M Lazy C Ranch

My wife was thrilled to board her mule here in Oct 23. After two months, it is clear that this is NO PLACE for animals. Onsite caretaker is missing in action. After multiple visits and observing frozen/empty water troughs, horses and mules eating poop due to lack of feed in freezing temperatures, the owner of the property is in total denial. The well is not capable of producing enough water. There are a dozen plus animals suffering on this property. County Commissioner has been alerted. Unacceptable ranch operation. It's a run-down property with dirty, unattended cabins. Non-potable in rental cabins is absurd. Stay away from this place if you are looking for horse boarding options. There is trash and project litter everywhere. Nails, rakes, boards with exposed nails laying all over. And there is a thief amongst the crew. Our mounting block was stolen, and a neighbors trough was taken from their horse trailer. Enter at your own risk! Shame on these people!
Feb 9th, 2024

Stayed here for 4 days around Thanksgiving. Loved how rustic the big cabin and property was. Loved how we were away from any cities and had peace and quiet. The sunrise from the porch swing was beautiful. We stayed in the Homestead Cabin which had a good sized master with a queen bed and an upstairs loft with 2 twin beds both with trundles. The propery does have wifi and our cabin had 2 TVs, a small but full kitchen and laundry room. Bring bottled water. The tap water is non-potable (not drinkable). Overall we were expecting rustic and that is what this was. An old farmhouse that has some updates. The baseboard heater system wasn't working so there were 3 plugin radiant heaters for the house. The master does have a small portable propane fireplace but it's either on full blast or off. We would wake up a few times during the night turning it off because we were sweating or back on because we were freezing. Based on past reviews we thought there would be a lot more activities going on and some staff onsite. To check in you called the phone number taped to the general store window. Hannah was very helpful and responsive to texts with questions. There was a big lack of communication around our reservation and leading up to arrival. We found it on airbnb but booked direct through their website. Maybe that was the issue? They are used to airbnb handling the contact? I had emailed through their website a bunch of questions and after 9 days of no response called the number during normal business hours. An answering service picked up, she wrote down my questions and said someone would be calling me back. Rather than a callback I got a text message that only addressed one of my questions. We also wanted to book a trailride but it was probably for the best that they didn't get back to me as the UTV rental out of the WestCreek Outpost via GOA at Pikes forest was awesome. Maybe it's because it is the off-season and I understand that they wouldn't have a lot of staff there or horses. But I did a lot of research on social and online via reviews and what we experienced does not appear to be the norm? Or maybe it is under new ownership? General Store - Closed. Rec Hall - Closed. No food services at all, alot of reviews mentioned home cooked meals. No chuck wagon. No nightly bonfires. No sleigh rides. Not a "working ranch". Not what we were expecting. Not what was shown on their website or social media.
Dec 7th, 2023

Nothing like what we were told!!! It's like a 3 ring circus there!! We arrived and spent 2 hours trying to find someone to get checked in. Found a grounds keeper and he had no idea about Nothing. No itinerary no numbers for guides no help. Rooms were far from deluxe accommodations had to leve our 10x10 room to go to bathroom. The only good thing about the whole thing were the contracted guides!!! They really tried but we were un successful!!! In fact Nothing camp got anything!!! So I strongly advise not to use this business for anything!!!!
Nov 15th, 2023

Had a lot of fun riding the atv, lots of beautiful scenery!! The lady helping us with the rental was very friendly and helpful!
Oct 7th, 2023

Set up a horseback riding outing. Extremely accommodating as we kept adding people. The location they took us to was some of the most beautiful scenery around. Lastly the guides Derek, Casey and Monica were helpful, entertaining and very sociable. Even with the rain we had it was a 10/10 trip. If were ever back out west, wed 100% go back.
Sep 19th, 2023