Wedding venue · South slope of Pikes Peak
A working cattle ranch as your wedding venue — meadows, aspen benches, the historic ranch lodge, and the East Beaver Valley as the backdrop. Up to 120 guests, an hour from Colorado Springs, family-run since 1929. Not a banquet hall with a theme.
The setting
Most ranch wedding venues are event spaces dressed up to look like ranches. Elk Glade is the other way around — a genuine 138-year working ranch that happens to sit in some of the most beautiful country on the Colorado Front Range. The meadows are real pasture, the lodge is the historic ranch lodge, and the country around you is the largest wildlife corridor between New Mexico and Wyoming on the Colorado Front Range — recognized with a Colorado Parks and Wildlife grant to Elk Glade.
You don’t have to truck in atmosphere. It’s already here: the aspen turning gold in the fall, the creek running cold through the meadow, the night sky with no town to dim it, and Pikes Peak over your shoulder.
Why here
Your wedding happens on a 138-year working cattle ranch — meadows, aspen benches, the East Beaver Valley, and the historic ranch lodge. The setting is the genuine article, not a manufactured 'rustic' aesthetic trucked in for the season.
The ranch hosts weddings of up to 120 guests, with smaller gatherings, elopements, and reunions all comfortable in the meadow-and-lodge setting. The scale is intimate enough to feel personal and large enough for the whole family.
Sixty miles and a ninety-minute drive from Colorado Springs Airport via Old Stage Road. Close enough that guests can fly in and reach the ranch the same afternoon; remote enough that the night sky is a planetarium and the only sound is the creek.
Pair the wedding with ranch stays for the wedding party — lodge rooms and the private cabin — plus horseback rides, fly fishing, and a cattle-country setting that turns a ceremony into a whole weekend the guests remember.
The meadow
Say it here, with the peak over your shoulder.
Frequently asked
A working ranch wedding is a wedding held on a genuine, operating cattle ranch — where there are real cattle, real cowboys, and real ranch country, not an event barn dressed up with a Western theme. At Elk Glade, that means saying your vows in the meadows of a 138-year working cattle ranch on the south slope of Pikes Peak, with the historic ranch lodge, aspen benches, and the East Beaver Valley as the backdrop. The authenticity is the whole point: the setting is the actual ranch, working land and all.
Yes. Elk Glade hosts weddings on its working cattle ranch on the south slope of Pikes Peak, accommodating up to 120 guests in a meadow-and-lodge setting. The ranch also hosts smaller gatherings, elopements, family reunions, and corporate retreats. Pricing is quoted per event based on guest count, season, and the services you want.
Up to 120 guests for a wedding. The East Beaver Valley meadows and the ranch lodge provide the ceremony and gathering space, and the wedding party can stay on the ranch in the lodge, private cabin, and guided wall-tent camp. Smaller weddings and elopements are also welcome.
On the south slope of Pikes Peak, in the East Beaver Valley, with a mailing address of 13780 CR 8, Victor, CO 80860. It's about 60 miles and a 90-minute drive from Colorado Springs Airport (COS), and roughly three hours from Denver International (DIA). The setting is a 138-year working cattle ranch at 8,500 feet.
A working-ranch wedding happens in real cattle country — genuine meadows, aspen benches, the historic ranch lodge, and the largest wildlife corridor between New Mexico and Wyoming on the Colorado Front Range, recognized with a Colorado Parks and Wildlife grant to Elk Glade — rather than a purpose-built event hall with a Western theme. The authenticity of the setting, the dark night skies, and the option to make a full ranch weekend of it are what set it apart.
Use the quote builder or contact the ranch directly. Weddings are quoted per event based on guest count, date, season, and the package of services and ranch stays you want. Reach out early — the best dates book ahead, and the ranch coordinates weddings around its hunt and cattle calendar.
Plan the day
Weddings are quoted per event around guest count, season, and the ranch stays and services you want. The best dates book ahead — start with a quote or a call to the ranch.
