Reading for Riders

Welcome to the Bitterroot online magazine. From discounts and recent press to ranch videos and recipes and from tales about the first days of the ranch to helpful riding tips you will find all sorts of information in these pages. We hope this is a great resource as you decide were to go on a horse riding vacation or as you reminisce about your past experiences at the ranch. If you would like to share a story, images or a video from your visit we would love to hear from you. Happy trails!

Tellington Touch Tames the Old West at Bitterroot Ranch

–An article by Marion Shearer, TTEAM Practitioner Level 3, Ontario, Canada It was my first trip to Wyoming and I was looking forward to attending a TTEAM (Tellington-Touch Equine Awareness Method) Clinic with Linda Tellington-Jones to be held at the Bitterroot Ranch. Landing at the Old West town of Jackson Hole, nestled at the base…

Cody, Wyoming: Home of Buffalo Bill

Cody is about a five hour drive from the ranch and lies near the eastern entrance to Yellowstone NP. It is the home of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center which is an absolutely world class museum. The collections of Western art, American Indian anthropology and firearms are superb. In Cody one can also visit the…

“Wyoming from the Air; Where the Eagle Soars” by Bayard Fox

Wyoming’s rugged beauty, its striking contrasts and the vastness of its mountainous landscape can only be fully appreciated from the air. Extensive roadless areas make the back country hard to visit. This unique statewide collection of aerial photographs provides sweeping overviews of one of America’s most beautiful and inaccessible regions. Viewed from the air, new…

“Wind River Country, Hidden Heart of Wyoming” written by Bayard Fox

Wind River Country, Hidden Heart of Wyoming is a 176 page book containing hundreds of color pictures by Claude Poulet, the award winning French photographer who fell in love with this country and has spent much of his time here for the last 25 years and lengthy text by Bayard Fox, owner of the Bitterroot…

Clinician Donna Snyder-Smith’s Must Have Book for Endurance Riders

“The Complete Guide to Endurance Riding and Competition” Donna Snyder-Smith’s book offers training insights and insider information on the new and dynamic sport of endurance riding. It is a valuable resource for pleasure, competitive trail, and experienced endurance riders alike. Non-riders (family or friends), who have volunteered or been drafted to serve in the capacity…

The Local Hideouts of Outlaw Legend Butch Cassidy

In the last half of the 19th century, as the Indian wars drew to a close, cowboys and outlaws began to move in. This was the time when the epic cattle drives up from Texas to Montana took place and ranchers were discovering that cattle could be raised profitably in this part of the world….

The History of our Local Tribe: The Sheep Eater Indians

Our valley was only settled by white men a little over a century ago, hardly a blip in history compared to at least 9,000 years of habitation by Native Americans. One cannot live long in this land of spectacular natural beauty without becoming aware of a previous culture which had carved out a unique life…

Wildlife around the Bitterroot

A memorable aspect of a vacation at the Bitterroot is the wildlife which can often be observed on the ranch and nearby.  The sparse human population and large, inaccessible areas have helped preserve good habitat.  Our ranch is surrounded on all sides by either national forest or a 60,000 acre Wyoming Game and Fish habitat…

Butch Cassidy at the Farm

For those of you who have been to the ranch, you have almost certainly seen the Butch Cassidy Hideout, an old cabin in which Butch Cassidy and his crew stayed when they were running from the law. It is a small, well-hidden cabin a few miles from the ranch. It is Bayard’s favorite ride and…

Load ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em Out

A couple of weeks ago Richard and I went down to the farm on a Sunday for a marathon day. Our goals were ambitious: 1. Catch riding horses, tack them up and trailer them over to the field that (hopefully) houses the Team Sorters (shock of shocks– they’ve been escaping recently!). FYI: Team Sorting is…

Fox Family Hijinks

Saturday’s sky is overcast, and there is a strange haze hanging over the ranch, the sort of haze we normally see mid-summer when there are large forest fires in Colorado or Nevada. I am on the bench riding Arizona, one of our flashy brown and white paint horses, in a western saddle and wearing my…

Time to Go…

It is always a bittersweet moment when we move from the farm to the ranch in May. I love the activity of the summer season: riding with our returning guests, who have become dear friends over the years, and meeting new guests, getting the chance to see the ranch for the first time all over…


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