Family + Group Programming · Hunt week, ranch week, one week
Bring the whole party — tag-holders and non-hunters. Two programs running the same week on the same ranch, same lodge, same dinner table. Built for families and small groups who want one trip, not two.
The question we got more than any other in the 2024 and 2025 seasons: what does my wife / my dad / my daughter do for a week while I’m in the field? The honest answer for most Colorado outfitters is “sit in a hotel in Cripple Creek.” That’s not the answer at a working ranch.
Elk Glade has been running two programs for years — the guided hunt operation, and the cattle / horseback / fishing operation. The Family & Group Camp is just the week where we run them in parallel for the same party. The hunters do what they came to do. The rest of the party runs a ranch itinerary that uses the same lodge, the same wranglers, the same fishing guides, and the same country.
The lodge sleeps fifteen with the private cabin add-on. The dining room holds everyone at one table. The wranglers stitch rides around the hunt schedule so there’s always someone in the field with you and someone heading out the barn door with the rest of the party. Built for groups of four to twelve, but we’ve hosted as small as three and as large as eighteen.
Two tracks · One ranch
For the tag-holders
Standard guided program — elk, mule deer, or turkey depending on season. Dark-thirty breakfast, field by sunrise, back to the lodge for dinner. Same pace, same country, same guide ratio as a normal hunt week. See the species pages for details.
Hunting overview →For everyone else
Built around the rest of the operation: a half-day horseback ride one morning, a guided fly day on East Beaver Creek another, an afternoon riding fence or working a cattle move when one's running, lodge meals together, evenings around the fire. Each day pre-planned; nobody sits around.
Ranch programs →A typical week
Pulled from a real October 2024 booking — two hunters, three non-hunting family members, six nights in the lodge. Your week will look like a variation on this; we shape each one to the season and the party.
Weather and cattle work shift the order; the guides and wranglers coordinate at breakfast each morning. Group rides on Day 5 are common when the hunt is going well.
Final per-party quote includes tags, fishing licenses, and any add-ons (private cabin, anniversary dinner, extra guide). We send a single line-item PDF.
Because everyone sleeps under the same roof, eats the same meals, and tells the same stories at dinner. The hunter doesn't disappear for a week and come back to a spouse who's been alone with a hotel and a rental car. The non-hunters get a real ranch week instead of a tourist itinerary built around restaurants. And the per-person economics are better than booking a hunt plus a separate horseback-and-fishing vacation at a different operator.
No to both. Most non-hunting guests are first-timers on both. The wranglers pair riders with the right horse during orientation; the fishing guides will set you up with a rod, waders, and the casting basics. The pace is gentle and the country is forgiving.
Best for parties with at least one adult hunter and family members age seven and up (the horseback minimum) or age eight and up for guided fishing. Younger kids are welcome at the lodge but the trail programs have age minimums for safety. We've had grandparents through grandkids in the same week — that's the most common shape.
Four to twelve people. Below four it's just a normal hunt with a guest or two. Above twelve we start running into bedroom limits — the lodge sleeps fifteen comfortably with the cabin add-on. Two hunters and four to six non-hunters is the most common shape we run.
Hunters pay the standard hunt rate: $9,950 per hunter for a six-night elk hunt. Non-hunting adults stay at the $1,950 non-hunter guest rate (space available), which covers lodging and meals for the week. Rides, fishing, and ranch days are quoted with the party. A family of two hunters and three non-hunters starts at $25,750, before tags, gratuities, and add-ons. We quote each party specifically.
Yes — we've hosted anniversary weeks, retirement weeks, and one big family seventieth. We pull out the dining room, set the table for everyone, and let the kitchen do something special. Mention it on the inquiry and we'll plan it in.
Hunter program drives the dates. Spring turkey camp is the smallest and quietest. September archery elk is the prettiest. October–November rifle is the busiest and the coldest. We can adapt the ranch program to any of those — fishing slows in late October, but the horseback country opens up as the aspen turn.
Plan a family week
Send a note with party size, hunter count, target season, and any non-hunter preferences (horseback experience, age of kids, fishing interest). We’ll come back inside two business days with a per-party quote and three candidate weeks.
