usa · June — September · December — March
Yellowstone Club, Paws Up, The Ranch at Rock Creek. The American big sky — Big Sky, Greenough, the Madison Valley — where the lodge has a private chef, the horses are matched to the rider, and the fly-fishing guide has been on the same river for thirty years. The post-Yellowstone Show appetite is now a serious circuit.
Hotels
Book the room — handled personally.
Relais & Châteaux · 5★The world's first Forbes Five-Star guest ranch, twenty miles outside Philipsburg, all-inclusive on ten square miles of Granite County.
Private members · 5★The 15,200-acre members-only ski community on Big Sky — the only private ski mountain in the world, with the address Mark Zuckerberg keeps.
Luxury Ranch · 5★Thirty-seven thousand acres in the Blackfoot Valley — the all-inclusive Montana ranch that defined modern glamping.
Adults · Relais & ChâteauxThe 25-cabin Relais & Châteaux ranch in the Bitterroot — adults-only (16+), all-inclusive, and once Travel + Leisure's number-one hotel in the world.
Sport · tennis, padel, polo, golf
Book the court · the green · the chukkers — handled personally.
Fly fishing · Private guideThe blue-ribbon river out of Ennis — the Montana fly-fishing trip that every serious angler does at least once.
Ski · Private terrainTwo adjoining mountains — 5,800 acres of Big Sky Resort and 2,900 acres of private Yellowstone Club — together the largest ski complex in North America.
Riding · All levelsThe serious riding programs at Paws Up, Triple Creek, and The Ranch at Rock Creek — the way to spend a Montana week in the saddle.
Private aviation · jets
Charter a jet · point to point — handled personally.
FBO · Bozeman Yellowstone & MissoulaThe two Montana arrival points — Bozeman for Yellowstone Club and Paws Up, Missoula for the Bitterroot ranches.