Steamboat Springs Guided Summer Adventure Tours

Steamboat Springs Guided Summer Adventure Tours

GUIDED SUMMER ADVENTURE TOURS

Please contact our concierge at (970) 870-4287 or via email to find out more information, including tour rates or to book your guided adventure!

STEAMBOAT ATV TOURS
Ride an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) for a rugged and exciting adventure! A guide will take you on four-wheel drive roads up Hahn's Peak for spectacular, panoramic views of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness, Sand Mountain and Steamboat Lake. You must be 16+ years of age with a valid driver's license to drive an ATV. Breakfast and Dinner Tours available! ATV Tours provided by Steamboat Lake Outfitters.

STEAMBOAT HORSEBACK RIDING TOURS
Several local ranches and outfitters offer Horseback Riding tours around the Yampa Valley in a variety of locations.

Steamboat Lake Outfitters:
Located in Steamboat Lake, a beautiful 40-minute drive from Steamboat Springs along the Elk River Valley, Steamboat Lake Outfitters offers several riding tour options. Ride native mountain horses that are suited for beginner to experienced riders! Choose from 1-2 hour rides, half or full day rides or a breakfast, lunch or dinner ride. Overnight pack trips also available!

Del's Triangle 3 Ranch:
Drive 45-minutes to this family ranch, which is nestled in a wooded valley just past Clark (north of Steamboat Springs). Longtime local rancher and ski legend, Ray Heid, and his family will guide you up a mountain & through the aspens & pines with expansive views of the area's famous mountains: Saddleback Mountain, the Sleeping Giant and Sand Mountain. The Heid's will share their knowledge of local flora & fauna, as well as tales of the area. Chances are also good that you will see wildlife: elk, deer, eagles and more! Choose from 1-2 hour rides, or half/full day rides that include lunch. Overnight pack trips also available!

Saddleback Ranch:
This local family warmly welcomes you to their working ranch, where they tend hundreds of head of cattle. Get a taste of what a real ranch out west is all about: rolling hills, panoramic views & genuine western hospitality! Choose from 2-hour rides, dinner rides or participate in a cattle drive (check on the cattle, maybe even help move them!).

High Meadows Ranch:
Discover this treasure nestled on Lynx Pass, just south of Stagecoach Reservoir, with immaculate & polished barns, manicured lawns, groomed riding arenas, and robust quarter-horses, thoroughbreds & paints await you at this family-run guest ranch. Ride through aspen & pine trees, meadows filled with wildflowers and spectacular, scenic overlooks. Choose from 2-hour, half day (includes snack) or full day (includes lunch) rides.

Dutch Creek Guest Ranch:
This horseback ride is based out of a modern log guest lodge that is nested in the pine trees near Steamboat Lake. Ride your horse through fields of wildflowers & aspen groves, overlooking picturesque Steamboat Lake with views of Sand Mountain, Hahn's Peak and the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness mountains. Choose from 1-2 hour rides, half day rides, sunset dinner trail rides or pony rides at the ranch for toddlers.

Elk River Guest Ranch:
Elk River Ranch offers a variety of guided trail rides in the beautiful Mt. Zirkel Wilderness! Rides available include 30-minutes, 1-3 hours, half or full day, dinner rides, pony rides for tots, or the exhilarating raft & ride combo (2-hour horseback ride and a rafting ride down the Elk River). Private riding lessons also available!

Big Rack Outfitters & Horse Adventures:
Have some old-fashioned cowboy fun on this working ranch in Craig & enjoy beautiful Northwest Colorado scenery! Participate in a real cattle drive (moving 100 long-horn cow & calf pairs!) or a horseback dinner ride.

STEAMBOAT WHITEWATER RAFTING TRIPS
Choose from 5 different rivers, all varying from Mild to Advanced Rafting, for an adventure you will never forget!

MILD-MODERATE RAFTING (CLASS I-II RAPIDS, MILD WATER FLOAT)

Yampa River at Steamboat, CO
*Rafting available early May through early June
*45-minute trip - starts at Walton Creek Road in Steamboat

Yampa River at Juniper Canyon (Lay, CO)
*Rafting available early May through mid July
*All day trips available - transportation and lunch included!

Colorado River at State Bridge, CO
*Rafting available mid May through late August
*3 and 6-hour trips available
*Saddle & Paddle option with a 3-hour horseback ride, a picnic on the trail, and a 3-hour raft trip

Colorado River at Kremmling, CO
*Rafting available mid May through late August
*3 and 6-hour trips available

MODERATE TO INTERMEDIATE RAFTING (CLASS III-IV RAPIDS, WHITEWATER)

Elk River at Clark, CO
*Rafting available mid May through early June
*1-hour trips available
*Daily Double Trip option with a 2-hour horseback ride, lunch at the ranch, and a 45-minute raft trip

Eagle River at Eagle, CO
*Rafting available mid May through early July
*3 and 6-hour trips available

INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED RAFTING (CLASS III-V RAPIDS, WHITEWATER)

North Platte River at Walden, CO
*Rafting available late May through late June
*Full day trips available - transportation and lunch included!

Yampa River at Cross Mountain (Dinosaur, CO)
*Rafting available late May through early July
*Full day trips available - transportation and lunch included!

** River rafting trips provided by the following companies:

STEAMBOAT OUTDOOR ROCK CLIMBING TRIPS AND CLINICS
An exhilarating adventure in the Colorado Rockies! Outdoor climbing trips and clinics are available, including all the gear and encouragement you will need! Beginners are welcome. The climbing areas are located on Rabbit Ears Pass, Fish Creek Falls area, and the Seedhouse Road area (by Clark). Half and full day trips are available through Rocky Mountain Ventures.