Ruby's Horseback Adventures Utah Half Day Ride

We arrived at the Activities Desk to check-in for our ride, only to be told the ride had been canceled. The attendant said I was emailed regarding the cancellation. I don't view that as acceptable, especially when other communications were via text. I don't check my email on vacation. I pulled up my Outlook account; there was an email regarding the cancellation, with the reason being horse readiness. I asked for clarification from the staff, but received none. As we, and another group, would ride on a shorter trip minutes later, this excuse seems disingenuous. (Of note, this shorter trip was not worth the expense.) Given all the above, we will not be using Ruby's when we come back, as there are other stables in the area.

We took the half day ride. What a beautiful place to tour on horseback. Horses were great, guides were fun. Overall a great time!

The half day we did was from 1pm-5pm. You meet at the adventure desk in the main hotel and then leave in a van for a half hour ride to Losee Canyon where you get your horse and they go over safety and logistics. The ride began at 2pm. The horses are fantastic. They are well-trained horses. Our guide was Gavin. The ride had no historical commentary despite stating on the description that it was one of Butch Cassidy’s hideouts. When I asked Gavin our elevation he said 2500ft. Actually we were at about 7700ft. The ride was pretty silent except for my family talking to each other. Most of the ride is not shaded and on the way back we were pretty exhausted. Our guide provided no interesting facts other than to point out what certain hoodoo formations looked like (ie old lady playing piano). It was not worth the $680 we paid for the five of to ride horses for approximately two hours in the dry heat. Had there been some historical or geographical context it would have been much more interesting.