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VISITOR INFORMATION
About the Bar W
What to Bring
Bar W
Policies
Contact Info
ACCOMMODATIONS
The
Main Lodge
- Aspen
Suite
-
Solitude
-
Whitetail
-
Tamarack
-
Appaloosa
-
Sunroom
- Game
Room
The
Cabin
-
Eagles Nest
- Bear
Den
ACTIVITIES
Summer Activities
Winter
Activities
Heli-Tours
Horseback Riding
- Lessons
Ranch Special Events
Area Events
Bar W Guest Ranch's main attraction is our horseback-riding program. Our experienced staff, trained horses, and the assorted terrain our guests traverse make for an incredible horseback riding experience. The Bar W's riding programs include hundreds of thousands of acres to explore. You'll ride in the mountains, over the foothills and across the open prairies of Montana Big Sky country.
You can also enjoy the riding events that take place in our indoor and outdoor arenas, such as horsemanship clinics, barrel racing, egg races, pole bending and more. We offer cowpoke lessons for beginners, and for those more experienced cowboys and cowgirls, advanced lessons that include roping, team penning and sorting cattle.
Just wait until you sit down to breakfast or dinner and taste some of the best down-home cooking this side of the Mississippi - Montana style! Meals are prepared with love and care and are always served in hearty portions - no one leaves hungry. Have a unique food requirement? Just let our cooks know and we'll accommodate your request.
In addition to horseback riding, there is plenty for all ages to do and discover at the Bar W. Guests are invited to explore the entire property - watch our trainers work the horses, help with the chores (if you like, of course), fish for big pike on Spencer Lake, hike the miles and miles of trails, mountain bike, swim in the lake, throw horseshoes, or play badminton, volleyball, or a leisurely game of pool. You can even test your archery skills or try your hand at breaking some clay pigeons.
In the winter months you can still ride horseback through the trails or in our indoor arena, snowshoe or cross-country ski right out the back door, skate or ice fish on Spencer Lake, take a sleigh ride or have dinner at the gazebo right on the lake. With Big Mountain Ski and Summer Resort just 7 miles away, you are minutes from incredible skiing and snowboarding.
Or, you can just sit back, relax and observe the beauty of Montana's wildlife, such as whitetail and mule deer, moose, bears, eagles, coyotes, wolves and mountain lions.
And if all that is not enough, the Flathead Valley is a year-round playground for families, individuals, and groups of all ages with whitewater rafting, stream and lake fishing, nine world-class golf courses, boating, hot air ballooning, skiing, back-country skiing, four other cross-country trail systems, snowmobiling, dog sledding, and more. Glacier National Park is 23 miles from the ranch, and the drive there is almost as pretty as the park itself. (almost!)
Bar W Guest Ranch
2875 Highway 93 West
Whitefish MT 59937
1-406-863-9099 - Voice
1-866-828-2900 - Toll Free
1-406-863-9500 - Fax
E-Mail:
General Information - Info@TheBarW.com
Reservation Information -
Reservations@TheBarW.com






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