I have a friend who is quite fond of volunteering here so I decided to visit the facility for a…read morevolunteer information session. The volunteer info facilitator was very friendly and passionate about her work, which I thought was great. It was amazing to learn about the different therapy horses (you can read their profiles online) as well as the therapy conducted (the facility works with children and adults with a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities, providing therapy and recreation opportunities using horses and horsemanship). If you have time in your schedule, enjoy working with children or horses, definitely look into volunteering at this awesome facility. Word to the wise: The volunteer information session may be hands on, so definitely don't wear your Sunday best and be sure to bring closed toe footwear. Update, 07.16.14: I cannot express how much volunteering here has positively impacted me. I have so greatly enjoyed working with the horses and seeing the growth and improvement in all of the children. It is so remarkable how understanding and encouraging the staff and horses are. I highly recommend supporting this facility in any way that you can.

I began volunteering at Rocky Mountain Riding Therapy back in August this year, and my experiences…read morehave been only positive. The instructors are patient, kind, and passionate about their work. The horses are well cared for--lots of pasture time, cuddle time and play time. The clients I work with in lessons are respected and listened to: the instructors always make sure everyone is happy, safe, and learning lots. I highly recommend signing up to volunteer, you will have lots of fun, lots of hands-on experience, and help horses and people alike! The children and adults who do the therapy sessions are wonderful people, and the horses are elderly and wise: they know their routine and will always look after their riders and their caretakers.

This land is part of the Town of Superior open space trail system. There is adequate parking for a…read morebusy Sunday morning. It is well used by walking visors as well as cyclists on mountain bikes. We walked along the Meadowlark Trail, from the start point almost to the crest of the hill. We were part of a group led by a member of the Open Space Board, accompanied by a retired CU biology presser who spoke to us about the wild flowers we were seeing. It was a bit warm and windy today and near the end of the spring native flower season. It was quite dry already. If you want to in a self guided way, I would suggest several weeks earlier. Though if you go too early there will be mud, I learned from some locals. Share the trail , there are plenty of bikes and they were all courteous riders and we stepped aside for them too. A very nice place to visit. The trailhead has a bathroom facility and also serves the Coalton Trail which runs both east and west from the trailhead. It is clearly marked at the traffic circle on McCaslin.

The Coalton trail head is located in the town of Superior by the round-a-bout at the intersection…read moreof Coalton and Mccaslin rd. At this location you will find a parking lot, a small pavilion, and a restroom. A primitive dirt and gravel trail starts here and traverses through many open fields and has a easy to medium difficulty level depending on your fitness level. The Coalton trail also connects with many other trails that lead to more rough and rocky terrain that heads down to Boulder. This is popular with hikers and mountain bikers.

I love this place! I've ordered landscaping and gardening materials from them and am happy each…read moretime. They have quality materials for gardening and landscaping, are affordable, and are so nice to work with. Highly recommend!

We have had the privilege of boarding our horses at ARS for the past several months. Ron and Robin…read morehave a very nice and well maintained facility. The staff if professional and friendly. Horses are well cared for, stalls are bedded with a generous amount of shavings, feed stuffs are high quality. If something breaks (as happens around horses) it is very quickly addressed. ARS has been nothing but a great experience for us. For me, one of best features about ARS is an almost complete lack of drama. People are there to enjoy their horses, not to engage in gossip and junior high foolishness. Kathleen McPhaul, one of several trainers at the facility was the subject of a negative review for ARS on this site. If you are interested in working with Kathleen I would encourage you to look at her website and look at her nearly fourth year body of work, and don't over focus on the one review from a clearly unbalanced person. Kathleen is a very effective and accomplished trainer and instructor. She has long time customers who have become friends, and have reached goals and won competitions along the way. If you are a fit for her program, you will both have a great experience with your horse. If you need a place to enjoy your horses I hope to meet you at ARS.

