The California dude ranch is personally managed and operated by ranch owners and their family.

Doug Cole – family patriarch and ranch owner:riding since 1962, rafting since 1968, outfitting since 1981, ranch owner since 1994 –“I followed my passions into my career path”  Ranch specialties include wrangling, fly fishing, rafting, marketing, maintenance, and distributor of his quirky and dry American ranch humor. Proud founder and director of the "Somes Bar Liar's Club" and Patron to the "Somes Bar Department of Redundancy Located In Somes Bar".

Heidi Cole – family matriarch and ranch owner:  life long outdoor enthusiast, horse rider, class V river guide, and executive chef of Marble Mountain Ranch.  Heidi is a master organizer and shows an indomitable spirit in service to family and ranch guests.  As an added bonus, she backs the boat trailer, guides and wrangles, drives the tractor, tends the gardens, sews the quilts, defends the cause, and looks stunning at the theater! Sorry, she has no sisters.

Peter Cole – eldest son of the Cole family and ranch partner:  As with all the Cole children, Peter started rafting West coast American rivers while still in diapers.  Sorry, no images are available!  Pete has traded his San Francisco law career for the simpler life of his youth at our family guest ranch. He returns to the ranch with his wife Karen, who is a credentialed English teacher, and their two daughters.  His love of music shows at Karaoke night, at the campfire sing-a longs, and in the river canyons.  Mix Jerry Garcia, Donald Trump, Bobby Fischer, Big Bird, and the prophet Moses and you get a flavor of Pete.  Extreme rafting, guitars, and raising kids underfoot are his passions. Others often wonder: "why is he always smiling?"

Aaron Cole – second son of Doug and Heidi:  Optometry school student and father of two, Aaron returns to the family ranch each summer to wrangle, raft, run the trap house, and put his daughter Caroline on horse back. His favorite ranch tasks are to run the tractor, and yes, to run the leaf blower.   Aaron partners in program development but will sadly have decreasing ranch involvement unless he keeps his lovely Chilean bride, Claudia, in America and sets up an optometry practice on the ranch.  You never know!

Adam Cole – third son of Doug and Heidi:  Outdoor guiding and the arts in every form draw Adam's love.  He has a passion for photography, music, sculpture, computer technology, rafting and the shooting sports.  Adam returns each Summer from University studies in computer graphics with his wife Chelsea and their two dogs and family zoo.  Chelsea is pursuing studies in Psychology and is one of our key culinary staff and shift leaders in the kitchen. Chelsea is also an accomplished musician and joins Peter, Cierra, and Adam for evening campfire sing-a longs.