Cedar Ridge Ranch — Hotel in Four Corners States

YIKES! Had the Star Gazer “glamping” tent for three nights in July 2024 with my wife and two daughters (elementary/middle school age). It was three nights too many. After a difficult check-in (there was nobody at the barn, so we drove to the random houses on property looking for somebody, and one of the houses pointed us to the owner’s house…apparently parts of the ranch we sold off in the past, so there are houses unaffiliated with the ranch on the property), we were taken to the Star Gazer tent and shown the tent and what is the next-door shower/toilet facilities. The tent was rustic at best, most everything is pretty well worn, but it was cute and the bed was comfy. Be warned though, the tent does not zipper close in the front, nor is the tent fully sealed at the bottom around the base the tent sits on. We had everything from numerous spiders, crickets, grasshoppers, moths, flies, and the occasional wasp, in the tent during this stay, every day. That experience we managed through though.||||The worst part was that the bathroom/shower tent next door was completely unusable. We were told that toilet paper could not be flushed and that ALL toilet paper needed to go into the garbage can (yes, used #2 toilet paper into a garbage can that then sits there in the heat). We tried to shower, but the shower alternated between icy mountain run-off water to scalding hot water when the boiler kicks on (there is no way this is up to any type of code). The shower is a pull-chain shower and there was maybe 15 seconds total of useable temperature water to shower with. I have been to numerous camping sites with better facilities than these. We just ended up using the bathroom in the barn every time and didn’t shower at all (thank God we went to Iron Mountain Hot Springs one day and were able to shower there!).||||Overall, this place is NOT glamping, if that is the experience you are going for, and is in need of some major TLC. Pam and Randy were very sweet, but there is no way I would spend the $300+ per night to stay here ever again, and I can't say the other lodging facilities there looked much better. Our goal for those three nights was to spend as little time at the tent and property as possible. This was easily the low-light of our entire trip across CO and was a huge disappointment for everybody in our family. You can view the stars anywhere out here…just...

Horrible experience. After looking at pictures and reading reviews I thought this would be a fun first time camping experience for our two daughters. ||After arriving it was hard to find anyone at the barn to check in. A lady arrived and said she had an appointment and would drive down to the Yurt when she was done but we were free to go in and unpack. ||The yurt was at least 100 degrees inside which was understandable since all the windows were closed and it’s hot outside. After bringing our things in we started to realize how dirty it was. Inches of dust and dog hair everywhere. We debated leaving or not and decided we could make the best of it. After changing my daughters diaper I noticed wasps were flying in from the open sun roof. They were all going under the table. When I looked under the table not only was there wasps there was large debris and more dust and dog hair. At this point I pulled back the bedding on the main bed to find dead bugs. ||The bathroom to the left of the yurt has no step down so you better make a jump down and hope you remember in the middle of the night or your sure to get hurt. ||After packing up I still thought maybe the cleaning was overlooked and it was worth giving them a chance. I called and was treated horribly. After being hung up on she called back. She called me a liar and proceeded to tell me there is no dog hair or dust or dirt. She had “pictures” to prove it. She then told me i should never book air b&b because people would catch on to my scam. ||I never even booked through air B&B but that’s besides the point. I would have been happy if she just went in and cleaned. That was obviously not going to happen. After looking back into it all of the reviews were left around a year ago. Probably when the yurt was cleaned last. She also threatened me about leaving a bad review. Yet here I am🤷🏻‍♀️ for over $300 a night this place is an absolute scam. She was quick to let me know because we put the diaper in the trash we would not receive any type of refund. I didn’t even have to ask about a refund she was quick to make that point. ||The only positive thing I can say is Merrill who does horse back riding was very pleasant to talk to and try to book a lesson with. It’s such a shame we didn’t get to...

We had a wonderful stay with family at Cedar Ridge Ranch in July 2022. My husband and I stayed in the Out of Africa Safari tent and our other family members stayed in the remainder of yurts, tents and cabins across the property. During our stay we enjoyed a yoga class on the ranch with a local instructor, a guided farm tour with farm owner Pam, and were able to observe the farm’s annual alpaca shearing. Our niece loved her private horse riding lesson with Merrill, and we loved the considerations taken for sustainability on the property and efforts that went into creating an agro-tourism destination like Cedar Ridge Ranch - you can tell the owners take pride in their business and love what they do. And you can't beat the view - the Sopris mountains are beautiful.

Pam and Merrill are generous hosts and checked in with us throughout our five night stay to ensure we had everything we needed (and even invited us to join them and their personal group of friends and family for Carbondale’s Thursday Rodeo series, which was a fun outing for the whole family!) We enjoyed grilling, time spent under the stars reconnecting with family over good food and all of the wildlife and flora at the ranch.

This was our first ‘glamping’ experience and it was everything we could have hoped for. Keep in mind that although there is no AC, there are fans throughout the spaces and windows for ventilation. Yes, it gets hot in the summer - dress accordingly and drink enough water and you’ll be fine. Toilets and showers for the yurt and tents are clean and in an easily accessible, separate structure. Beekman toiletry products are provided. Our tent had a bar cart full of all of the essentials for cooking and eating (even a french press and coffee!), a fresh water dispenser (with both hot and cold water) and a mini fridge. Towels and linens were provided, along with extra blankets to keep warm with during the cooler nights. We also had a lovely fire pit outside our tent. If you need groceries, want take out or anything extra, downtown Carbondale is ~15 minutes away, an easy drive. Activities like hiking, white water rafting, kayaking, et are also easily accessible from the ranch.

Thank you Pam & Merrill; we had a great time and hope to visit again...