Since our wedding is taking place at our friends ranch and not a “wedding venue”, signing the NDA is required to attend in order to protect our friend from being sued from any tom foolery that might take place ;) We will have NDA's to sign when you get to the venue at our welcome table/guest book. :)
Directions to Dan and Natalie’s Wedding If you type in J Bar M Ranch to your GPS, you're gonna have a bad time. You will not have cell reception on the way there. We suggest printing the following directions to the ranch and bringing with you. There will be large wedding signs posted and you can also follow signs on the road for J Bar M Ranch (or Owl Creek Pass/Silverjack Reservoir until you need to make that last turn right to enter the ranch). Directions to the wedding on J Bar M Ranch from Ridgway, heading North on the 550: From the only stop light in the Town of Ridgway, head North and turn right onto County Road 10 after about 1 mile. After 0.8 miles, stay left to stay on County Road 10. After 1.7 miles keep going straight and follow signs for J Bar M Ranch. Turn right after 1.2 miles which switches to County Road 8. Follow signs for J Bar M Ranch and Owl Creek Pass/Silverjack Reservoir. Turn right to enter J Bar M Ranch private property after 1.5 miles. Turn left after 0.2 miles. Turn left and find parking. Directions to the wedding on J Bar M Ranch from Montrose, heading South on the 550: From Montrose, head South for about 27 miles. Turn left onto County Road 10. After 0.8 miles, stay left to stay on County Road 10. After 1.7 miles keep going straight and follow signs for J Bar M Ranch. Turn right after 1.2 miles which switches to County Road 8. Follow signs for J Bar M Ranch and Owl Creek Pass/Silverjack Reservoir. Turn right to enter J Bar M Ranch private property after 1.5 miles. Turn left after 0.2 miles. Turn left and find parking.
In addition to your fancy wedding attire, this is Colorado and the weather changes every 5 minutes. Bring boots and a jacket. You may find yourself hot and sweaty one hour but running from a thunderstorm the next. It's fun, we promise!
Ridgway is the most ideal, but we understand lodging is limited. Ouray is the second best choice since it's only 10-15 minutes from Ridgway and a very underrated town. Montrose is third best option but is also 30 minutes away from Ridgway. You could, potentially stay in Telluride, and we suggest site seeing up there if you have any opportunity as it is gorgeous as well. Telluride is about an hour from Ridgway.
Monica Moran, with Premier Vacation Rentals may be able to give you a hand. You can contact her at (970) 708-2203 https://bookvrc.com/ouray-colorado/
There is construction (repaving the highway… yay!!) occurring Monday-Fridays 7am-7pm. Unfortunately, there is a 20-35 minute wait at times. Keep this in mind during weekdays if you are here before the 2nd and prepare to leave early!