I've always lived in major cities like New York and Rome, and vacation in Tuscany or the Hamptons. This summer I tried something very different. I brought my two adult kids to a Montana dude ranch. I ...
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The Women Wranglers of Montana's Dude Ranches

Monica Ellis, Lone Mountain Ranch’s head wrangler, points up the hill. A group of 15 wranglers—all but one, women—descend ...
CUSTER GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST — It was mid-August, the last week for hosting guests at the OTO, Montana’s first dude ranch. As ranch hands and wranglers decompressed in the heat, a few details from ...
WOLF CREEK - Zack Wirth realized more than 15 years ago that the economics of ranching would not let him make a living on his ancestral home, a scenic slice of Montana tucked in the Rocky Mountains ...
It was mid-August, the last week for hosting guests at the OTO, Montana’s first dude ranch. As ranch hands and wranglers decompressed in the heat, a few details from the trip stood out. The fly ...