Sunlight Moments Newsletter

March 2009: Whatever the cause, all the critters in Sunlight Valley 'get a wild hair' every once in a while. A number of our four-legged friends put on a great show for us last spring. A few of the horses were happily polishing off their morning ration of hay when a herd of elk came down from Elk Creek, crossed the road, and jumped over the buck fence into the pasture with the horses. Read more...

February 2009: Viewed from the depths of winter, it may seem strange to learn that during the summer Elk Creekers cannot resist a glacier or snow bank. The phenomenon has roots reaching back into the 1950's when the ranch was started. The Ridgways tried on several occasions to do some skiing in Sunlight Valley. Read more...

January 2009: Elk Creek was founded in 1957. From the beginning we have raised and trained many of our horses. More than half of our present herd of 60-plus horses is "ranch grown and trained." At first the bulk of the training was done by family members, but increasingly ranchers are joining the staff in the work. Read more...