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| Rates 2008 per week (6 1/2 days) * | $ |
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| horse drive | $1,650 | |||
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| cattle drive | $1,400 | |||
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| ranch week | (ranch house/bunk house/cabin) | $1,350 | ||
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ACCOMMODATION (all with semi-private bathrooms):
Choose to stay in our inviting bunkhouse rooms and step back into the cowboy days on a real working ranch. We have blended old and new in a western way by leaving the old log look and mixing it with electric heat and lights. Our ranch house rooms are warmed with patchwork quilts and a semi-private bathroom across the hall. The cabins are private and comfortable with the inviting western quilts and décor. Each place to stay has a porch where everyone can gather to sit and enjoy the scenery and the friendships you will make at the ranch. When we camp each guest is given a teepee with mattresses and a bedroll which has sheets, a blanket, and pillow.
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RANCH TRANSFER AND HOTEL INFORMATION:
Dryhead Ranch will pick you up at the Billings International Airport at 4:00 on the Sunday of your arrival. We will also pick up at the "Rimrock Inn" for those who arrive before Sunday.
"Rimrock Inn" offers Dryhead Ranch guests a special room rate when you stay in Billings overnight. We have also made arrangements at the "Come On In" for our guests to stay if you want something with a pool and a hot tub.
Guests who want to drive to the ranch need a 4-wheel drive vehicle. We will meet you at the airport in Billings at 4:00 on the Sunday of your arrival or at the Conoco gas station in Lovell at 4:30 on the Sunday of your arrival so you can follow us to the ranch.
Please send us your airline information or travel arrangements so that we know where to meet you. You will be returning to Billings at the end of your weeks stay on Saturday by 4:00 or 5:00 p.m..
Our transfer fee is $75 per person (round trip) as long as everyone comes and goes at the same time. Any special trips for those arriving early or late will be a charge of $200 per person.
PAYMENTS, CANCELLATIONS:
Upon confirmation of your date for your "Cowboy Experience", please make arrangements to pay your $500 dollar deposit. All cancellations prior to 90 days in advance of reservation date will incur a $150 dollar per person cancellation office fee. All cancellations received less than 90 days in advance of reservation date will forfeit entire deposit. The balance of your vacation is due 60 days before arrival at the ranch and is non-refundable after 30 days.
Deposits and balance payments can be made by cash, money orders, bank wire, travelers checks (for foreign guests: this should be in US dollars) or credit cards (Visa, Master Card, Discover).
VACATION AT THE DRYHEAD RANCH:
We are thrilled to have you join us at the Dryhead Ranch for a cowboy experience. You will ride five days 6 - 8 hours a day working cattle, participating in our Cowboy School on Monday and learn new skills in our weekly horse clinics. We have our scheduled spring and fall cattle drives and horse drives but we are adding mini-horse drives all season long to give everyone a horse drive thrill.
This year we will be doing a lot of horse related activities along with our regular cow work so come and join us for a week full of hands on cowboy activities.
Saturday is a non-ride day so you can pack, settle accounts, say goodbyes, and finish taking pictures. We like to stop for you to see our close by historic sites as we travel back to Billings. Lovell has just opened a new Mustang Museum that many enjoy stopping to see.
HORSE DRIVES:
Early in the spring (April) we trail our mare band into the ranch for the summer. Their colts are born at the ranch and in May we make mare bands and turn in the studs for the season. Late in the fall (November) we trail these same mares back to Wyoming with their colts. The cost of a 2008 horse drive is $1,650 per person, per week, plus a 9% tax fee.
| Horse Drive Dates | |
| Spring Horse Drive 2008 |
April 6 - 12, 2008 April 13 - 19, 2008 |
| Fall Horse Drive 2008 |
Nov. 9 - 16, 2008 Nov. 17 - 22, 2008 |
RANCH WEEKS:
CATTLE DRIVES:
Our season starts in May with cattle drives from Wyoming to Montana. The cost of the 2008 cattle drives is $1,400 per person, per week, plus a 9% tax fee.
