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 A Working
ranch
in the
shadows of
Montana's
Beartooth
Mountains.

 

 

 

 

 

Lonesome Spur Ranch

Lonnie Schwend
107 Schwend Rd.
Bridger, Montana  59014
Phone: 406-662-3460
Cell: 406-690-8843
Fax: 406-662-5065
Contact Email

ACTIVITIES!

Guests are invited to join us with helping out with day-to-day activities on the ranch, every day is different. Throughout the year we are working with our horses and cattle. Spring sees us calving and foaling our home-bred stock. Summer and autumn gets busy with training our colts, checking cattle and our mares at pasture. Whilst out riding you'll probably see all kinds of north American wild life - white tailed deer, mule deer, eagles and sometimes elk and bear, so be sure to bring your camera! In addition to our everyday activities our guests are also given the opportunity of participating in horseback activities such as team penning cutting, sorting, team ropiong and fun games on horseback, all in the safety of our large arena.

While vacationing with us, 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.

Lonnie is a past bareback and bullriding champion and was quite respected as a steer wrestler in the NRA circuit. He enjoys sharing with our guests many of his adventures and explaining what is "really" taking place during the rodeos.

Off ranch activities are of additional cost to the guest by transportation is provided.

No one will be allowed, or expected to do anything they are not capable or comfortable of accomplishing on horseback.

NEW for 2006!

We will have 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.

We also have 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!