Springtime Branding
(late April - early May)

Ah, spring time in the mountains.  The smell of sweet sage, snow capped mountains sparkling bright white against azure skies and baby calves romping through lush green pastures.  It’s a Cowboy’s favorite time of year and one we’re proud to invite our guests to share with us!   

Cattle, Cowboys, horses, and branding have been the foundations of ranching since the frontier days of long ago. A rancher's brand is his mark and his identity. Branding is not only a Western tradition, but an indelible and legal form of identification, necessary to prevent livestock rustling in such big country.

Branding Time!

Imagine…a sea of cows, dust covered cowboys discernable only by their colorful neck silks blowing in the breeze, a well muscled horse wheeling and spinning helps his rider throw the perfect loop, thin veils of dust that seem to come alive beneath the hooves of bawling cows and calves. The smells of sweat and sage and the magical sounds of branding that makes one proud to live a life on the range.
If you long for a traditional, hands-on cowboy branding experience, then late April and early May is your season.
*Warning:  Cattlework and A goodhorse are highly addictive!  Thankfully, The Hideout can offer succor to those sorely afflicted: Click here for a link to the Hideout Private Residence Club”