The Ranch Vail | Exclusive Fall Pop-Up at The Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch
Experience The Ranch Malibu’s award-winning, transformational structured wellness program amidst the majestic mountains of Vail, Colorado!
Nestled in an exclusive enclave of the Vail Valley, The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch offers the perfect setting for a nature-inspired, Rocky Mountain escape. Exclusively offered from September 3rd – October 27th, 2023, The Ranch Vail is a 5-night, 6-day (Sunday – Friday) program that will immerse 25 guests each week in the natural splendor of Colorado’s famed peaks. The Ranch Vail features a results-oriented, thoughtfully structured program, that combines a challenging fitness regimen with a nutritionally dense, plant-based diet in an extraordinary mountain environment. The result is a complete health immersion that leaves guests feeling rested and rejuvenated, gaining muscle, mental clarity, and a greater sense of self while losing unwanted fat and inches.
What’s Included
Four Hundred Members Only: Complimentary 50-minute massage
Daily guided hikes, fitness and exercise classes
Daily massage for each full day
Nutrient-dense, plant-based meals and snacks
Private accommodations for each guest
Spa access and preferred rates on additional treatments
Some evening elective nutrition talks
$100 laundry credit
Airport transfers to and from Vail - Eagle Valley Airport - pick-up at 12:30pm on Sunday afternoon and hotel departure at 10:30am on Friday morning
Under the guidance of The Ranch’s experienced and fun team along with highly skilled local hiking guides, the group spends their mornings in the nearby mountains. Just steps from the property or a short drive away, their location allows access to hundreds of miles of spectacular trails in the Vail Valley including the Bachelor Gulch area, Beaver Creek and the White River National Forest. As in Malibu, you hike for time rather than distance and all guests hike at their own pace. Hiking routes and trails also vary each day.
Following lunch, guests enjoy a well-deserved naptime before fitness programming begins, which includes both strength training and restorative yoga, along with a daily massage. Guests will also have the opportunity to relax in the resort’s 21,000 square foot spa complete with relaxation lounges, steam rooms, dry saunas, hot and cold plunge pools and a stone-lined coed grotto. Outdoors, guests are able to calm their minds in the natural surroundings or in one of the property’s 3 Jacuzzis or large heated pool.
To complement the dynamic daily schedule, Jasper Schneider, Executive Chef at The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch will collaborate with The Ranch Malibu’s Executive Chef, Meredith Haaz, to develop a plant-based menu featuring locally sourced organic fare. Incorporating the flavors of Summer and Fall, guests will be both nourished and delighted by a daily diet rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses, legumes, nuts and seeds, while excluding alcohol, caffeine, gluten, dairy, soy, processed sugars and diet sweeteners.
Contributor — Helen Himebaugh