Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort

“Great home base for our Zion adventures”

Our group of 16 stayed in one of the vacation homes in the “Ridge” area. For a group of college kids and professors, the room to spread out and play basketball or ping pong, wash our laundry, and cook real food in between freeze dried meals on the trail was a game changer. The resort is nice with… lisää

Our group of 16 stayed in one of the vacation homes in the “Ridge” area. For a group of college kids and professors, the room to spread out and play basketball or ping pong, wash our laundry, and cook real food in between freeze dried meals on the trail was a game changer. The resort is nice with a coffee shop, pond for paddle boarding/kayaking, pool, pickleball courts, etc. East Zion Adventures did a great job on our canyoneering tour and shuttling us to the trailhead for the Narrows, and it was super convenient because they office out of the resort! Overall an excellent experience that made our trip easier.

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“Cute cabins with plenty to do near Zion”

Great little ranch resort! We stayed with our three young children in a cabin suite with bathroom and kitchenette. The pool and most other things were walkable, the grounds were well kept. I think you need to set your expectations if you’re coming here - you’re in remote Utah, staying in a cabin… t… lisää

Great little ranch resort! We stayed with our three young children in a cabin suite with bathroom and kitchenette. The pool and most other things were walkable, the grounds were well kept. I think you need to set your expectations if you’re coming here - you’re in remote Utah, staying in a cabin… this isn’t a 5-star resort. It’s super family friendly, there’s a lot of “included” activities - pickle ball, basketball, playground, tennis, trails to hike, pool/hot tub for swimming, evening s’mores. Staff were all very friendly with our kids and helpful if we had questions. We brought in most of our food, and only ate at the food truck - it was delicious, and pricing was pretty much what you’d expect for a vacation spot - about $70 for 4 entrees. The cabin was cute, had a great little bathroom, picnic table out front for family meals, and the beds were very comfortable. We were expecting a pull out couch in the living room area and were pleasantly surprised by a king bed. Overall, we loved it and would come back if given the chance!

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“Website makes it look cooler than it is, but it is not awful.”

This place is fine…but it is pricey for an RV campground. It bills itself as a resort, but you have to pay extra for a lot of things…including mini golf. The pool is small but nice. It has big rocks that kids and adults jump off of into 6’ deep water because there is no actual life guard on duty. J… lisää

This place is fine…but it is pricey for an RV campground. It bills itself as a resort, but you have to pay extra for a lot of things…including mini golf. The pool is small but nice. It has big rocks that kids and adults jump off of into 6’ deep water because there is no actual life guard on duty. Just a young person with a whistle, luckily my 10 year old had more sense than an adult woman…he waited at the top of the slide for her to jump off the rocks, recognizing that she would collide with him at the end of the slide…so we left early bc the pool felt really unsafe. Everything was expensive! Milkshakes are $15 per shake. Dinner for a family of 4 (basic food) was $90)…the RV full hook up sites are on FULL gravel and in full sun. Not great. Felt like i don’t know what…not camping. Teenagers running rampant without supervision and trashing the bathrooms with a backed up toilet. The water at the RV sites was not drinkable. It was BITTER. This was NOT our rig, all of our water is triple filtered…and we have never had this problem anywhere else. This was our 5th campsite this trip. I brought this up to the camp store, the worker had was unaware, but very nice (not her fault). The staff are all very nice, but really young and many do not have any answers that you need, or know how to do basic things when you have questions, which is NOT their fault. It just seems they lack guidance from the people (adults??) in charge. There is a non complimentary shuttle into Zion (possibly $7/rider, but this was unable to be confirmed) but there is ONLY 1 shuttle and if it is reserved by a large group it will not be available to any campers. Also the park advertises it is 15 min from Zion National Park, BUT if you want to get to the visitor’s center so you can take the PARK’s shuttle you need to allow an hour. The people at the adventure center ARE very knowledgeable and super cool. Overall. The website makes this place look a lot better than it is.

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