In the bedroom, thanks to a thoughtfully placed window and a dresser mirror tilted just so, guests can snuggle between a featherbed and a thick, down comforter and get a clear view of aspen-covered Saddle Mountain without raising their heads. The slate-tiled bathroom is stocked with fluffy robes and plenty of towels, and fragrant creams and shampoos made by Leroux Creek Vineyard in Hotchkiss, scented with clove and rosemary and infused with grape-seed oil and red wine from their vines. Inside the two-room Spruce Cabin, the smallest guest building on the property, the sitting room is furnished with comfy cowgirl-style sofas and chairs. They carefully stabilized the shells of the historic buildings and filled them with restored period furniture and antiques, making sure each guest room included a really great bathroom. Linda Hodgson says she was tempted to summon the bulldozers when the family contemplated purchasing the ranch, but her husband immediately saw cozy potential in the three ramshackle log cabins and aging lodge buildings. Though Bar X Ranch founders Grant and Mamie Ferrier often found themselves spreading out a bedroll under the shelter of a giant spruce tree, the current conditions at Smith Fork Ranch are far more inviting. Between courses during dinner, ranch manager Chuck Gunther visited with all of the guests, sizing up them and their riding skills and sussing out their interests, gently suggesting a schedule that would allow them to sample everything offered during the annual Cowgirl Adventure without going bonkers.īy the time dessert was served and a two-piece combo had finished the night’s entertainment, everyone was ready to hit the high-altitude hay. The first day, a handsome cowboy was waiting to carry each cowgirl’s bag to her room, where a sweet bentwood basket was waiting, filled with homemade cookies, fresh plums and apples, and a welcoming note handwritten by Linda Hodgson.Ĭocktail hour was handled by vintner Eames Peterson, who talked about wine made at his place, Puesta del Sol in Paonia. Their purpose and mission is to restore and mitigate the Waldo Canyon burn area, preserve the history of the Old West, and be a blessing to the community.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu The Flying W Ranch Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Flying W Foundation įollowing the destruction of the Flying W Ranch and 346 homes within the neighboring community of Mountain Shadows, the Flying W Ranch Foundation was formed. įlying W Wranglers, self-described as the "Best of the Doggone Cowboys," perform on July 28, 2010, in Colorado Springs.
Also on tap will be a donkey barn, animal activities, and garden areas, among other amenities. On Jground was broken on a new 8000 square foot event facility that will seat 900. The wedding party and guests were evacuated by police immediately following the service as staff and employees rushed to save as many artifacts as possible. The final event at the location was a wedding in the Old Chapel on Saturday June 23, 2012, the day the fire started. He worked for the Flying W Ranch for almost 27 years. He was still on his honeymoon when the Flying W Ranch was destroyed by the fire. The General Manager at the time, Jay Chladek, had his wedding and reception June 22, 2012, and left for his honeymoon the morning of the evacuation. The owners have committed to rebuilding it and portions the ranch reopened July 10, 2020. The Flying W Ranch was destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire on June 26, 2012. The Flying W Chuckwagon (with the Flying W Wranglers) is part of the Chuckwagon Association of the West, which consists of five other member chuckwagons located in Wyoming, South Dakota, New Mexico, Missouri, and Colorado, all of which featured traditional chuck-wagon cooking, followed by professional-quality after-supper entertainment of comedy and western songs. The Picketwire Bar, named for the Purgatoire River was built in the 1880s and moved to the ranch in 1969.
Shows were performed in the Winter Steakhouse from October through the third weekend in December, and again from early March through mid May. The building was dismantled after it closed in 1968 and moved to a new location at the Flying W where it was rebuilt as a steakhouse. Until the Waldo Canyon Fire in 2012, beginning the first weekend in October, meals and entertainment moved indoors to the Winter Steakhouse, which was originally the Ute Theatre in Colorado Springs. All of these structures were built or transferred to the ranch. Eventually consisting of 29 structures, including the Church, Jail, School House, Taos Pueblo, Printing Press, Kiva, Library, Drug Store, Homestead, Ute Theater, Train Depot, and more.
Over time, brick by brick, Russ and Marian built the unique and diverse Western Village.
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