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Any of you who came as guests during  the second half of summer 2010  might remember talk about a wild horse that was patrolling the perimeter of the ranch. When we first noticed the wild horse, there was cause for immediate concern. The horse was right outside of the pasture where all of our young…

One of the most common questions I get from our summer guests is: What do you wear in the winter? It’s a good question, and before I moved to Wyoming and learned the meaning of -40 degrees Fahrenheit, I would have wondered the same thing. The trick is to layer. I am normally wearing five…

We have had a trying time with predators over the past few weeks. A bobcat killed two sheep and since they were beginning to lamb we decided to send them and the llamas down to join the cows on our farm near Riverton. It then moved onto the poultry and made its way through various…

Actress Imogen Stubbs conquers her fear of horses and is revived by the outdoor life and wild landscape on a working ranch in Wyoming. I have always had a crippling fear of horses. I could not come within 50 yards of one without a mixture of terror and Patti Smith pounding through my head: “Horses…

This article was written after a visit to the Bitterroot Ranch in June 2003. We really think it captures the essence of the ranch from the perspective of a visitor. Written by Kit Houghton for Horse and Rider. Always wanted to get away from it all- with horses? Kit Houghton found a ranch in Wyoming…