We are honored and proud to have earned the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for the tenth year in a row!
C Lazy U prides itself on preserving the traditions of a western dude ranch and has done so since it originally started operating in 1919. Guests from all over the world take advantage of all that the ranch has to offer from an award winning luxury spa, gourmet dining, outstanding trail riding, to the rustic elegance of the cozy accommodations and the spectacular five spur service™. C Lazy U’s uncompromising 5 star standards have earned it the prestige of a world-class resort. C Lazy U is proud to spotlight these awards, accolades and strategic alliances to show our commitment to providing the vacation experience of a lifetime.
We are proud and grateful to have been voted #3 Top U.S. Family Resorts by Motherhood Loves Community Awards!
C Lazy U Ranch was voted Best All-Inclusive Family Resort in 2023, 2024 and 2025 by the Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards.
We’re pleased to announce the Ranch was selected a winner of Oprah Daily’s inaugural 2024 Hotel O-Wards, recognized for its wellness retreats.
The official announcement is available here on Oprah Daily.
C Lazy U Ranch is honored to be ranked in the Top 500 Hotels worldwide, by Travel+Leisure
Reviews from millions of Tripadvisor travelers place C Lazy U Ranch in the top 10% worldwide!
C Lazy U was a winner in the Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards for the 7th year in a row!
We are thrilled to have been named the “Legendary Dude Ranch” winner of the Unforgettable Adventures & Attractions category in Good Housekeeping’s 2024 Family Travel Awards!
We are proud and grateful to have received a Top Ten Award by USA TODAY’s 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards!
#7 Best Dude Ranch
We are thrilled to have won this award from Travel + Leisure for 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
C Lazy U Ranch ranked no. 2 for Food & Wine’s inaugural Global Tastemakers Reader’s Choice Awards in the “Best Hotels for Food in the U.S.” category for 2023. The ranch also ranked no. 2 in the “Best Hotel Bars in the U.S.” category for 2023.
C Lazy U is proud to be an Orvis-Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge!
C Lazy U has maintained a 5-bubble rating on TripAdvisor since 2003. We are proud of our rating, and grateful for all the awesome reviews!
C Lazy U Ranch made the Top 12 “Best Family Resorts” in the TravelAwaits Best of Travel Awards! We are over the moon to be keeping company with resorts like Dollywood and Disney!
USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice survey picked C Lazy U Ranch as a Top Ten Hotel for the Holidays! Thank you Santa!
We are thrilled to have made the Top Ten in Trips to Discover list of Best Winter Resorts for Families in the world!
C Lazy U Ranch is a proud partner with Exclusive Resorts.
C Lazy U is a proud partner with Quintess.
C Lazy U Ranch is a proud partner with Inspirato, which provides luxury vacation residences and custom experiences at luxurious properties throughout the world.
C Lazy U is proud to be certified under the Dude Ranch Foundation’s Horse Safety Program.
The C Lazy U is a Top 50 Ranches’ Premier Ranch for 2025!
Gene Kilgore’s Ranch Vacations has once again named C Lazy U as a Best of the West Ranch for 2025!
C Lazy U has been chosen by Gene Kilgore’s Fly Fishing Ranches & Lodges as one of the finest in the world.
The State of Colorado has honored C Lazy U’s 100 year legacy of genuine service and legendary western hospitality by proclaiming July 24, 2019 as C Lazy U Ranch Day!
C Lazy U is thrilled to be featured in the book Comfortably Wild, the first book ever to be written about Glamping in North America!
Shape Magazine awarded our Lazy You Spa the “Healthy Travels Award” for Best Hotel Spa!
Proud to be a member of this excellent organization!
C Lazy U is a proud partner of DudeRanches.com
The C Lazy U is a proud member of Gene Kilgore’s Ranch Vacations web.
DudeRanch.com gave C Lazy U their Signature Ranch Award. We are a Top Ten Luxury Ranch!
Rated One of the Best Guest Ranch Suites in the American West by Elite Traveler!
C Lazy U Ranch is a two-time winner of YPO Best of the Best Family Event!
YPO
The C Lazy U Ranch is in the new edition of the “Top 1000 Places to See Before You Die”
Top 1000 Places To See Before You Die
We’re proud that C Lazy U is one of Equitrekking’s Top 20 Ranches in North America!
C Lazy U Ranch is a proud partner with the Annie Project. The mission of the Annie Project is to give dude and guest ranches a new option for retiring their horses. The goal is to keep retired horses safe from auction and out of danger of entering the slaughter pipeline.
C Lazy U Ranch has been a proud partner for multiple years and is proud to say that they have helped retire a large number of horses into loving homes through Annie Project.
C Lazy U is an Approved Ranch member of the Dude Ranchers’ Association
C Lazy U Ranch is proud to be a Legacy Ranch member of the Colorado Dude and Guest Ranch Association.
A portion of this operation is conducted on Public Lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service.
The Dude Ranch Foundation works to preserve and protect Dude Ranch history, as well as provide scholarships to young people who want to be in the Dude Ranch industry.
