North Fork Colorado Dude Ranch

Colorado dude ranch Nork Fork Ranch is owned and run by Dean and Karen May and their family, who have been welcoming guests through their doors for dude ranch vacations for more than 25 years. Top50 spoke to Dean about what really goes on behind the scenes at North Fork – discover why every guest on their dude ranch vacations is treated like a celebrity, and why running a slick dude ranch operation isn’t for the faint-hearted…

So Dean, what’s an average day for you at North Fork Ranch?
The alarm goes off at 5am and I’m out the door by 6am. First task of the day: coffee! I’ll start the coffee and then grab one to go. Every morning I walk around the ranch and do a ‘visual’ to make sure everything’s as it should be. Then it’s back for staff breakfast at 7am to organize the day and I delegate duties to the team, which all depends on the day’s activities. Then I’ll make sure the evening activities are in order before spending the rest of the day in the office, usually until 9 or 10pm.

Well your kids are pretty important in the grand scheme of things! How did you find it raising them on a guest ranch?
It had its challenges – in fact many! – what with raising them in the public eye. That said, I am extremely proud of both our kids – they’ve developed great social skills (especially in this texting world..), they’re very confident and I do believe this business has provided well enough that we have been able to expose them to a lot of exciting adventures.

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