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Fall Colors Roadtrip 2018
Hey! What do you know? It’s September 22nd, which means that today is the first day of autumn. Fall in Southern Utah is great. The weather is cooler and more mild, the summer rains have stopped, and the aspens are becoming absolutely brilliant. Writing about […]
September, 2018
Nature, Outdoor adventures
Canyonlands National Park
If you read our blog, then you know that we love places that are peaceful, wild, and hard to get to. And nowhere in Southern Utah quite fits that discription like Canyonlands National Park. It’s the least visited, and least developed national park in the state […]
September, 2018
Nature, Outdoor adventures
Snow Canyon State Park
So we at the Lodge at Red River Ranch have talked before about Utah’s awesome state parks. We’ve written about Dead Horse Canyon and Goblin Valley and a bunch of others, but we’ve never really discussed Snow Canyon in detail. And it’s about time that we did […]
August, 2018
Historical places, Outdoor adventures
Grand Gulch Exploration
So you’ve probably heard about Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. We’ve written about it here before. It’s the park with all the Native American cliff dwellings, remember? You can walk among the city ruins of the these ancient peoples, soak […]
August, 2018
Outdoor adventures, Travel
End of Summer and Labor Day
Summer vacation has breezed by again. The kids are starting school again, ready or not. In the early morning, you can start to feel the brisk chill of an approaching autumn. So it no surprise that a lot of our guests come to the Lodge […]
How Arches are Formed
If you’re anything like us, then you’ve wondered how natural arches and bridges are formed. These amazing geological formations dot the landscape here in Southern Utah. You can see them in all five of our national parks, and in lots of other state parks and […]
Pando – The Trembling Giant
If you’ve ever driven from Salt Lake City to Capitol Reef National Park, then you’ve seen Pando – earth’s largest organism! Pando is a tree. Or more accurately, Pando is a clonal tree colony. What appears to be a forest of thousands of single quaking aspen trees […]
July, 2018
Lodge Announcements
Our New Site!
Welcome to the Lodge at Red River Ranch’s new site! We’ve spent a lot of time and effort to create a better experience for you here. We’ve created an improved design, with faster load times, so you can get around our pages quicker and easier. Plus […]
July, 2018
Outdoor adventures, Travel
Kodachrome, and Hackberry
So maybe you’ve been to Southern Utah before. You’ve hit all the major tourist sites, you’ve seen Zion National Park once or twice, and you’ve walked around the amphitheater in Bryce Canyon, and you’ve hiked to Delicate Arch. You’re looking for someplace a little less traveled […]
June, 2018
Entertainment, Travel
Filming Locations of Westworld
Southern Utah has been featured in a lot of films and television series. And as a result, we at the Lodge at Red River Ranch often get asked about famous filming locations. Which makes sense. People want to visit the awesome places that they’ve seen […]