163 ACRES · 8,600 FT · COLORADO ROCKIES
A life that asks
something of you.
Golden Forge is a working mountain ranch for veterans, active duty service members, and frontline professionals.
Space to pursue demanding goals, explore personal paths to healing, and take part in the life of a working mountain ranch.
Explore Life at Golden ForgeAt 8,600 feet in the Colorado Rockies, life is physical. You train, build, grow and harvest food, develop self-reliance, and help care for the land. You work alongside people who have done difficult things and still have more to give.
Individually arranged stays.A place to return to.
The founder’s story
Why we’re building Golden Forge.
Golden Forge is taking shape. The ranch is here, people are coming, and each experience helps us understand what it can become. This is the story that started it.
Performance + Recovery at Altitude
At 8,600 feet in the Colorado Rockies, Golden Forge brings strength training, miles of trail, demanding terrain, and recovery into the life of a working mountain ranch.
“It felt good to be productive, to work outdoors, and to contribute to something bigger than myself.”
Marine Corps veteran