The menus are western style.  You can find a Sample Menu on this website under Accommodations.

The ranch can help with some basic dietary needs.  Vegetarian, diabetic, gluten free, for example.  If you need to know specific ingredients in the food such as with Celiac Disease, then we suggest you bring your own to help supplement your needs.  Our chef can put your food in the kitchen refrigerator and will prepare your food at meal time.

On this website under the Online Forms heading is a link to our “Dietary Form.”  Have the host of your group fill it out.  This needs to be filled out two weeks prior to your stay.  Our chef will be notified and will be prepared for your dietary needs.

The meals are served buffet style but it is not an all you can eat.  We want all guests to go through the line once and after everyone has eaten then you may go back for seconds if there is food left out.  After eating, please dispose of your plates, cups, and utensils, in other words please bus your own table.

Tri-county Health Department states guests must wear shoes, pants, and a shirt, and not be wearing only a swimming suit while eating.

Meals are regularly served at the times below but they can vary depending on how many guests are being served.

Yes, if you are traveling off the Ranch during your stay and coming back later.

Yes, as long as it hasn’t run out.  Contact a staff member to assist you.

From the mouth of Parley’s Canyon it is 96.8 miles.

On this website under Downloads you will find the “Large Area Map” which gives directions from Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah to Fruitland, Utah.  There is also a “Small Area Map” which gives directions from Fruitland, Utah to the Ranch.

Look for the “Big G Café” in Fruitland, Utah and mile marker 62 on Highway 40.  When you find those two right across the street is the road to the Ranch with a Reid Ranch sign on that corner.

You can call the Ranch at 1-435-848-5776 or our office in Salt Lake 1-800-468-3274.

The drive from Fruitland to the Ranch is 13 miles.  The first two miles are oil paved and the last 11 miles are dirt roads maintained by the county.  It is helpful to have a high clearance vehicle because the dirt road is a county road and can become slippery when it rains.  Mountain showers come quickly so it’s best to be prepared.

We suggest a mini-van, SUV, or higher vehicle in case you have never driven on a dirt road.  We encourage guests to watch out for rocks and pot holes that may be on the dirt road.

All groups should arrive no later than 11:30 a.m.  If groups are camping they should arrive by 11:00 a.m. to start setting up their camp.

Yes, we do.  Our culinary water comes from our well.  The water is run through a filtration system but at times can still have a slight mineral taste to it.  Bottled water is also available to purchase at the Souvenir Shop.  For large groups, they are welcome to bring their own bottled water.

Most don’t.  We recommend guests purchase a calling card if they need to contact anyone during their stay.  The Souvenir Shop has some available to purchase.

They may call, 1-435-848-5776, and inform the staff member who answers the phone the person they’d like to talk to and what group they are with.  The staff will either go get the person wanted or take a message to them.  If a guest needs to call them back, a calling card is needed.

Call our Salt Lake office at 801-486-5083 or 1-800-468-3274 and let them know you are interested in a tour.  They will alert the Ranch managers when you would like to come.  Tours can be arranged for Tuesdays and Fridays between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. as these times are when the managers may assist you.

Yes, but it is limited.  Each lodge as well as the Dining Hall area has Wi-Fi for groups that need to send or receive e-mails and messages.  Viewing or uploading of pictures or videos is not recommended as our Wi-Fi has limited data.

To participate in any activities at Reid Ranch, all guests must sign a waiver.  Reid Ranch has moved this waiver signing process online.  Click here for more information.

Thirty days prior to any group coming to the Ranch, final payment for each group is due.  When we receive your final payment, a rotation schedule is sent to each group.  The horseback riding, lake front activities, mountain biking, mini-golf, soccer field, sand volleyball court, sports court, swimming pools, and fire pit assignments are scheduled ahead of time.

View a Sample Schedule.

Yes, each group has its own rotation schedule.  No other group will be with you during your scheduled time.

These are free-time areas.  You can go to these activities anytime during the day.

Sometimes groups will be assigned to a pool with other groups staying in the same facility.  Look on your rotation schedule for the pool your group will be using, and at what time.

The conference center is reserved on a first come first serve basis when you arrive.  There are two 2-hour time slots each evening.

It holds 300 people and has a sound system, projector on the ceiling and a screen.

We have HDMI and VGA/SVGA cable hookups to connect laptops or other devices to our projector.  Please note that guests NEED to provide all the hookup cables.

