Article: Winter dude ranch vacations Choose from frosty frolics to desert getaways.(Going Places)

Byline: Randy Mink Daily Herald Correspondent

Snowflakes fell as our sure-footed steeds snaked up a trail through pine woods and underbrush covered in white powder. To keep warm we wore dusters - long canvas riding coats - and snow boots instead of riding boots. Our wrangler stopped at the top of the hill, letting us pause to take in the white-blanketed vistas of Willow Creek Reservoir and the Continental Divide.

It was the dead of winter at C Lazy U Ranch, one of Colorado's premier resort ranches. The basketball and tennis courts lay under 2 feet of snow. The paddle-boating pond was now an ice-skating rink. Icicles hung from the log lodge, aglow at night with twinkly ...

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