Luxury Trail Riding Vacations

Luxury Trail Riding Vacations at The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch

If your idea of a vacation involves more than room service and infinity pools—if it includes open skies, powerful horses, and the rhythm of hoofbeats echoing through remote canyons—then you’re exactly where you belong.

The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch in Shell, Wyoming, is a leader in luxury trail riding vacations in North America. A Landscape Built for Riding With over 650,000 acres of riding terrain, The Hideout offers more space to ride than many states have in total parkland. You’ll move through sagebrush flats, red rock gorges, alpine meadows, forested ridgelines, and mountain lakes—sometimes all in a single day. Elevations range from 4,200 to over 11,000 feet, creating a diverse, challenging, and ever-changing riding environment.

Here, the trails are real. The distances are real. And the West is still wild. Horses That Match the Rider A core feature of every luxury riding vacation at The Hideout is the horse you ride. Our herd of about 100 horses includes everything from athletic Quarter Horses to sure footed Mustang's suited for this terrain. Each guest is carefully matched to a mount based on skill, goals, and personality. These aren’t rental string horses—they’re trained partners.

We strictly limit our guest count to 25 riders per week, ensuring every ride remains intimate, safe, and fully customized. Ride Styles for Every Level From beginner riders seeking slow scenic trails to advanced equestrians craving steep climbs and off-trail adventure, The Hideout’s riding program adapts to your comfort level and ambition. Ride times range from 2.5-hour sessions to full-day expeditions, and no two rides are ever the same. You’ll be accompanied by professional wranglers and trainers who live here year-round. These aren’t summer hires—they’re seasoned horsemen and horsewomen who know every trail, every change in elevation, and every behavioral cue from your horse.

Luxury Without Pretension After your ride, return to comfortable cabins and lodge rooms designed with warmth and craftsmanship. Each space offers a quiet retreat to relax, refresh, and take in the surrounding beauty before the next day’s adventure.

Dining at The Hideout

Enjoy chef-prepared meals sourced locally and served family-style. Sip coffee on the porch while the morning sun rises over the Big Horn Mountains, or relax in the heated pool before dinner. This isn’t luxury that isolates you from the experience—it’s luxury that deepens it.

The Hideout’s comfort and service are there to support your adventure, not distract from it. More Than a Vacation—A Reconnection A luxury trail riding vacation at The Hideout doesn’t just deliver beautiful rides and gourmet meals. It reconnects you to yourself, to nature, and to a rhythm most people forgot existed. Whether you're traveling solo, as a couple, or with a group, the shared bond between guests, horses, and this land creates something far more lasting than a souvenir. This is riding, refined. This is luxury, earned.
This is The Hideout.

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Saddle Journeys

🟫 Cowboy Trails Ride beside seasoned wranglers through terrain shaped by centuries of cattle drives, wildlife migrations, and true western grit.

🟫 Wild West Rides Navigate alpine meadows, desert canyons, and wide-open ranges—on horses trained for both power and partnership.

🟫 Hoof Adventures Every trail tells a story. Explore landscapes few ever see, guided by people who know them like home.

🟫 Western Tracks Let the rhythm of hoofbeats carry you through untamed beauty. Each ride is tailored to your pace, style, and ambition.

🟫 Ranch Expeditions Ride by day, relax by night. Enjoy fireside dinners, starlit skies, and the quiet pride of a full day’s ride.

🟫 Horseback Thrills For first-timers and lifelong riders alike, The Hideout delivers unforgettable moments in the saddle—every single day.

Wrangler Escapades

Ride with seasoned wranglers who call this land home. From saddle-up to sundown, you’ll gain insight into horsemanship, hear stories from the range, and experience the camaraderie of real western life. It’s not a show—it’s a shared adventure, led by those who live it every single day.

Frontier Gallops

Saddle up for wide-open adventure.
Frontier Gallops captures the spirit of the West—unfenced, unfiltered, and unforgettable.

From first-timers to seasoned riders, each gallop delivers space to breathe, freedom to roam, and moments that stay with you long after the dust settles.