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WAUNITA
Hot Springs Ranch
Gunnison
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Mel Coker's Waunita Travelogue - Follow City Slickers from South Carolina to Waunita
Waunita Hot Springs Ranch, located high in the Colorado Rockies at 8,946 feet elevation, is 10 miles west of the Continental Divide. The ranch is surrounded by Gunnison National Forest land and summer pasture. U.S. Forest permits and private leases enable us to ride on, pasture and otherwise enjoy use of thousands of acres in eastern Gunnison County.
Buildings at the ranch are a wonderful combination of new comfort and old charm, spacious and cozy. Carpeted, panelled guest rooms have private baths, and most have queen beds... bunks and doubles for the kids. The deck spa and 35X90 ft. swimming pool are fed by crystal clear hot springs. The pool is one of the largest private pools in Western Colorado. The barn complex includes a rec room / music hall.
Summers at Waunita are crisp and cool, interrupted by an occasional afternoon thundershower. Flowers and wildwife abound on and near the ranch. Winters are cold enough for snow to cover the ground from November thru March.
Meals are served family and buffet style... all you can eat, with snacks of cookies, fruit, coffee and punch in between. Cookouts include breakfast, lunch and dinner at different locations on forest land. The yard bar-b-q area is used a couple of times each week. Our experienced and talented kitchen staff provides you with wholesome, delectable meals, featuring homemade breads and desserts. Our no-alcohol policy complements the family atmosphere. All meals are included in your low all-inclusive price.
Horseback riding is available every summer day except Sunday (arrival day), and you have your own horse for the week. Rides are grouped by age and ability, or families may ride together. Instructions in the arena and on the many trails are designed to give you a truly enjoyable riding experience. Featured each week are three cookout rides and a morning of arena games. One of the high points of the week is the high-country ride to the snow-ridged peaks of Stella and Granite Mountains overlooking the Continental Divide.
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Children are included in most activities at the ranch, so your family can enjoy doing things together. However, rides and some activities are planned 'specially for kids. Waunita is a natural playground -- and there are no poisonous snakes! When it's time to head for home, you just may have to pull them off the front-porch rail!
Contact: Waunita Hot Springs Ranch
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Waunita Hot Springs Ranch
Telephone (970) 641-1266
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at ColumbiaSouthCarolina.com!
8008 County Road 887
Gunnison, Colorado 81230
e-mail:
rpringle@csn.net
We hope to see you soon in the Rockies.