Coyote Mountain Ranch

Coyote Mountain Ranch is located in the lower elevations of the Blue Mountains, at 3400 feet, not far from Dayton Washington.

Horse Facilities

Safety, a comfortable place that inspires and facilitates learning, challenge, logisics and quality were all important to Robert as he designed and developed the Ranch's horse and livestock facilities.

The covered arena is 80' x 120' and is a dream to ride in because it feels so open, yet is it very protected from the elements.

The outdoor arena and round pen offer a safe yet spacious area to practice the basics and to experience new things. The outdoor arena is 124' x 248' and the round pen is 50' in diameter. The round pen is a perfect size to both work your horse from foot as well as put your first ride on a colt.

Along side the outdoor arena are 8 12' x 12' pens for overnight horses, designed and developed by Nobel Panels. There is plenty of room around the arena for camping and trailer parking.

Here, we have an abundance of resources for improving the skills of both horse and rider. In addition to many of acres of on and off trail riding, there are cattle to move, fences to check over terrain that posses some challenges, along with logs and ditches to jump.

The Ranch is a place where people and their horses will have fun while learning.

The Ranch

We grow grass hay to feed our resident livestock. The hay is mountain grown. Mother Nature is in charge of irrigation. We get just one cutting of great hay each year.  Surrounding our hay crop we have acres of fenced grazing land that is used for cattle during the spring through early fall. The horses graze year round. (Snow can slow their grazing down a bit in the winter time.)

Our timber that we harvest helps with fire mitigation (combined with grazing), keep our forest healthy.  Our trees are used on our place for building projects and for firewood.

Deer definitely outweigh the human population up here on the mountain. You can sometimes hear the coyotes yodel or see one hunting in the fields. Hawks, owls, woodpeckers, and blue birds are among the abundant bird population. Wild life is always worth taking a moment to enjoy here, so bring your camera.

Some of our water is supplied by springs that we have been developing. We depend mostly on solar power for our electrical needs. Robert has done an amazing job at creating a very sustainable ranch.