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Definitive Guide: Dude Ranches

A dude ranch vacation runs on simple trades: desk chairs for saddles, computer screens for open skies, and blaring alarm clocks for gentle sunrises. Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado claim the most celebrated properties—from sprawling all-inclusive ranches in the Rockies to intimate fly-fishing retreats along blue-ribbon trout streams—but you can find experiences across a broad swath of the West, from the Texas Hill Country to the high desert of New Mexico.