Golden Horseshoe Sleigh Rides

Golden Horseshoe Sleigh Rides is a true Colorado winter experience for the whole family, groups and couples.  We are located just a few miles up the Swan River Valley from Breckenridge, and nestled against  the White River National Forest in the historic area named the Golden Horseshoe.  We offer horse-drawn sleigh rides with or without dinner in a mountain setting that makes you feel like you have gone back in time.  This is “Genuine Colorado.”

You can climb aboard one of our large red sleighs for a ride to dinner; or if you can’t fit the dinner into your plans, cuddle in one of our charming one-horse sleighs or gather your group for a half hour scenic ride.

All of our sleighs are pulled by our well trained and beautiful draft horses.  Your winter sleigh ride will take you through tall pines and over glistening snow. Climb aboard one of our large red sleighs for a ride to dinner. Or if dinner isn’t on the schedule, enjoy your winter sleigh ride in one of our charming one-horse sleighs for a romantic ride through the Colorado scenery. If you are in a group, come for our half hour scenic ride through the Colorado winter wonderland.

Whether you come on a beautiful Colorado afternoon, or under the stars on a crisp mountain evening, you will be glad you added Golden Horseshoe Sleigh Rides to your Summit County vacation.

Cost: $65 Adults (age 13+)           

$55 Children (age 3-12) Infants Free

Ride Includes: 30 min Sleigh Ride, Hot Cocoa, Blankets

Total event time approx 40 minutes with pictures

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A sleigh ride through the Colorado back country awaits you at Golden Horseshoe Sleigh Rides.  Take a drive up the Swan River Valley on Tiger Road outside of Breckenridge, to our meeting point for our scenic sleigh rides.  The two gentle giants, our Belgian draft horses,  are harnessed and ready to pull the cherry-red sleigh that will hold two or twenty.  Once you are nestled under your cozy blankets with a mug of cocoa, the driver will guide your sleigh through trails of powdery snow in the White River National Forest.  The views are postcard-perfect during the day.

With beautiful skies and mountain peak views, a hot cocoa ride is a chance to experience a more leisurely high country winter activity.  You may have the sleigh to yourselves, or it may be shared by others looking for a unique ski country experience.  Your ride will make a brief stop at the scenic overlook so you can see views of the historic Swan River Valley and imagine the gold mining activity of the past.  After their short rest, the horses will shake their heads to jingle the authentic sleigh bells and let you know they are ready to continue your trip, and return to the lodge and back to modern times. If you can’t join us for our longer evening dinner rides, a scenic sleigh ride is a great alternative and a wonderful memory to add to your Breckenridge vacation.

Cost: $365.00

Includes: Hot Cocoa, Blankets, Private Sleigh Ride

Total Ride Time approx. 45mins

1000lb weight limit

-Chocolates and Champagne available for purchase

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Our private romantic sleigh ride for up to 4 adults and very small children that can fit on your lap.  It is the perfect way to propose, celebrate an anniversary, have an intimate wedding or just snuggle up with those close to you. Imagine yourself and your beloved gliding through an enchanted, snow covered forest in our majestic one-horse open sleigh.  You are laughing or chatting, or singing “Jingle Bells” as you take in the wonderful mountain surroundings of the White River National Forest.

Add a Private Photographer to your Ride

We have partnered with And Two Were Tamed Photography who are able to capture your proposal, wedding, family vacation, or date night in a unique winter setting. With a range of sessions to choose from, our photographer will capture candid moments throughout your sleigh ride to document your experience. After your sleigh ride ends, you can share and relive your experience through the edited photos provided in an online gallery.

About the sleigh

The sleigh used for our exclusive romantic sleigh rides was custom made just for us and is modeled after the Hudson Valley Sleigh (1850-1901) that was used only by the wealthy elite of the day.  Black with burgundy leather seats, our swan-bodied sleigh exemplifies the elegance prevalent during the Victorian era. Made for 2-4 riders, our sleigh is designed with vis-a-vis seating to encourage caroling, conversation or quiet reflection as you listen to the jingle of the sleigh bells, the swish of the sleigh runners on the snow, and the rhythmic footfalls of the horse.

About the Exclusive Ride Horses

The sleigh for our romantic rides can be pulled by a beautiful Belgian draft horse named Ruby.  A blond bombshell, Ruby is 16 hands high and weighs 1800 pounds!  Calm and easy going, Ruby enjoys her job, and being our only lady in the herd of boys.

Here is June, she is a grey dappled Percheron, we sometimes have her on loan during the winter from Vigilante Carriages when she is not competing in Draft Horse shows.  Her specialty is elopement  photos, she always matches the bride to be with her grey speckles, though she loves to try and eat the proposal flowers.

This is Willie.  He is a Red Roan Belgian, and tends to be a beautiful shade of pink.  He is a charmer, and will snuggle up in any photo.  He adores the taste of fur and will slobber all over any kind of fur wrap you might wear.

Golden Horseshoe Sleigh Rides specializes in these exclusive private rides. If you have any special requests that would make your celebration more memorable, please call or email us and let us know!

*Prices do not include tip for Sleigh Driver

Cost: 

$150 Adults age 16+   

$120 Youths age 11-15

$80 Kids ages 3-10

  Infants Free, sits on lap, gets plate of sides, no meat choice

Total Event Time approx: 2 hr   -Wednesdays and Saturdays only

Event Includes: 30min Sleigh Ride, Hot Cocoa, Blankets, 3 course Dinner, Interactive Dinner Show                                                               -Alcoholic Drinks for Purchase

**** This Dinner Theater Sleigh Ride experience is now available for booking for the 2024/2025 Winter Season. Due to limited staffing around Christmas we will not be offering the Dinner Theater Ride until the night of January 8th, 2025.****

****Interactive Theater with large table Multiple Party seating**** Actor(s) are vaccinated and will not be wearing masks***

Please DO NOT BOOK if uncomfortable with sitting with others (unless you book out your table) and having an actor touch you/interact with you during show

Gold Discovered in Colorado! That’s the news that brought the flood of dreamers to the mining camps of the mountains around Breckenridge, in 1859.  They planned to become prospectors, and strike it rich.  And just like you, after a long winter’s day in the Colorado high country, they longed for a hot meal, some companionship and entertainment.  So they gathered in a dining hall, or saloon.  The first structures were tents, but just like our mining camp, they quickly became log cabins as the population grew.

In our mining camp dining hall, you will be welcomed by  the warmth of our antique wood stoves.  Waiting for you, on the hand-hewn log tables, will be yummy hot cocoa and cider to warm you up.  The Gold Fever of frontier mountain towns attracted all kinds of people.  While you wait for your dinner to be prepared on our wood stove and grill, you will be entertained by one of the colorful Colorado characters that lived in this area in the days of the past. It might be a trapper, aka a mountain man, who roamed around here long before the gold boom.  Or it could be a dance hall girl; one of the few females that came to the mountains to entertain the many young men, lonely for their sweethearts back home.  These characters  will take you back to the rip-roaring days with their humorous stories.

Enjoy a camp style hearty 3 course dinner on tin plates, and beverages in tin cups like the miners had.  The meal consists of your choice of a grilled steak, BBQ chicken or salmon (vegetarian and vegan option also available upon request). Add to this a fresh tossed salad, guest favorite chili, hearty miner’s beans, corn on the cob, dinner rolls and plenty more.  All this is finished off with our famous hot apple pie.  During this meal you will have the chance to swap your own mountain adventure stories with the folks sitting around you who may have come from around the country, or around the world.  You will never forget this evening when you became part of the history of the Colorado mining camps.

*Price does not include tips for sleigh drivers and actors

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