Shady Lane Ranch

My mother in law booked a hayrack ride in early October and it was a very memorable experience. While we're still in a pandemic, a dozen of us hopped onto a true hayrack, unlike any I've been on before, it's a flat bed, with a literal pile of hay onit. Pro tip- Bring a blanket.The ride is 1 full hour going up the trails that horses ride. The color of the trees is stunning, I haven't been to vermont but I've seen enough romance movies to know what it looks like, and this is it. When we got to the top of the tallest hill we pulled off to Look Out Point and had 10 minutes to take photos, EPIC photos, you may seem them on my christmas card this year.After the ride was over the staff has set up our campfire and got it going for us. It was a 5 star experience start to finish, the staff couldn't have been friendlier and helpful. I hope to make this a yearly tradition.

We had a hayrack ride planned for over a month for a birthday celebration. They told us they would call at noon on the day of to confirm we were good to go. We were told we had the green light at noon. About an hour before our scheduled slot they call us and cancel the entire night after we had bought about $400 worth of snacks/drinks with out of town folks already enroute. What a SHADY business this is!

Beautiful ride. Great horses! Wonderful guide. This was our 2nd time at Shady Lane Ranch and I am glad we came back.

Shady Lane Ranch was exactly what we signed up for; an hour of trail-riding. Horses were great. Trails were great. It was a very easy, seamless drive in. However, this is a no frills, just ride on the trails hour long ride. They didn't offer any coaching on how to steer, the stirrups are way too low so your legs hang uncomfortably, and very little direction or information on the trails. I wish it was more of an experience. Introduce you to your horse, whether it's a boy or girl, and what their demeanor may be like. There were also no moments to stop and take a photo to document the ride which was a bummer since it was such a big occasion for our daughter. Overall, we would absolutely go again. It was $30 per person for an hour long trail ride, which was reasonable based on an "essentials only" experience.

Told us to call when we were on our way and they didn't set an appointment. Showed up and called 30 mins before we showed up. Front gate locked and no one around . Happy Mothers's day to me

13 hours agoA rather miserable time. First, we tried to take advantage of the amazing fall weather with a horseback ride, only to learn they've already shut them down for the year...? This is the prime time of year for horseback riding! Second, our bonfire and picnic table was situated on a hill so steep that everything kept sliding off the table, and many of our party had backaches at the end of the night trying to sit at it. Third, hayrack rides with loose hay where the drivers encourage people to throw it at each other is a TERRIBLE idea. After the ride, most of us were miserable with all of the tiny hay fibers in every crevasse of our body, and embedded in our clothes. My family ended up throwing away four pairs of socks when we got home, because the hay was hopelessly embedded in the fabric. Never going back here again.

Terrible, went with a large group, five year old daughter was having second thoughts of if she wanted to ride, immediately staff were yelling from the building oh just leave her blah blah blah and had wanted me to go without her....Um no....no refund for the one horse we didn't ride even though we had a large group, most of the staff was professional but the old man completely ruined this experience, made it seem like it was a hassle having our group there, just wanted us in and out although it's not like he was doing any "work" at all but sitting running his mouth from afar. Wouldn't recommend

We wanted to go horseback riding and called earlier in the week to try and make reservations. The guy on the phone said they can't make reservations until the day of. So we called on the day of and they said they're fully booked. Which is amazing since they had been open for about 4 minutes. What kind of business is this? Guess they really don't try too hard to bring in business.

Great place to take the family I will be there as soon as it opens again. Hhjhjzkzkjxhxnx

HORRIBLE. We arrived and immediately were getting yelled at by the man in the barn. He was yelling at his employees as well. There was no explanation or introduction, they just threw us on the horses and the horses followed the lead. During the ride we were yelled at to not pulls rains like this or that, just nit picky stuff. There was a small girl that was afraid to ride and they just sent her off without her mom, she was crying. When we got back the screaming started right off the bat. The guy in the barn yelled at one of the employees "don't talk to people, get them off the horses!" The horses went on a ride before us and after us WITHOUT any water. This message does not do justice to how awful this place is. If I had the power to I would shut this place down.