If I could give more stars I would. Emily Honeyman as a manager goes above and beyond the call of…read moreduty. She's out there in the dead of cold to care for a clients sick horse or breaking waters that have frozen. She maintains all the rings multiple times per week. During the recent barn break-ins she offered solutions for parking to keep the clients safe. If you need extra food for your horse, she has your back. My horses have never looked better and are very happy. The board is quite affordable and the amenities are huge. I've paid more at other barns and had to use portable bathrooms. The kitchen is not only heated but has a real bathroom. It makes me sad when trainers who come there to build their business end up being untruthful and don't pay their bills. It's not ok for the clients of those trainers to then leave very rude reviews. There are plenty of clients there that have been residents for MANY years and they are loyal to this barn including two large animal vets that spend so much of their time at the barn attending to the resident horses! If you're looking for a quiet place to enjoy quality time with your horse, or to have your horse in training with one of the trainers at the facility, have open space to retire an old friend, or have a box stall with a run (with self care options) this is your place and if Emily isn't available to personally give you a tour then she will find one of the friendly staff members to fill in.

This is the best barn I have ever boarded at. The Barn Manager, Emily, as well as the rest of the…read morestaff, care so deeply for all of the horses and they're cared for as if they were their own! The facility is well-kept with an abundance of amenities, including access to trails around Standley Lake. I've been searching for a long time for a no-drama, no-fuss, horse-focused boarding facility for many years and have finally found it with Honeyman Horses

I searched "horseback riding lessons near Superior, CO" and Flatirons Equestrians came up. After…read morelooking over the website, I thought this place would be a good fit. $45/lesson and if you buy a 10-pack, $42/lesson. Not bad. I called and left a voicemail and heard back from Trish pretty quickly. We had a pleasant conversation about why I wanted to take some lessons, what I needed to get started, and when I could start. Unfortunately Trish had not updated her website in YEARS and lessons are actually $50/each. Kind of annoying, but whatever. I can forgive a ranch lady for not having an excellent and updated website. The week I was supposed to start, we started getting temperatures in the negatives and snow - not ideal. She texted me to let me know it would be too uncomfortable to ride. No problem. I texted for the following week to see if I could ride. No response. I've texted 3 separate times to check in about when I could come in. No response. I'm sorry but I'm about to drop $500 on this place - $500 in Trish's pocket and she can't even return a call? Or text me back? I am a prospective buyer! Yesterday I decided I would drive by to check the place out before I dropped $500 here. Not unusual to see a disheveled appearance for a place with horses. I called and left a voicemail and STILL haven't heard. I will not be spending my money or my time here. Too many red flags and not enough integrity unfortunately.

Signed our boys up for a 5-day summer camp at Flatirons Equestrian and they were very excited for…read morethis. However, from the first moment something seemed off about this place. Versus greeting new campers on the first day, Trish took almost 20 mins after the advertised start time to come out from her house and greet anyone, while people were waiting with their children. Day 1 the boys spent the majority of the day picking up manure and hay and very little riding. While I fully expected them to be taught how to take care of a horse as part of the experience, they rode for less than 45mins each. Also, it seemed that the young girls who were "camp counselors" were more interested in delegating of chores rather than trying to teach, instruct or create an atmosphere that was enjoyable for the campers. It is possible that our boys were the only ones who are not enjoying the camp, but I was concerned by the fact that it seemed like the young girls were the ones they are mainly interacting with, and not much adult oversight, as Trish spent an inordinate amount of time inside her home and not out with the campers. The "camp counselors" were picking and choosing who could ride when and it seemed there was no attempt to give everyone equal turns riding the horses. Since they are landlocked, you were essentially limited to a horse pen. Day 2, the boys didn't want to go back to camp, but with some encouragement they did and it was a complete rinse and repeat of Day 1, except for when the weather turned to rain and they just sat inside looking at each other. After Day 2, I sent an email to Trish asking to have a conversation with her to help set my expectations of what campers were doing all day and followed this up with a phone call / voicemail. The boys did not attend the rest of the week. There was never a call saying there were missed and to see if they were ok. It wasn't until day 4 when she returned my call and left me a voicemail. I promptly called her back and left a voicemail, with no response from her ever again. I had ask for a partial refund in the second voicemail I left for her, again, no response, no refund, and was left feeling very disappointed with Trish, the camp and the counselors. At a minimum, after spending $450 per child for the week, I would have expected a conversation to understand our dissatisfaction. Sadly, I have to say this place was horrible experience for our boys and very, very disappointing experience for us.

