HORSEBACK RIDING
Start planning for Summer 2021!
Our summer 2020 season has completed! Call our front office in January 2021 to start planning for your summer adventure. We recommend booking at least 2 weeks prior to your desired ride date. We’re looking forward to planning your next trail ride!
Trail Rides
Let Marce Hoffman, our long time Horse Operations Manager, and his professional, horse-loving wranglers show you why riding is a way of life out here. Under the watchful eye of Marce, our wranglers tend to 60-80 horses daily, assuring a quality ride for our guests. They each cover 2,000 trail miles during the summer and take care of trail maintenance all summer long so you know you’re in the hands of experts!
Begin and end your day the wrangler way. For a special treat, start your morning by joining other guests around the fire pit and watch as the wranglers herd our 60-80 horses from mountain meadows, across Hwy 191 , and down the Ranch entrance road to the big barn to begin their work day. Not an early riser? Once our horses finish a day of trail rides, come and watch as the wranglers take them back to the mountain meadows for a little R and R.
Take a ride through high mountain meadows or to the top of 10,000′ peaks. You can see the Sunken Forest that natural forces created in 1959, not to mention a wide variety of wildlife including elk, deer, eagles, moose, coyotes, bears, and if you’re lucky, maybe even a wolf.
If you’re coming to see Montana, you really need to see it from the back of a horse…
Reservations Required And Availability Is Not Guaranteed
Quick Fix
- A 1-hour ride for those who want to take it slow
The Montana Experience
- A 2-hour ride through our gorgeous Big Sky wilderness:
Trail Ride & Riverside BBQ
Wednesday evenings during the summer (June 15th – September 8th), we invite you to take a 2-hour horseback ride to dinner. On the menu is your choice of N.Y. strip steak or barbecued chicken, prepared on an open grill along the banks of the Gallatin River, complete with all the fixin’s. Finish the evening with s’mores around the campfire listening to the acoustic melodies of a cowboy singer.
$120.00 per adult for 2-hour horseback ride and dinner; $100.00 per child 8-12
Give us a call at 406.995.4283 to book your reservation.
Half Day Adventure
This 3 to 4 hour ride takes you up into unspoiled Montana mountains, high above the Gallatin River Valley. Enjoy a leisurely ride through the spectacular pine forests and alpine meadows to unparalleled views.
$125.00 per person
Full-Day Horse Adventure
If you’re looking for the classic Montana ranch experience, this is the trip for you. In 3 to 4 hours, you’ll climb steadily out of the river valley straight up until you feel like you’re on top of the world. Pack a lunch to enjoy along the shores of a crystalline mountain lake, where you can cool your toes in its icy waters. Or, you might choose to stretch your legs on a short hike, or just relax in the grass and enjoy the fantastic views before heading back to the ranch. It’s pretty hard to find a better way to spend the day.
Saddle bags are available for your lunch storage during your ride.
$200.00 per person (3 person minimum total sign-up for the ride to go out)
Lessons - Basic Horsemanship
- hr/ per person
Private Rides
- Add to any of the above offerings