Three Bars Ranch

While the Three Bar Ranch and cattle brand was one of the first registered in B.C., it was not until 1992 that it became a world call guest ranch.

After building several other guest ranches in Idaho and Canada, Jeff and April Beckley decided that Three Bars was the perfect location for their operation. Three Bars Ranch was custom built all at once to be a guest ranch. The ranch sits on 1200 acres of private land with 35,000 acres of lease surrounding the property.

Three Bars Ranch is the year-round home of the Beckley family. Jeff and April Beckley, Tyler and Jenna, and Jesse share the western lifestyle of wide open spaces, good friends and the cowboy way of life with guests from around the world. The Beckley family are all involved in the day to day operations of the ranch, we are in the dining room at meal time and around the ranch all day.

Jeff & April With an agricultural degree and rodeo background, Jeff has always been part of the cowboy lifestyle. Jeff trains reining horses for Beckley Reining where you will find him most mornings in the arena. However, Jeff's new interest is in training gun dogs. With this new interest, Jeff has expanded the ranch's activities in the fall to include the opportunity to hunt pheasants with him and his dogs here on the ranch. April was raised on a combination cattle and guest ranch in a family where you learned to ride soon after you learned to walk. Cows, cowboys, horses and guests have always been part of her life. While the Three Bars office now takes up most of April's days, you'll find April riding reining horses most afternoons at Three Bars.

Tyler & Jenna Having been born and raised in the industry(3rd generation), Tyler is as much at home on horseback as guiding a rafting trip. Tyler is back at Three Bars after being away at business school. He heads up Ranch activities and is our head wrangler. Tyler will assist you with your travel plans before your trip as well as help you with your daily activity while you are here. Being an avid golfer, Tyler is a great resource of information for you. Jenna started at the ranch as a wrangler years ago. After two seasons here at the ranch Jenna decided she wanted to stay in the area and transfered to Cranbrook to complete her degree in Education. Tyler and Jenna were married in 2008. Jenna teach's grade school in Cranbrook, but is still very much a vital part of the horse operation. She often leads the hike to the waterfalls and is one of your guides on the rafting trips.

Jesse Jesse started showing reining horses at age 12, continuing his interest and education in the horse industry he moved to Oklahoma and California for 5 years where he worked for two of the top 5 reining horse trainers in the world. Following this time he returned to Three Bars Ranch to run Beckley Reining Horses with his dad. Jesse is now a professional reining horse trainer and shows reiners around the Canadian and US West. When not on the road he coaches non-pro reining horse competitors and competitive reining horses here at Three Bars.

Before or after the Calgary Stampede(July 8th –17th 2011), or the 3rd week in August when the Cranbrook Pro Rodeo is in town.