LONESOME SPUR GUEST
RANCH, MONTANA
This is a working ranch, where you are invited to participate
in the day to day ranch activities but is run more on the lines of a Guest
ranch. Located in the Clarks Fork Valley, between the Pryor and Beartooth
Mountains
just south of Billings. Guests are invited to join the rancher at branding time
the first weekend of May and trailing
the cattle to summer pastures around the middle of June.
The owners help out a near neighbour with his cattle, the Grove Creek Ranch is about 30,000 acres altogether. Throughout the summer they work on horseback, monitoring the condition of both cattle and range and moving the herd from one area to another as often as needed to preserve the health of the ecosystem and the cattle.
There is an overnight camp once weekly overlooking the Bighorn and the Pryor mountains, where you can sit by the campfire and experience real Dutch oven cooking and hear local folk lore and family history, wake up to cowboy coffee and breakfast, then it's off to catch your horse, check cows and ride the range, and see the herd of 500 buffalo grazing on the open range.
There
are a number of additional off ranch activities offered
such as a day trip to Yellowstone Park.
While vacationing , guests are also given the options to
partake in a variety of activities including. viewing the Pryor Mountain Wild
Horse Range, touring the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming and visiting the
Old Trail Town,
reliving the Battle of the Little Big Horn, experiencing the
scenic Beartooth Highway, conquering white water on a rafting trip down the
Yellowstone river and a real "whoop um up" rodeo, all depending on the season.
There is a weekly river float where you can enjoy fly-fishing down the river or just go with the flow and watch the native wildlife on the river banks, whilst enjoying the beautiful sunset the choice is yours
The accommodation is a number of small western style cabins with shared bathrooms, these are clustered around the simple Lodge near the horse barns. Meals are served in the lodge, family style and with an Anglo/American flavour. Open year round. Any day start for a 6 night stay.
1 April - 31 Oct 2008 - Prices start from £898pp per week plus 10% service charge, includes three meals a day and, riding activities. Extras to pay for rafting, golf and fishing. Airport transfer $100 from Billings
Nicholas Evans author of The Horse Whisperer travelled with American Round-Up and stayed with Lonnie at The Lonesome Spur Ranch in Montana while doing research for his book
American Round-Up charge the same as the ranch so give us a call if you would like us to send you a full quotation with or without flight or click on the e mail quote for below for details Tel : 01404 881777
