Ranch Rider is introducing its first pop-up dude ranch experience at Montana's historic O.T.O. Ranch.

The ranch is being leased by the True Ranch Collection, with bookings available from 25 June to 12 August 2023.

Montana is a western state defined by its diverse terrain ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains.

Its wide-open spaces include Glacier National Park, a vast wilderness preserve that passes into Canada.

The park's many snow-capped peaks, lakes and alpine hiking trails are showcased along its famed Going-to-the-Sun Road, stretching 50 miles.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the O.T.O. Ranch originally opened for city slickers in around 1910, making it the first ever dude ranch in Big Sky Country.

Theodore Roosevelt is a former guest.

In a bid to help restore the property, the True Ranch Collection is working in partnership with the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

A donation is included in the cost of the holiday, and 100% of the proceeds from this special pop-up event will go toward efforts being made to restore and preserve the O.T.O. Ranch.

The property, which lies in a mountain valley along Cedar Creek, is just over 10 miles from the north gates of Yellowstone National Park.

Guests can enjoy horseback riding, sport shooting, archery and hiking along with evening entertainment.

Off-ranch activities include white water rafting and the Yellowstone hot springs.

Guests will stay in the original log cabins with modern glamping-style bathhouses.

The dining will be a mixture of cowboy cookouts on the front lawn, cocktails and dinners enjoyed in the original lodge, and sack lunches out on the trail.

Ranch Rider

Ranch Rider offers riding holidays in the USA, Canada, Jordan, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya and Eswatini.

The specialist tour operator is part of the Frontier Travel Group, which also includes Frontier Canada, Frontier Ski, Frontier America, American Round-Up and Independent Traveller's Africa programme.

Useful links

www.ranchrider.com