It’s 6:30 a.m. at Medano-Zapata Ranch in Colorado, and the cool mist of pre-sunrise is rising around us as we pull up to the stables to meet our guide, Kate Matheson, for the morning roundup of horses ...

You’ll find equestrian adventures and culinary delights at Zapata Ranch, tucked into a remote corner of the San Luis Valley, with a bird’s eye view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range and Great ...

Zara Saponja leads the Joly family of Chicago on a horseback ride in The Great Sand Dunes National Park outside Mosca on Friday, July 31, 2020. The Zapata Ranch, located about eight miles from the ...

MOSCA, Colo. (KDVR) — Great Sand Dunes National Park is growing. About 9,362 acres of land in the neighboring Medano-Zapata Ranch has been transferred to the park, the U.S. Department of the Interior ...

GREAT SAND DUNES -- It's a different kind of Wild West, offering opportunities to commune quietly with nature in a serene and stunning setting -- or see if you have what it takes to be a real cowpoke.

Covering a jaw-dropping 103,000 acres – made up of grassy desert plains, forests, wetlands, meadows, sand dunes and creeks – the Zapata Ranch is owned by the Nature Conservancy and made possible ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rachel Ellis, The Denver Post Zara Saponja leads the Joly family of Chicago on a horseback ride in The Great Sand Dunes National Park outside Mosca on Friday ...