Former Denver Bronco Bobby Massie Launches Wanderland Outdoors — Promising Inclusive, Luxury Outdoors Experiences

Wanderland Outdoors, a brand-new luxury outfitter with a unique mission of making the outdoors more accessible to everyone through culturally competent guided excursions, launches its first season of guided fly fishing trips, mindful hiking experiences, trail rides, and more. Wanderland’s guided trips to several exclusive Colorado locations will launch in mid-May and run through October.

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What makes Wanderland unique among outfitters is “The Wanderland Way” – a unique gold-medal standard that extends from top-notch equipment, such as Bare Bones chairs, Simms waders and Winston fishing rods with Bauer reels, down to the small-but-crucial details, such as gourmet excursion meals featuring locally grown produce, Wagyu beef, tomahawk steaks, and black and white truffle.

Take, for example, the “Food x Fire,” experience, a three-course gourmet dinner amid a backdrop of the burbling waters of the Arkansas River with the majestic Capital Peak and snow-capped Aspen ranges just miles away.

Other journeys will take guests on backcountry fly-fishing tours to some of Wanderland’s exclusive, 33 miles of private, gold-medal waters; on horseback trail rides through Jefferson County, in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, wrangling by Brown Family Ranch; and on guided hikes through Rocky Mountain National Park, focusing on mindful movement, breathwork and meditation, culminating with a tea ceremony by fire. Through 2024, excursions will feature Colorado’s vistas as their backdrop; but expect new voyages to the wilds of Montana and beyond in coming seasons.

Founded by longtime journalist Angel Massie and former Denver Bronco Bobby Massie — both lifelong outdoors enthusiasts, anglers, and hunters — Wanderland Outdoors is a mission-driven outfitter that prides itself on the lived experiences of its Black, Navajo, and Tongan guides and mindful offerings intended to energize the mind as well as the body. Each voyage begins with a land acknowledgement; indigenous practices are also used whenever possible as Wanderland fosters memorable outings ideal for everyone from veteran outdoorsmen, to families to novices.

“Wanderland Outdoors was founded not just because we have a love for the outdoors — it’s because we had several experiences where we went to outfitters, and we just didn’t feel a sense of welcome, or accommodation,” says Angel Massie, a certified Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide.. “We didn’t feel the guide was interested in creating a good experience.”

The Massies take a more inclusive approach, elevating guides of color and encouraging Black and brown people to venture into the outdoors as they journey to some of the nation’s most beautiful settings.

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Bookings for the 2024 summer season begin May 1. For more information, visit www.wanderlandoutdoors.com.