11/05/2026
Shelby didn’t grow up with horses. Now she and her husband Matthew run trail rides in Stanley, Idaho, a town of about 116 people under the Sawtooths.
Summer runs out of the Sawtooth Valley. When the snow comes, the whole operation moves to the Sonoran Desert outside Scottsdale, Arizona, and keeps riding all winter. Two states, one outfit, which is how they can offer a wrangler a real career instead of a summer job.
We spent the day in the saddle with them: a 70 mile honeymoon into the backcountry, and keeping western culture alive while so many outfits die off.
“If you want to meet God, you come here.”
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