Overview

During the fall, the ranch features special women’s horseback adventures, fly fishing specials, wildlife viewing safaris, and mountain biking in Yellowstone country.

Fly Fishing
Fly fishing in the Blue Ribbon Trout Streams of Southwest Montana and in Yellowstone National Park is legendary. The ranch is also within a short distance from the Madison, Gallatin, Yellowstone, Gibbon, and Firehole rivers, all renowned for their excellent fishing.

Lone Mountain Ranch is endorsed by Orvis, this nation's oldest and most prestigious manufacturer of fly fishing equipment. The ranch has their own in-house professional guides, rental equipment, and a retail shop featuring quality Orvis tackle.

There are many wonderful trip destinations for fishing enthusiasts. Individual fly fishing trips and clinics for beginners and experts are available summer and winter to ranch guests and to people not staying at the ranch. Lone Mountain Ranch is unusual because it offers a very professional fly fishing program, including wading and drift boat trips, as well as plenty of other activities for any non-anglers in your group.

Special fishing packages are offered in the spring and fall.

Horseback Riding
Horses are a way of life in Montana and Lone Mountain Ranch offers a wonderful way to experience horses as a means of exploring the forests and mountains in the area. The ranch is justifiably proud of their well-trained herd of horses and the wranglers that lead their rides. Rides are intentionally limited to a few riders so you can learn about the country from your informative wrangler. In addition to morning and afternoon rides in the hills surrounding the ranch, all-day rides exploring the backcountry in and around Yellowstone National Park are offered.

Lone Mountain Ranch recognizes that many guests rarely, if ever, ride a horse. They know that the best way of making sure guests have a pleasant experience on a horse is to be sure they get started right. At the beginning of a guest's stay, the ranch conducts a "horse sense" clinic to explain and demonstrate how to ride and behave with a horse. This is followed by a controlled ride in an arena where each riding guest is taught the principles of Western horsemanship. Even the most timid guests quickly learn enough to feel reasonably confident on the trail rides following the clinic.

Special fall women-only “skirts and spurs” fall packages available.

Naturalist Activities
Lone Mountain Ranch believes that programs emphasizing the discovery of nature add a very valuable and unique depth to a Lone Mountain Ranch vacation. The ranch’s naturalist activities offer you many opportunities for varying degrees of physical activity while expanding your knowledge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Build on your understanding of nature through activities presented by the ranch’s guest naturalists. Wildlife viewing can be the perfect avenue for learning more about this ecosystem. The ranch offers photo tours and workshops for those who would like to take a part of the ranch home. Sharpen your wilderness skills in an orienteering workshop or on the self-guided nature trail. Get to know the mountain wilderness with the ranch’s friendly, knowledgeable naturalist staff on one of the many guided nature hikes, canoe trips, mountain biking, or tours of Yellowstone National Park.

Special fall mountain bike adventures, and birding and wildlife safaris are available to guests as well.

Experience the nature and beauty of Montana and enjoy the adventure and discovery that are a part of every vacation experience at Lone Mountain Ranch.