The Phillips Family, Ranch Owners & Hosts
Duke and Janet Phillips and their children: Tess 16, Duke 15, Julie 11, and Grace 5 are your hosts. The Phillips own the ranching operation, and manage and live on the ranch year round. The Phillips family has always ranched and in fact, are third generation ranchers. They believe that ranching is the only thing that they could ever do.
Welcome to Chico Basin Ranch
Our family and staff specialize in providing an exclusive number of vacations on a real life, working cattle ranch that shares our way of life with people from all over the world. Central to the ranch's guest operation is providing learning opportunities about large-scale cattle ranching, riding horses and learning about the wild. The Chico Basin Ranch hosts families, individuals or groups who want casual and relaxing vacations, or who want more intensive programs. We also offer a nice variety of other none ranching activities.
The 87,000-acre Chico Basin Ranch is one of Colorado's largest historical cattle ranches. In the late 1800's, Charles Goodnight grazed his cattle herds in this region. A branch of the Santa Fe Trail also traversed through the ranch. Dating back to prehistoric times, large numbers of Native Americans lived on its ranges of rolling prairie, flowing springs and creeks and hidden lakes - all in the shadow of 14,000 ft. Pikes Peak, one of the largest and most majestic peaks in the Rocky Mountain.
In keeping with its rich cultural history, the ranch uses traditional, time-honored methods to complement innovative management programs that sustain the business and the ranch's natural resources. We like good solid cow horses. They are our pride and joy. We like riding them across the free flowing rangeland that makes up our home. We have come to enjoy sharing this land and our animals with guests that come to learn about ranching and riding horses and herding cattle.
Whatever you are looking for, we welcome you to our home. It's a pleasure for us to have you visit us and we would look forward to getting to know you and having you come for a visit.
Duke Phillips, Ranch Manager
| Jeff Gossage
Jeff is in charge of all the cattle on the Chico Basin Ranch. He was born and raised in Colorado Springs and loves the ranch as if it were his own. Jeff takes guests who want to ride and help with cattle work with him on his daily circles. He is one of the favorites on the ranch because he is so easy going and eager to please.
| David Overlin
David is in charge of all farming operations and is also responsible for keeping the ranch infrastructure running. David is as solid as a granite mountain and prides himself in taking guests who want to learn about the inner workings of a ranch with him and teaching them everything they want to learn. He enjoys and is able to converse with anyone at any level about any subject in the world.
| David McCann
David is a summer employee from Australia. The ranch has summer interns (which David is one of) who come to learn about our ranching methods on the Chico. He is in charge of special livestock projects: our chicken mobile, milking, cheese and butter making, and our intensive goat grazing enterprise. David is a serious young man who has an outstanding work ethic and who knows how to get things done with out being told.
| Janet Valle
Janet is the main gal in the office. She takes care of all office details and helps outside when the need arrives. You will find Janet welcoming and sensitive to your needs. An avid horsewoman, Janet owns and trains two horses, enjoys working on various crafts, and is known to be a true character to all at Chico Basin Ranch.
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