Cattle Work and Cattle Drives

Cattle Orientation

Guests who choose to work cattle need to complete a cattle orientation session. You learn cattle handling skills, reading your steers attitude, moving them and turning them in the right direction. Guest will become comfortable with their ability as a cattle hand.

LHR Team Penning

Team penning is a group sport. Cattle are numbered from 1 to 10 and riders are divided into teams of two or three. Each team then has a minute and a half to sort off their steers and herd them into a pen. Contestants must be careful that they don't bring in any cattle with the wrong numbers!

Branding, Vaccinating, Sorting & Spring Cattle Drive

Dates TBA
Each year in May we spend three days preparing the cattle for summer range pastures. The first day we teach horse and cattle orientation. The second day the cattle are sorted, vaccinated and branded. On the third day the cattle are driven up to summer pasture.

Cattle Drive: Williams Pasture to Holmes Pasture

June 8th - June 14th, 2008
This cattle drive is a great ride for the intermediate to experienced rider age 14 and over. Looking for cattle is just part of this scenic ride through open unspoiled country accessible only to horseback riders and hikers.

Cattle Drive: Holmes pasture back to the Ranch

July 27th - August 1, 2008
This cattle drive consists of spending a day rounding up the cattle from range ground north of the ranch and driving them by horseback to the ranch for fall grazing.


*please note:
Cattle drives are available to guests 12 years of age and older.
We require a minimum stay of three days for participation in all cattle activities