RANCH TRANSFER AND HOTEL INFORMATION:
Dryhead Ranch will pick you up at the Billings International Airport at 4:00 on the Sunday of your arrival. We will also pick up at the “Rimrock Inn” for those who arrive before Sunday. "RIMROCK INN" offers Dryhead Ranch guests a special room rate when you stay in Billings overnight. They have a airport pickup shuttle and will pick you up or take you to the airport if you will call the hotel and make those arrangements.

Guests who are driving to the ranch need to drive a 4 - wheel vehicle. We will meet you at the airport in Billings at 4:00 on the Sunday of your arrival or at the Conoco gas station in Lovell at 6:30 on the Sunday of your arrival so you can follow us to the ranch.

Please send us your airline and travel information so that we know where to meet you. You will be returning to Billings at the end of your weeks stay on Saturday by early afternoon. The guests like to shop and plan a night out in Billings to eat and have a good time with new friends before flying out on Sunday morning.

Our transfer fee is $125. per person (round trip) as long as everyone comes and goes at the same time. Special trips for those coming early or late will be charged $200. per person.

VACATION AT THE DRYHEAD RANCH:
We are thrilled to have you join us at the Dryhead Ranch for a cowboy experience. You will ride five days working cattle, participating in our Cowboy School on Monday and learning new skills for riding in a western saddle. We have our scheduled spring and fall cattle drives and horse drives but we are adding mini - horse drives all season long to give everyone a horse drive adventure.

This year we will be doing a lot of horse related activities along with our regular cow work so come and join us for a week full of hands on cowboy activities. Saturday is a non - ride day it gives you time to pack, settle accounts, say goodbyes, and finish taking pictures. We like to stop for you to see our close by historic sites as we travel back to Billings. Lovell has a recently opened Mustang Museum that many like to stop and enjoy. It shares the Wild Mustang history of the oldest Wild Horse Range that is on the way to Dryhead Ranch.

HORSE DRIVES:
In the spring we trail our mares to spring pastures. We also trail our cavvy horses with our young colts to teach them how to trail and to get them to spring and summer pastures. Our baby colts are born at the ranch and in late May we make up our mare bands and turn in the studs for the season. Our horse drives will be planned around where we can lease spring grazing pastures. Late in the fall we move these mares again to winter pastures.
We will not be trailing horses into Wyoming any more, as brand inspection and health laws make it too cost effective to cross the Wyoming border. All of our horse drives will be within the State of Montana.
Our 2009 horse drives are $1,800 / $2,000 per person, per week, plus ranch transfer.

CATTLE DRIVES:
In the spring we trail our cows from winter pastures in Wyoming to spring pastures in Montana. We trail cows over the Old Sioux Trail stretching 50 miles through the wild horse range and into Montana’s beautiful "Big Sky Country". In the spring we trail cows and calves.
In the fall we trail just cows back to Wyoming.
Cattle drives are a great way to learn how to move cattle and to teach your horse to watch a cow. These drives are as easily accomplished by beginners as well as experienced riders.
Our cattle drives are $1,600 / $1,800 per person, per week, plus ranch transfer.

Cattle Drive Dates 2010

RANCH WEEKS:
Our ranch weeks start when our cattle drives finish. We will take you with us to do the ranch work that needs to be done at the time of the season when it is required. Riding and working in Montana exposes all of us to various types of weather.
There will be days when we cannot ride for the safety of our horses as well as our guests. We reserve the right to make these decisions when it is necessary.
Some of these ranch week activities are: branding, gathering, fencing, rotating pastures, weaning colts, making mare bands, sorting steers in the correl, watching the cowboys break and trail young colts. This is a year round cow/calf, mare/colt operation and these things are scheduled according to the time it needs to be done.
Our 2009 ranch weeks are $1,500 / $1,700 per person, per week, plus ranch transfer.

WHAT TO BRING
We suggest that you bring clothes that will layer easily: long sleeved t - shirts, vests, heavy jackets, chinks or chaps, sweatshirts, caps to cover your ears, and at least two pair of waterproof gloves, wildrag or scarf, spurs, and of course your camera.
Standard equipment for riding are boots with a heel but you may want to have warmer type hiking boots for when you are around camp.
If you have a waterproof rain slicker, please bring it. It not only protects from rain but it is great for breaking the wind.
Dryhead Ranch has a small ranch store with items that we find most needed at the ranch in case you forget to pick them up: sunscreen, chapstick, hand warmers, gloves, slickers (no ponchos), pommel bags, chinks, cowboy hat, wildrags, stampede strings, belts, )S( belt buckles, and several gift items for your return home.
Here you can find a detailed list of what to bring.

We have been very fortunate to have had NBC, ESPN, National Geographic, and several TV stations come to our ranch and film what we do. We are pleased to announce, that we have appeared on several national networks as an episode of "A Ranch Story", which shares the rich history of the Dryhead Country. Dryhead Ranch was mentioned in an article in Horse Illustrated February 2007 for its authentic cowboy experience. We were also featured in the March 2007 issue of the "Cowboys and Indians" magazine about Horse drive vacation offered in the USA. In "Western Horseman" Calendar January 2008 we have our Dryhead Ranch fall 2007 Horse Drive picture. We were in the "Range Magazine" in the January 2009 issue. The Dryhead Ranch horse drive was mentioned and our picture was added.

Please call us or send an email to dhr@tctwest.net with any questions you might have