Feathered Pipe Main Lodge

Plenty of back-road miles to ride a bike if you bring your own. Our hiking trails are maintained for not hiking, not bikes or off-road vehicles. The city of Helena and its surrounding forest trails were featured in National Geographic and Outdoor Magazine for its mountain biking!

Our little lake has availability to canoe, rowboat and a couple small kayaks. You are welcome to bring your own paddleboards, canoe or raft. Life preservers are required to be worn.

The ranch’s surrounding forest has numerous, well-marked trails for your exploration of hidden, highland wildflower meadows, mountain tops where Montana’s “Big Sky” can be appreciated in full grandeur, as well as scenic views of the ranch from high above. And for those more adventurous and adept in backwoods hiking, the trails branch out endlessly into the national forest that surrounds. Hikers stumble on long-forgotten mining trails, remnants of abandoned homesteads, and gurgling mountain brooks emptying into unknown lakes.

Our little lake has availability to canoe, rowboat and a couple small kayaks. You are welcome to bring your own paddleboards, canoe or raft. Life preservers are required to be worn. There also a number of river nearby that nationally known for their trout fishing and rafting.

A number of nationally known rivers are near by for rafting and trout fishing. You will need to book your own guide or tour company. We are happy to direct you in the right direction.

Deer freely roam the ranch, with beaver, muskrat, mallard ducks and trout populating the lake. Moose and bear occasionally visit, though largely keeping their distance and wishing to be simply let alone. Large herds of elk roam the high alpine grasslands with rare sightings of wolves and mountain lions in the surrounding wilderness areas. At night, owls and Whip-poor-wills softly usher you to sleep. And in the morning, a chorus of birds make the forest a cathedral urging the sun to rise welcoming in the new day.

The ranch’s surrounding forest has numerous, well-marked trails for your exploration of hidden, highland wildflower meadows, mountain tops where Montana’s “Big Sky” can be appreciated in full grandeur, as well as scenic views of the ranch from high above. And for those more adventurous and adept in backwoods hiking, the trails branch out endlessly into the national forest that surrounds. Hikers stumble on long-forgotten mining trails, remnants of abandoned homesteads, and gurgling mountain brooks emptying into unknown lakes.

Our little spring-fed lake offers ample opportunity to fish, swim, float and paddle about, or simply kick back and relax on the main lawn overlooking the lake, surrounding mountains and the big sky above.

There are numerous small creeks flowing from the surrounding mountain tops down toward out highland lake and basin. Some of the most prized rivers in Montana for rafting and trout-fishing are only a few miles away by vehicle.