SUMMER AT THE RANCH The UXU Guest Ranch is located 17 miles from the east entrance to the Yellowstone National Park and is noted for its outstanding scenery. It is a very spacious Ranch and situated on the North Fork of the Shoshone River. The abundance of adequate water and open space allows the UXU Ranch a perfect setting for dining in the open air while overlooking horses eating in a lush green mountain pasture.
Horse Back Riding at the Ranch is one the main reasons people choose a Dude Ranch vacation and at the UXU you will find a diverse range of riding terrain that will allow everyone from the most seasoned cowboy to the upstart Green Horn a chance to enjoy this special activity.
Rides range from one hour to all day and we at the UXU try accommodate all levels of riding experience. With horses chosen just for you for the week and rides focused on what you would like, be it loping through a mountain meadow to cresting the high ridges, we can deliver!
Fly-Fishing at the Ranch, where the North Fork of the Shoshone River runs through it, to small beaver ponds or even the great Yellowstone Glacier Lake, is an experience that will be treasured. Our resident fly-fishing guide has worked them all, knows the best spots and understands the needs of the guest.
Our guide will be glad to work with you on your cast whether it be beginner or advanced and has the patience to assure everyone has a great time. The guide also knows when to leave well enough alone and allow the more seasoned individuals to spend a week doing what they enjoy in a place like no other!
Grant R. "Tuff", Heidi and Ray Flaharty combine their almost 70 years of life experiences in hospitality, travel, ranching, corporate sales and marketing, guiding and outfitting to offer guests of the Ranch an impeccable vacation experience in the Wyoming mountains.
The Flahartys have maintained and expanded upon the rich tradition at the UXU Guest Ranch in offering guests a full week of activities, excellent cuisine and a full wine and bar compliment.
EXPANDING THE UXU TRADITION
The UXU Guest Ranch has been in operation as a Dude Ranch since 1929 when the original owner Bob Rumsey began hosting families at his Ranch. Since that time, the UXU has been operated by several different families and gone through several changes and a few owners.
Most recently, with the change over of ownership, the Flaharty’s have once again brought the UXU back to a year-round on the premises family ownership that is focused on its guests, the condition of the Ranch and the overall vacation experience. Upgrades throughout the Ranch are noticeable and continuing. Everything, from upgraded roads to menus, wines, horses and activities have begun and will continue throughout their focus on long-term ownership.
THE UXU TRADITION
Bob Rumsey, a Yale graduate with a colorful background had experience in education, cattle ranching, dairy farming, politics and dude ranching. Rumsey’s father, Bronson Rumsey II was a founding father of Cody, Wyoming.
As local legend has it, Rumsey and his wife, Elizabeth, operated a boys camp a few miles up the road from what is now the UXU Ranch.
Their marriage soured and ended in a bitter divorce. Bob moved down river and started his own ranch. He called it the “U Bitch U” Ranch so that each time his ex-wife made the trip to Cody and back she would see the sign.
Due to the fact that the ranch is located in the Shoshone National Forest, the rangers would not allow such a sign and so they came by and painted an “X” over the offensive word and the UXU Ranch was born!
