Western Pleasure Guest Ranch

1413 Upper Gold Creek Rd, Sandpoint, 83864-4930, ID

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Overview

Western Pleasure Guest Ranch in northern Idaho welcomes families year-round. Families choose from one of the four hand-hewn log cabins at the ranch. Each cabin is authentically decorated and offers some of the coziest dude range cabins in the nation for Western adventure and comfort. Or, guests can choose Grandma or Grandpa’s room on the main level of the lodge or one of four suites on the second level of the lodge.

The ranch is located on 1,100 acres in the Selkirk and Cabinet Mountain Ranges. The spectacular and changing scenery of the seasons varies the activity from summer fun and family programming to fall horseback rides, winter Fat-bat bike rides in snow and spring ski and snowmobile packages—there is a bounty of outdoor activity at the lodge door. For horseback riding, there is an eight-year and above age limit. No fret, there’s plenty of other activity for members of the family.

Families meet in The Great Room for all meals that are served family-style in the off-seasons. There is an upstairs loft for additional relaxation, a recreation room, outdoor hot tub, basketball court, horseshoes, playground for the little ones and laundry facilities. What’s also unique about this guest dude ranch is the cabins can be booked and/or the lodge can be booked in the off-season without meals, or there are B&B offerings to choose from, a rarity in dude ranches.

Our Editor Loves

  • Dude Ranch Activities
  • Winter Cabins and Spring Skiing
  • Summer kids program

Family Interests

  • All Inclusive Rates
  • Bicycling
  • Hiking
  • Horse Back Riding
  • Water Sports

Family Amenities

  • Babysitting
  • Children Programs
  • Connecting Rooms
  • Dude Ranch
  • Family Room 5+
  • Free Breakfast
  • Game Room
  • Kids' Theme Meals
  • Laundry
  • Meal Plan
  • Onsite Dining
  • Refrigerator

Reviews

Simply Awesome

by sitkabob

Attended a workshop that was held at Western Pleasure Guest Ranch. The accomodations were outstanding, the food excellent and the personnel professional and friendly. It's a beautiful location, has horseback riding trails and/or hiking trails. Just a great space all around. Can't wait to go back and visit again.

Trip of a Lifetime! The kids cried when we had to leave!

by ktmcallister

When my father proposed doing our annual family vacation at a dude ranch, I was skeptical. I could not fathom how it could be a pleasurable vacation for such a mixed age group ranging from my Dad (60's) to my sister and I in our husbands(30's) to my two sons (4 and 7). I could not have been more wrong. Western Pleasure Guest Ranch was so beautiful and the family that runs it could not have worked harder to make our stay amazing. The property is ridiculously gorgeous and meticulously kept and the meals were delicious and plentiful. I loved how the week was structured. Each member of our family could do as much or as little as he or she liked. There was horse riding available morning and afternoon, or you could just relax or ride bikes or do one of the myriad other activities available to us.

My older son had an absolute blast in the kids horse camp - he made friends, he learned to ride and saddle a horse, and he felt so proud of himself at the end of the day. My younger son wasn't old enough for horse camp, so Janice arranged the sweetest babysitter so that my husband and I could ride and do other activities together. The wranglers were so nice and helpful and friendly - honestly, by the end of the week they felt more like friends than our wranglers.

This was one of the most relaxing vacations I've had with my kids. Its a kid wonderland. My children would wake up in the morning , throw on clothes, tell us goodbye and run outside and play until the breakfast bell rang. They had so much freedom and yet it felt very safe.

This was a vacation of a lifetime. As we were leaving, we were already talking about when we could come back. The children actually cried because we had to go home (they have NEVER done that before). It is, to date, one of the best vacations we have ever taken. I honestly can't say enough great things about this place.