We trail cows over the Old Sioux Trail stretching 50 miles through the wild horse range and into Montana’s beautiful "Big Sky Country". In the spring we trail 100 - 150 cows, each with their calf, each week. During our spring drives we stay in an authentic cow camp, if the weather permits. Our fall drives begin in mid October. We do not camp during these drives. Since the calves have been weaned earlier, we only trail cows on these fall drives. Don’t let this scare you away, these drives are as easily accomplished by beginners as well as experienced riders.
SUMMER DRIVES:
We trail cows up into the beautiful mountain meadows of the Big Horn Mountains. It is a real thrill and a challenge to trail cows up to the top (10,000 feet) of this mountain. The cost of a Summer cattle drive is $1,400 per person, per week, plus a 9% tax fee.
Spring Cattle Drives 2008
April 20th - April 26, 2008
April 27th - May 3, 2008
May 4th - May 10, 2008
Summer Cattle Drives 2008
June 15th - June 21, 2008 (Pryor Mountains)
June 22nd - June 28, 2008 (Big Horn Mountains)
June 29th - July 5, 2008 (Big Horn Mountains)
August 17th - August 23, 2008 (Dryhead Country)
Fall Cattle Drives 2008
October 26th - November 1, 2008
November 2nd - November 8, 2008
Our ranch weeks start when our cattle drives finish. We will take you with us to do the ranch work that needs to be done with cattle at that time of the season. Some of these activities are: branding, gathering, fencing, rotating pastures, weaning calves, pregnancy testing cows and heifers, weaning colts, making up mare bands, sorting steers in the correl, and watching the cowboys break and train young colts. This is a year round cow/calf, mare/colt operation and these things are done according to season.
May 11th - May 17, 2008
May 18th - May 24, 2008
May 25th - May 31, 2008
June 1st - June 7, 2008
June 8th - June 14, 2008
July 6th - July 12, 2008
July 13th - July 19, 2008
July 20th - July 26, 2008
July 27th - Aug. 2, 2008
Aug. 3rd - Aug. 9, 2008
Aug. 10th - Aug. 16, 2008
Aug. 24th - Aug. 30, 2008
Aug. 31st - Sept. 6, 2008
Sept. 7th - Sept. 13, 2008
Sept. 14th - Sept. 20, 2008
Sept. 21st - Sept. 27, 2008
Sept. 28th - Oct. 4, 2008
Oct. 5th - Oct. 11, 2008
Oct. 12th - Oct. 18, 2008
Oct. 19th - Oct. 25, 2008
WHAT TO BRING
We suggest that you bring clothes that will layer easily: long sleeved t-shirts, vests, heavy jackets, chinks or chaps, sweatshirts, caps to cover your ears, and at least two pair of waterproof gloves, wildrag or scarf, spurs, and of course your camera.
Standard equipment for riding are boots with a heel but you may want to have warmer type hiking boots for when you are around camp.
If you have a waterproof rain slicker, please bring it. It not only protects from rain but it is great for breaking the wind.
Dryhead Ranch has a small ranch store with items that we find most needed at the ranch in case you forget to pick them up: sunscreen, chapstick, hand warmers, gloves, slickers (no ponchos), pommel bags, chinks, cowboy hat, wildrags, stampede strings, belts, )S( belt buckles, and several gift items for your return home.
Here you can find a detailed list of what to bring.
We have been very fortunate to have had NBC, ESPN, National Geographic, and several TV stations come to our ranch and film what we do. We are pleased to announce, that we have appeared on several national networks as an episode of "A Ranch Story", which shares the rich history of the Dryhead Country.
Dryhead Ranch was mentioned in an article in Horse Illustrated February 2007 for its authentic cowboy experience. We were also featured in the March 2007 issue of the "Cowboys and Indians" magazine about Horse drive vacation offered in the USA. In "Western Horseman" Calendar January 2008 we have our Dryhead Ranch fall 2007 Horse Drive picture.
Please call (307) 272-6688 or email dhr@tctweest.net with any questions you might have.
We have installed a satellite phone which is $1.20 per minute to use. Guests are welcome to use this phone sparingly. We also have wireless internet access for our guests to use more freely.
Come Ride With the Cowboys --- It will Change your Life.
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Dryhead Ranch, Montana ~ Office: 1062 Road 15 Lovell, WY 82431, USA |
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Phone: 307-548-6688, Cell Phone 307-272-6688 Fax: 307-548-2322 |
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