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A little history: On July 6, 1926, John S. Turner bought the land to build a home and raise his family. His son transformed it into a working dude ranch where guests could ride horses, fish, and hunt. en in 1950, Congress expanded Grand Teton National Park to include Triangle X's land but allowed the ranch to stay as a tenant of the National Park Service. Today, it's the only remaining dude ranch in the U.S. National Park system. Five generations later, the ranch is still run by the Turner family, and they try to change as little as possible. Yes, the cabins have electricity now, but there's still no wi-fi or TVs anywhere and cell service can be spotty. "A hundred years, five generations, not many families can say that," says Lucas Turner, who lives on the ranch with his wife and kids and runs its day-to-day operations. "I think there's always going to be demand for a vacation like this, maybe even more so now. People want that disconnection to reconnect with each other." Guests can go on twice daily trail rides, hunt, take boat trips to practice fly fishing, or embark on multi-day horseback trips into the backcountry of Grand Teton and Bridger-Teton National Forest. Rates including all the activities, plus three meals a day, are about $2,500 a week — far less than fancier nearby dude ranches in Jackson Hole. Some guests have been coming back every year for 50 years and even bring their children and grandchildren. Over dinner one night, I met a man who was in President Ronald Reagan's security detail and said he had to learn how to ride a horse so he could carry the "nuclear football" when Reagan went riding. Other guests are first-timers, including a woman I met who had never ridden a horse before and drove out from Malibu just to try something new. But, every guest has a deep love of horses and bonds with their horse over the week. e twice-daily rides mean beginners << ranchandcoast.com 70 JANUARY 2026 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE