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Alpine Falls Ranch
Superior, Montana, United States · Independent · High Luxury
Alpine Falls Ranch keeps miniature donkeys, llamas, horses and Scottish Highland cattle on its Montana land, so arrival feels like walking into a grown-up storybook. Guests stay in a five-bedroom villa or one of three cabins, from the two-person Stagecoach Exchange to the six-bed Bunkhouse, in Lolo National Forest about 45 minutes from Missoula. MICHELIN awarded it Two Keys in 2025.
- Opened 2023
About Alpine Falls Ranch
- The ranch keeps a resident menagerie of horses, miniature donkeys, llamas and Scottish Highland cattle.
- It sits in Lolo National Forest, about 45 minutes from Missoula airport, with access to Diamond Lake, Cliff Lake and the Clark Fork River system.
- Lodging is a five-bedroom villa plus three cabins, from the two-person Stagecoach Exchange to the six-bed Bunkhouse.
- MICHELIN gave the ranch Two Keys in 2025, in its first United States hotel guide.
History
Alpine Falls Ranch sits on eight hundred acres of Montana wilderness in the Stillwater River valley near the town of Superior, in the shadow of the Bitterroot Range. The land belongs to a stretch of western Montana that has been shaped by ranching and timber since the late nineteenth century, when homesteaders first staked claims in the river valleys carved between the mountain ranges. The Stillwater River, cold and clear, drains the mountains directly onto the property, and the undulating hills, meadows, and timbered ridgelines give the ranch a character that is genuinely of its place — not assembled from imported luxury clichés but grown from the ground. The ranch operates as a small-scale, immersive wilderness retreat with a handful of cabins, barns, and corrals and a resident collection of horses, miniature donkeys, llamas, and Scottish Highlanders.
Guests arrive to find an 800-acre property largely to themselves — an expanse of cobalt-sky Montana that feels deliberately kept apart from the wider world. In 2025, MICHELIN recognized Alpine Falls Ranch with Two Keys in its inaugural United States hotel guide, citing the property's understated backcountry luxury as among the finest of its category in the American West. The distinction placed it alongside a tiny number of American wilderness retreats earning MICHELIN's acknowledgment — an unusual honor for a property that wears its remoteness as a feature rather than an inconvenience.
Restaurants and bars
- Six8 Saloon — Bar
Amenities
- Indoor and outdoor wedding settings
- Open-air mountain valley fields
- Rehearsal dinners
- Dressing rooms
- Cabins
- Ranch buyouts
- Custom wedding and event functions created with couples and wedding planners
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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