McGarry Ranches LLC

This is a true working ranch. No pool, no hot tub, no spa. Beautiful mountains, a lot of cattle, and some of the best trained quarter horses in the country. Dirk, Tina, Braden and all the staff are very hospitable. Truly an amazing experience.

If you want to spend a lot of time on a horse in beautiful country, work and move cows then this is the place. Great people, food, cabins and great + well cared for horses. I can’t wait to go back.

Love this place! Just returned from my 2nd trip out there, and I am looking forward to returning for my 3rd next year. Staff is very nice, and the saying there is "you go as a guest and leave as family" could not be anymore truer.

If I could give this amazing place more stars I definitely will... you can NOT find a better ranch ... real life , real work amazing people.. very nice run family business. I go back every year . Next year 2x 🥰😍🥰😍🐎🐄🐃🐎 …

I love this family! Will be back for sure! If you want a real cowboy experience, this is the place!!!

Worked cattle when living in Manitoba and wanted to experience it again, McGarry Ranch did not disappoint! Fantastic people and horses that know their job. Highly recommend this Ranch to anyone who wants a full-blown cowboy experience.

This is a great place to ride as much or as little as you want. Great horses, incredible terrain and super, super nice family! Have been coming every year since 2015. Met some great people over years. Always look forward to seeing the McGarry family and sad to leave!

What an amazing place!! The family is absolutely awesome! If you are looking for a real cowboy experience with purpose this is the place. By the end of the week you will be riding with pride for the brand!! During the week we also formed a rich bond with the other guests. What an amazing group of people!! Great place, Great cowboys, and Great guests!! I will be back!! Phil

The McGarry ranch family exceeded all my expectations. We have ridden horses for years and we were looking for a unique experience on horseback. I searched many different sites looking for that opportunity. Dude ranches are everywhere then I found McGarry's. If you are looking for hours in the saddle, riding for miles in beautiful surroundings chasing cattle with a purpose then look no further. We are headed back next year with the same group of people who started out as strangers but now feel like family.

I also got letters about an observed affair. At first I ignored it but after the second letter I did some investigation. You must separate objective from subjective, and discard abstract ideas and personal views while taking a closer look at items that can be proved or disproved. Just looking at the verifiable information such as phone numbers and dates led me to believe the affair itself happened. The personal opinions expressed are skewed and presented through the eyes of someone who has personal issues with someone in the family, and can be discarded. They are just opinions and not concrete or tangible. Stepping back from personal connection and looking at what is presented logically and not colored through the lens of emotion comes easier to me than to most since my brain has been trained that way and how I’ve done things for years. Unable to look at things this way is why most people are so vehemently denying this could be true. They are reacting, not thinking. We never want to believe anything bad about people we love, that's human nature. I stopped trying to keep track of how many times I heard "There's no way my spouse/child/parent/sibling/friend did that! It’s a lie!" even when proof is right in front of them. In this case I went through and looked solely at the information that could be verified. For the sake of space I won't list everything but the easiest to check is the phone numbers sent in the letters. The author claimed they belonged to the owner, a son, a daughter, and the woman the owner's husband had the affair with. A quick online reverse phone number search confirmed that the numbers of the owner, son, and daughter belonged to who the author claimed they did. Since those were factual, it stood to reason the last number would be factual as well. A search on that number revealed the name associated with it. I called this number and the name on the voicemail matched the one listed. Through an online search on this person I found a connection to the ranch with multiple visits and photos. Cross-referencing dates and time frames provided in the letters with the information I found confirmed this person was there at the times it was said she was. She did not show up on this years group of visitors, which makes sense with the exposure of the affair. A search of divorce records confirmed the divorce of the owner’s husband’s brother mentioned in the second letter. The author went to great lengths to include information that can be verified, and the level of detail is impossible to contrive if there’s no basis in fact. My caution to the ranch is to be careful publicly accusing people of slander. To legally be considered slander, something has to be proved as false. Having an embarrassing secret revealed may be unpleasant but it is not slander. Everyone wants to hide things that would cause them to lose something if it were brought to light, and the ranch would be the one to lose because of this. The author went about this the wrong way, but a factual investigation may bring to light something the ranch doesn't want exposed, so discretion should be used with accusations and inciting people to anger and seeking retribution. It's understandable they want this buried, but grandstanding about being slandered just to keep a harmful truth from getting out is a slippery slope, one I've seen go wrong many times. Knowing this does not change the wonderful memories I have of my time there. My last visit was when Theron and Jean were alive, and I felt a great connection to them. The world is a dimmer place without them. I still smile and reminisce fondly about my time and talks with those two amazing people. Riding in the mountains in Idaho ranks as one of my favorite experiences. I want to add I don't like that you have to leave a 5 of 5 to have comments published. This is dishonest and makes me wonder how many are being hidden.