Sports equipment such as basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, softballs, volleyballs, horseshoes, badminton, T-ball, archery, frisbee-golf, etc. is provided at the Trading Post.

Yes, there are two specific hikes called the Sunrise Hike and the Fossil Mountain Hike.  One is a 1 mile round trip and the other a 2 mile round trip.  If you are interested in longer hikes the staff can help you.

Yes, each group will be assigned a firepit or portable fire barrel each night.

Groups may bring their own Smores items.  We ask you to clean up the sticks or hangers you use.  Groups can buy Smores items in the Souvenir Shop.  Also, girls’ camps can work with the staff to cook items in Dutch ovens or in #10 cans for their certification.  Girls’ camps can help out in laying the wood for a fire if they contact a staff member.

In consideration of others 11:00 p.m. is quiet time.

Yes, dinner is at 6:00 p.m. and the cost is $18.95.  They may arrive by 5:00 p.m. and depart by 10:00 p.m.

A guest who is associated with a group already staying at Reid Ranch may purchase a day pass for $74.95 plus tax which includes lunch and dinner and all the activities.  They need to depart by 10:00 p.m.  This is not the same as a Day Adventure which was for entire groups offered during the summer of 2020.

You can send 18 people to horseback riding, 40 people to boats, and 18 for mountain biking.  Horseback riding and boating time slots are each 40-45 minutes.  Mountain biking time slots are 55 minutes.  Many people would like longer horse rides but our goal is to allow every guest who wishes to have the opportunity to ride a horse.  We also offer Evening Horseback Excursion for those who like like a longer ride experience.

A rider has to be ten years or older to go on the trail rides.  If a child is between ages 3 and 9 they will be able to be led around on a horse by a staff member at our barn area.

There are only single riders on a horse at a time.

Usually not, but this is up to the discretion of the wranglers.  The wranglers may also bring guests back to the corral if they hear thunder.

Yes, it is a catch and release.  You do need to have a current fishing license.  Fishing licenses and equipment are not provided.

Cutthroat, all natural.

Yes, provided it is available.  See our Accommodations page for all options.

Yes, if your number warrants it.  You need to have 25-36 people to reserve all of the Red Creek Lodge.  You need 80-114 people to reserve all of the Tabby Mountain Lodge.  You need 28 people or more to reserve both sides of the Bunkhouse (Dorms).

If you have less than these numbers you will share the lodges with another group.

Yes, if you are staying in our lodges all the bedding is provided.  In the Guest Ranch Vacation Guide found on this website under Downloads it has a list of suggested items you might want to bring.

When staying in the Camping area you need to bring your own tent, sleeping bag, pillow and towel.  When staying in Tent City, you need to bring your own sleeping bag including a pad, pillow and towel.  Please see the Reid Ranch Vacation Guide under Downloads.

The ranch is at 8000 feet elevation, so yes, it gets cold at night.  Campers are advised to bring a warm sleeping bag or extra blankets/jackets.

Lodging: Arrive by 11:30 a.m. and check-in to room at 1:30 p.m.  Camping/Tent City: Arrive by 11:00 a.m.

Orientation is a time where the staff gathers the group and explains where Ranch venues and facilities are and answers any questions guests may have.  Also, the staff asks for the Waiver of Claims Forms from the group’s host, and in turn all guests recieve an official wristband.  Guests are now ready to experience the Reid Ranch adventure.

Yes, please use painters blue tape to mount your signs, not masking or duct tape.

Most crafts are okay to do inside, but if it involves painting, glue guns or irons we can help set up tables outside for their use.

There is no cooking in the lodges besides using the microwaves.

Yes, in both the Red Creek and Tabby Mountain lodges.  The Red Creek Lodge also has a full freezer.

Check-out and departure is at 11:00 a.m.

Check-out is at 11:30 a.m.  Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m.  Departure is at 12:45 p.m.

Only family groups get lunch on the last day of their stay.

The half day is your travel time to and from the Ranch.

We have a two room Guesthouse that sleeps four on one side and six on the other.  Male leaders from different groups may be staying in the same room.  Another option for them is to bring a tent and camp in our camping area.

No!  We do not allow pets or any domestic animals at Reid Ranch because they scare off the natural wildlife which our guests enjoy seeing.

Groups who have reserved the entire Tabby Mountain Lodge guarantee a minimum of 80 paying guests (infants no cost).  Youth groups must pay for 80 guests.  Family groups will need to pay the ADULT RATE for each guest short of 80 to continue to reserve the whole lodge.