East – West Ride
Hosted by the Nighthawks Tent
Date: Sunday May 31st 2026
Location: The Trinity Ranch – Wetmore, Colorado
RSVP HERE
East-West Ride Fee: $55/person
Pay via credit card, ACH, Zelle, or mail a Check:
Credit Card and ACH ($57/person / inc’l processing fee)
Zelle ($55/person - USE Zelle ID: roundupriders)
Mail a Check ($55/person):
Roundup Riders of the Rockies
PO Box 271820
Ft Collins, CO 80527
(218) 360-3717
Highway 67 and Trinity Ranch Road - 10 miles South of Florence, Colorado “The Antique Capital of Colorado” (2 hours from Denver – 1 hour from Colorado Springs)
Directions from Denver: I-25 South to Colorado Springs, then south on Colorado Highway 115 (S. Nevada Ave.) to Florence, CO and then South on Colorado Highway 67 to Trinity Ranch Road - ½ mile north of Wetmore, CO.
Tentative Schedule:
Arrive: 8 am to 10:30 am
Coffee and Eye Openers: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Church Service: 10:30 am
Ride Out: 11:00 am
Water and Beer Stop – 1:00 – 1:40 pm
Dickies BBQ Dinner: 3:15 pm
Time in the Saddle: 3.5 hours
Special Note: Due to the travel distance, 3R members and guests are welcome to come on down to the Trostel Ranch (3 miles East of Wetmore on Highway 96 just 3.5 miles from the Trinity Ranch) to spend Saturday night before the ride, or Sunday night after the ride. There is unlimited space for dry camping with your LQ trailer, travel trailer, tents, etc.. Mark and PJ have 8 outdoor stalls for horses and a large corral for horses that can pen together. Please bring you own horse feed if you want to stay either night. Horses can also be picketed at your trailer if you prefer.
We will grill some burgers for those planning on spending Saturday night but please BYOB.
RSVP Mark at: ptrostel4ranch@aol.com if you want to spend the night.
The history at Trinity Ranch is rich with evidence of some of the earliest inhabitant settlements like Draper Cave, Hardscrabble Settlement, Slumber Heights and Lake Stinemeyer. Exploring these points of history gives one time to pause and wonder. In recent history (1970s) Trinity Ranch was a church camp for the Diocese of Colorado. A large water storage tank and yurt like building provide evidence of the use by the camp. The ranch was once part of Mexico and the Republic of Texas until Colorado became a territory.