There are few ranches left, even in Yellowstone country, that are beyond electricity, television and neighbors. Allen's Diamond Four Ranch at the edge of the Popo Agie Wilderness in the Wind River Mountains is one of them. You won't find fancy fare here, just simple charm and log cabins with propane lights and woodstoves. At 9,200 feet, you may want to fire up that wood stove, sending a wisp of smoke winding through the dewy, damp woods, before heading to the lodge for breakfast. Fees pay for three meals a day, horseback riding, fishing, natural-history hikes and wildlife watching.
Guests share a shower house.
Children younger than 6 stay free. Owners Jim and Mary Allen also offer an assortment of popular pack trips that leave from the ranch June through September. For half that much, you can outfit your own camp and let the Allens furnish the horses and the pack train in and out of remote areas. The Allens also outfit and guide custom trips including hiking with pack horses, wilderness seminars, cross-Continental Divide tours as well as an Oregon Trail wagon trip and cattle drives. Spring and fall, the Allens offer a working-ranch experience in which you can help with branding, roundup and general ranch work.