Well, summer is officially in full swing. We have been open for over a month and a half now and every day is just flying by! We have had some gorgeous weather, with temperatures ranging from the fifties to the nineties during the day. Earlier in the month it was very unusually hot for us, but now it has calmed down to the normal mid-70s and low 80s during the day, with an afternoon shower or two. Montana is definitely showing her fickle sense of humor again with our weather. But when it is hot out, never fear, we still have a ton of fun both on and off the trail!

All of our trails are open now, so we are truly riding around 100 of them, from Big Sky into Yellowstone National Park. Our new horses are fitting right in with the rest of them, and our new crew are fitting right in too! We all have a ton of fun together, and love to participate in the same activities that our guests do! To cool off on hot days, tubing down the Gallatin River is just the trick. Our wranglers, kitchen staff, front of house staff, and of course our guests all love to jump in tubes at the Yellowstone boundary and see how far we make it down river 🙂 Of course, waving to the fly fishermen is a must.

And our riding, as always, is still the star here. We have had some really gorgeous days out, and the wildflowers are still absolutely stunning this year. The Indian Paintbrush has finally made an appearance on ranch (my favorite). And we have still been seeing some wildlife too, even with the heat! Moose, bears, elk, deer, foxes, various hawks and eagles, and of course the ever popular chipmunks have been spotted all around our trails. As one of our guests said this week, there are also always the exciting “humans in their natural environment sporting hiking gear” as well.

Fly fishing is having a wonderful year out here as well. Just ask me (Eryn) or Melissa for the fly fishing report that we get daily and head out to fish! We have had many guests enjoy that this year, and our crew is really getting into it too! I personally can’t wait to try all of our activities and really have some fun this summer, in all of our crazy temperatures!

Hope everyone’s summer is going well and is very relaxing 🙂 Can’t wait to see all of you who haven’t arrived yet, and here’s to more wonderful things to come!