The Flying U Ranch was a good experience. I felt it could be a great experience with a few upgrades, that perhaps will occur since the ranch is now under new ownership. I spent a week with two girlfriends. We are all experienced riders who own our own horses. Cabins are rustic but cute. If you are in a duplex cabin, you can hear your neighboring breathing, not snoring, when they sleep. I would highly recommend you request an individual cabin not connected to another. This was very uncomfortable knowing your neighbor could hear everything. Luckily someone was only next to me for 3 nights out of my 7. Beds are hard as rocks, seriously. Food is okay, not great and not a lot of variety. Pancakes, french toast, pancakes again, then french toast casserole with eggs only offered our first and last day.Packed lunches for day rides only have choice of 3 items. Meals are served family style and you must sit with other guest and fill all tables. You are not permitted to sit at a separate table with your own group. Dining room staff was very friendly. Dinners just okay as well. Riding trails are nice, but by end of week we had rode most. Apparently when the ranch was sold in Dec 2015 the new owner only purchased a portion of the land so not as many places to ride as their used to be. Maps...The Flying U Ranch was a good experience. I felt it could be a great experience with a few upgrades, that perhaps will occur since the ranch is now under new ownership. I spent a week with two girlfriends. We are all experienced riders who own our own horses. Cabins are rustic but cute. If you are in a duplex cabin, you can hear your neighboring breathing, not snoring, when they sleep. I would highly recommend you request an individual cabin not connected to another. This was very uncomfortable knowing your neighbor could hear everything. Luckily someone was only next to me for 3 nights out of my 7. Beds are hard as rocks, seriously. Food is okay, not great and not a lot of variety. Pancakes, french toast, pancakes again, then french toast casserole with eggs only offered our first and last day.Packed lunches for day rides only have choice of 3 items. Meals are served family style and you must sit with other guest and fill all tables. You are not permitted to sit at a separate table with your own group. Dining room staff was very friendly. Dinners just okay as well. Riding trails are nice, but by end of week we had rode most. Apparently when the ranch was sold in Dec 2015 the new owner only purchased a portion of the land so not as many places to ride as their used to be. Maps are terrible as well as most trail markings. You don't get lost, but you don't necessarily make it to your planned destination, or you do, but then because you were lost you end up loping your horses (we love to lope but were concerned about over doing it, knowing we had the same horse for 7 days) far more than you intended to return on time, as maps don't have distances on them. We did almost 20 miles a day, unintentionally, due to poor maps and felt that our horses were very fatigued by our 5th day. Two of the three of us, switched horses our the first day as the horses we were initially provided were more than we wanted for a week of riding (they both required schooling and we didn't want to spend our week doing this for someone else). We were pleased with our horses after we switched. They were safe, responsive and willing although tired by the end of our week. It seems that even though they advertise 100 horses, they have perhaps closer to 50-70 that are rideable. They were just beginning to purchase 20 more horses when we were there which it seems they need. I would not recommend to beginners as you totally ride on your own and some beginners had difficulty getting their horses to leave the coral. If you are experienced you will do just fine although the corral in the mornings seems a bit un organized, saddles seem to be pretty old, and saddle bags in very poor condition. Think of it more as a place to sleep that rents a horse to you for the week and you will not be disappointed. Bring your own saddle bags and slickers and don't rely on the maps. I have been to 6 other ranches in U.S. The only reason I would return to this one is because you can ride at your own pace without guides, but I would give it a few years to see if the new ownership improves the maps and signage. Its just one of those places you have to try for yourself and form your own opinion. Green Lake is beautiful and the facility overall is very nice and well maintained, including the bath house which was always clean.More
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