranch is either energizing the culture or draining it. We don't believe in neutral so we hire for energizers, and if you bring it, we'll match it tenfold.

What you actually get:

• The Colorado Rockies as your backyard. Trails out the back door. Elk in the meadow. Stars so bright they're loud.

• Real coaching from leaders who've spent careers in leadership development, culture, and high-performance teams. People pay a lot of money for what we give our team for free, every week.

• Western horsemanship rooted in respect. Horses are partners, not tools.

• Bunkhouse housing, three family-style meals a day, the whole ranch yours on your days off.

• A team that thinks like owners, not employees.

What we hire for: character first, capability second, skill third.

We can teach you how to lead a trail ride, plate a dinner, run a kids' program, or build a campfire. We can't teach you how to care.

Our 7 Principles

We don't have a rulebook. We have principles. Rules tell you what to do. Principles tell you who to be, and trust you to figure out the rest.

01. Flow First. If it kills the vibe, kill it. Read the room. Match the challenge to the person. Presence is sacred. Protect it.

02. Unreasonable Hospitality — To All. One more thing. Mediocrity dies at the gate. Hospitality here is love in action. Toward guests, teammates, horses, the land. Every shift, find the one thing nobody asked for and do it anyway.

03. How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything. The tone you set is the standard you get. A hose left on the ground says "they don't care here." A spotless barn says "these people care about everything." There's no back-of-house at STR. One standard, everywhere.

04. Own The Experience. Ride the brand. You're not running a program. You're an owner of the moment. You see a problem, you solve it. Bring solutions, not problems.

05. Be The Ripple. Be a better human. Leave it better than you found it. The guest who leaves and is kinder to the driver who cut them off, that's us. The kid who goes home and starts catching their brother doing things right, that's us. What we build here travels.

06. Clear Is Kind. Unclear is unkind. Bitching will not be tolerated. Say the thing. Directly, warmly, early. Talk to the person, not about them. Silence is corrosive.

07. Cowboy Up. Heels down, eyes up. This work is hard. Long seasons, physical demands, guests who don't care that you're tired. The last day of the season gets the same standard as the first. Not because anyone's checking. Because that's who we decided to be.

A few things to know going in:

This isn't a 9-to-5. Some days start early. Some nights end late. You'll eat with guests, sit at campfires, and wash dishes with the team.

Tobacco-free, smoke-free, drug-free, with random screening. Western dress code. Limited WiFi (no devices in public spaces). Patchy cell service. That's all by design.

If you read that and got excited, send us your application. If it sounds like a lot, that's because it is. Honestly, that's the point.

Where Wild Meets Warm. The ripple starts here.

The Employee Experience

The day starts early. Boots on by 6ish, coffee strong, sun coming up over the meadow, horses already moving. There's a rhythm to ranch life that gets under your skin within a week — and you'll find yourself moving with it without thinking.

We'll eat together. Three family-style meals a day, mostly with guests, sometimes just the team. The table is sacred here. Food is good, real, and made by hand. Coffee is always on.

You'll sweat. This is hard work, and we won't pretend otherwise. Long days. Physical demands. Guest expectations that don't drop just because you're tired. Wranglers shovel manure. Hospitality washes dishes. Chef runs the kitchen and walks plates out personally. There's no back-of-house at STR. There's no "that's not my job."

You'll laugh. A lot. Around campfires, on horseback, at 11pm when someone's dog just stole the dessert off the porch. The crew that comes through a season here doesn't just work together — they become family.

You'll have downtime that actually counts. On your days off, you ride into Roosevelt National Forest. You hike, you fish, you find a hammock in our staff-only outdoor chillout zone, you sit and watch the stars come in. You'll remember what your nervous system feels like at rest.

You'll grow. This is the part most ranches skip. We offer life and career coaching. Real feedback. Leadership development on purpose. Owners who care as much about who you become as what you produce. You won't just leave with stories — you'll leave with skills, confidence, and a version of yourself you didn't know was in there.

You'll be seen. This isn't a 200-staff resort where you're a name tag. We run small. Twenty-four guests max. A deliberate crew. Every person matters, every person is known, every person carries weight.

You'll be challenged. Clear feedback. High standards. The expectation that you bring solutions, not problems. We don't tolerate mediocrity — and that's the gift. Because it means the people next to you are giving everything they've got too.

You'll leave changed.

Most teams say that. We mean it.