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Family ranch
McCoy, Colorado
Black Mountain Ranch
McCoy ranch near Vail and Steamboat with a weekly longhorn drive, pack trip and rafting.
Ranch work available
- Season
- Late May – mid-Sep
- Ages
- Family and adult weeks
What you'll do
- A Friday longhorn drive: gather the herd, rope calves in the arena, then move cattle to higher pasture
- A pack trip and a rafting day
- Fly fishing, trap, skeet and rifle shooting, a pool and hot tub
When to go
- May 24 to September 12, 2026
- Family weeks run mid-June to mid-August, with adults-only weeks before and after
- Six-night stays, Sunday to Saturday
Who it's for
- Families during family weeks, with a child rate under 15
- Adults on the early and late adults-only weeks
Good to know
- Cattle work is one day a week, not the focus of the stay
- Nearly everything is included; the saloon tab and trading post are extra
- Riders are limited to 240 lb
- Cattle work
- Fly fishing
- Horsemanship
- Hot tub
- Pool
- Sport shooting
- Trail riding