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Three Ways to Keep Your New Years Resolutions! Oh, those New Years resolutions- eat healthier, get more exercise, reduce stress and most importantly, spend more quality time with family and friends. Sound familiar? Well, we can help you carry out those resolutions right here at Smith Fork Ranch in the Colorado Rockies this summer or fall. Stay on track during vacation with healthy, fresh veggies-over 30 varieties and berries picked daily from our newly expanded farmstead for yummy entrées, soups, salads, sandwiches, light sauces and desserts-all prepared by our talented SFR culinary team More exercise? That's a no brainer here at Smith Fork Ranch -- riding "your" horse on miles of ranch trails or in the surrounding wilderness, fly fishing the Smith Fork or the famous Gorge of the Gunnison River, competing in our timed archery course through the woods, hiking to the top of "Sleeping Indian," mountain biking up Virginia Creek Trail, or shooting sporting clays in a "cradle" in the mountains. Stress, we're told, is shed upon arrival with cookies and lemonade in the barn, a glass of champagne on your cabin deck or wine on the open-air pavilion surrounded by the mountains. Perhaps a mini-hike and refreshing dip in our freshwater swimming pond up Second Creek or a massage in the treatment outpost overlooking the creek. Maybe it's snooze-time before dinner in a secluded hammock, whatever the choice, kids and parents alike seem to relax at once ... feeling the freedom of the ranch, a friendly, energetic staff and a sense that vacation fun has indeed begun. To carry through on your New Years resolutions, Call or Email Cindy for reservations: 970-921-3454/ Cindy@smithforkranch.com Call soon as our availability for summer and fall 2014 are filling up & we don't want to disappoint you on dates SFR is open May 22 through Nov 1 New Faces at Smith Fork Ranch in 2014!

Courtney is back...many of you may remember Courtney Tucker, now Courtney Belmont, from her years here at Smith Fork Ranch from 2008-2010, in charge of dining, beverage service and guest accommodations. After subsequent management positions in lodges in Belize and the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, we are pleased to announce Courtney has returned to Smith Fork Ranch as General Manager. Welcome to Courtney and her husband Beau!

Year of the Steed, Indeed ... We are also pleased to welcome Jeff Artley to Smith Fork Ranch as Ranch Foreman and Head Wrangler -quite appropriate for 2014 - The Year of the Horse. Jeff and his wife Sara arrived just before Thanksgiving after four years at a Montana Guest Ranch, where Jeff was in charge of the horse program and facilities management. Sara will head Housekeeping and Cabin Hosts at SFR. Ferraris Third Annual Winter Driving Experience at SFR!

The ranch is pleased to participate again in Ferrari's most dynamic driving program based on the Pilota on Ice Programs offered in Italy. "Smith Fork Ranch, known for its luxurious setting and fine food and wine coupled by our remote mountain location has made it a perfect fit for Ferrari drivers to experience the all-wheel drive FF in snowy mountain conditions - and be rewarded with a great lunch in a truly beautiful backdrop of the Colorado Rockies", Marley Hodgson said. This year we are hosting two groups of Ferrari Drivers (48 individuals) this month and in February, Marley noted, adding that no wine is allowed at lunch due to the nature of the event and driving skills needed. The groups drive from Aspen over McCLure Pass to the ranch for a gourmet repast in our cozy fireside room. We look forward to seeing you again soon at SFR! All the best, Marley, Linda & the SFR Staff