Kelly is an amazing trainer! She excels with training youth riders and her riders always have…read moreimpeccable equitation. I was Kelly's student through my youth years, then worked for her in college. She is calm and patient with horses she trains and works with all breeds and disciplines!

From the owner: KMPH offers lessons to young and young-at-heart horse lovers! Whether you are new to horses or are…read morean experienced rider wanting to hone your skills, KMPH can help! Relaxed, family oriented environment in beautiful climate-controlled barn. Kelly is a patient, knowledgeable instructor with 25+ years of experience! Come ride with us!

We booked our trip beginning of 2022-ish when they were running som specials on 2 and 3 day trips…read more I gave the information to my girl scouts and had a couple that wanted to go. I was not initially supposed to be the adult going with. I have a fear of bigger and faster rapids....... However stuff happened and it ended up being me. From the beginning they were easy to work with. I had made a tentative reservation online but we didn't have quite enough people. However our trip was early in the season. I called after a couple of days to see if they thought we would be a go. They opted to run the trip for us since we were early season. They did keep it up for others to potentially join but no others did. Which is unfortunate. Our experience was great! They sent plenty of email communications as it got closer including asking about dietary needs and then reminders. When we arrived we got there an hour early as instructed in the email. They checked us in. Got us a dry bag and our tokens for getting the wet suit. We went and packed our dry bags. And then picked up our wet suits and went to the bathrooms to change. Bathrooms were clean and well kept. The wet suits dont have the arms and neck so you would want to wear a non cotton shirt underneath or be sure to wear a lot of sunscreen (if you are renting a wet suit. We were early season and it was recommended to us) Turbo, the driver came out to chat with us as we were waiting and gave a pep talk. Through our chat he had found out I was nervous. Appreciated the pep talk. Our guides, Kat and Gregg were professional and knowledgable about rafting. Kat shared quite a bit of some of the cool history of the area. Gregg really try to engage my quiet and introverted girls. Being that we were doing a 2 day trip there was food involved. We had 3 of us who have celiacs and then one who is also vegan and one who is also vegetarian. They were able to accomodate our needs with really yummy, delicious and filling food. Gregg and Kat prepared all our meals. Honestly we all felt a little bad we are used to being doers. It was weird to have someone else doing all the work. But they did a great job and the food was yummy and satisfying! They also had some desert available at times and hot drinks. Was so thankful that they did such a good job with the food. Sometimes places can't get it right when you have a gluten free and vegan combo. That was not the case here. They did a great job!! Our camping area was lovely. There was a little bit of hiking available. But they also brought some games that we played for a bit. It was nice and relaxing. The next day going through the canyon was definitely a lot of fun. As with most companies they do take some pics of your ride, if you want pics be sure to stop back by the front desk after your experience. You wont be sorry this is a great company.

Great experience!! We went on a 3 day, 2 night trip and everything was wonderful. We have some…read moreexperience rafting. 4 adults and we were on our own with our 2 guides, Ana and Danny. They were enthusiastic, energetic and all around great people and guides. The food was great, the rental equipment was in good shape, the boats were fully equipped, and the campgrounds were nice! Overall no complaints, just a lot of fun! Thanks Ana and Danny!!

My three kids attended Avid camp over the summer, two in full day camps and one in half day. All…read morewere so excited to go back every single day (this never happens with other camps/activities)! Even my most reluctant kiddo couldn't get enough of Avid!