Rates:
For the months of July and August, we have a 7-night stay with 6 full days of riding. In June and September, our weeks will begin on Sunday and end Saturday, so you will have a 6-night stay and 5 full days of riding. Special weeks such as Yoga and Photography have separate rates, so please inquire if interested. Sunday is our horses’ holiday. Rates include lodging, meals, riding, hiking, fishing, and all ranch activities, but do not include the State of Montana accommodations tax, extras such as transportation or overnight packtrips, or the crew gratuity.
Shorter stays with a minimum of four nights may be possible depending on availability (for example, if we have guests staying 10 days and a 4-day period is left in a week). Otherwise, short stays can only be accommodated in the upstairs of the main house. All stay of less than a week, when available, must begin or end on a Sunday. The rate for a short stay is $450-$500 per person per night, depending on accommodation, and includes meals, lodging, riding, hiking, fishing and any ranch related activities going on at that time.
Our rates for adults vary depending on the accommodations. There are special rates for children, with a $600 per week charge for kids under 4 (non-riding rate), and reduced charges for kids ages 12 and under. Please check on the “Rates” tab to see the current vacancies.
We offer discounts for groups of 10 or more, 4 or more people in a cabin, and guests who are active-duty military. All return guests receive a 5% discount off the current rates, and we have a non-rider rate of $1800/person/week.
Please note that discounts may not be combined and only the highest discount applies.
Extras and Specials:
We will have cattle work on occasion and in 2025, may have certain weeks where cattle work is more likely, but we do not guarantee cattle work on any given week.
We offer packtrips into the mountains–either single night or multi-day trips. The longer multi-day packtrips are 3 to 4 nights and are be booked independently of a regular stay at the guest ranch. Please discuss availability and dates with us and see the Packtrip page.
Single night packtrips can also be arranged for guests who are at the ranch for the week. These trips may be to an alpine lake or to the Bar B, which is a small ranch facility between the cattle ranch and guest ranch. It has incredible views, offers some riding opportunities on the cattle ranch, and has a wall tent, yurt, cabin and a lean-to for lodging. All overnight packtrips are at an additional cost.
Other specials include weekly half-day horsemanship clinics. The link will inform you more about these clinics.
If we are going to offer an overnight cattle drive during the summer, we will put that information on the Cattle Drive page. For 2024 and 2025, we do not have any overnight cattle drive scheduled.
Airports and Transportation:
Sweet Grass Ranch can provide transportation from the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport at an extra charge. A van picks up guests on Sundays only, at 3:30 p.m., and drops off at 10:30 a.m. If you wish us to provide transportation, please ensure that your flights will work with these pick up and drop off times.
The cost is $190 per person, roundtrip, and this is a first requested, first served reservation, as the van can carry about 12 and we make one trip. There are car rentals available at both Billings MT (Logan International) and Bozeman airports and we are about 2 1/2 hours one-way from either airport. If you rent a car or choose to drive from home or another destination, we will be happy to send you detailed directions. (Some driving apps are incorrect and will not get you here. Google Maps will get you here, but you will need to open and close private gates along the way.)
Booking Policies and Deposits:
If you are seeking information and answers to questions, please email or give us a call. If you are ready to book, then please ask for our booking form and we will email it to you. Reservations are confirmed upon receipt of a 50% deposit, with the balance due on the day of your departure from the ranch. We accept personal check, money order, wired funds, and typical major credit cards. A convenience fee of 3% will apply to all credit card charges. State of Montana accommodations tax: 8% on room portion of stay only. Gratuities are appreciated at the customary rate of 15-20%.
Cancellation Policy:
if you must cancel your reservation and do so by March 1 of the year booked, then one-half of your deposit will be refunded (provided you paid the full deposit). The other one-half deposit will be forfeited or you can choose our rollover option in lieu of a partial refund. We will do a one-time roll over of the deposit to the following summer if you let us know by March 1 of the year booked. After March 1, however, both the partial deposit refund and the rollover option are forfeited if you wish to cancel. We strongly encourage you to purchase trip insurance to cover any contingencies on your end. While we have sympathy for family situations and injuries that may arise, causing you to want to defer your vacation, it is entirely your choice to insure against that risk or not. Should you decide not to purchase trip insurance but then wish to cancel or defer your trip after March 1, please be aware that your deposit will be forfeited. Also, any cancellation within 21 days of the start of your scheduled stay at the ranch does require you to pay the balance of your stay.
There are no refunds or cancellations for any events beyond our control, such as inclement weather, smoke from wildfires in the west, Covid or other illness, airlines or other transportation delays, and so forth. However, if the Ranch has to cancel your stay due to a wildfire, flood, government restriction or other event that temporarily prevents our ability to operate, then we will roll over your deposit to the following year regardless of the proximity of your stay.
A number of companies offer travel insurance, so please feel free to contact any of them. Travel Guard is an associate member of the Dude Ranchers’ Association and can be contacted at www.travelguard.com, and reference policy number 109400. Please ask about the Dude Ranch protection plan. Other trip insurance carriers also provide coverage. TRAVEL INSURANCE GENERALLY HAS TO BE PURCHASED EARLY AND MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE RIGHT BEFORE YOUR TRIP.
PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS SPECIAL REQUESTS, LODGING PREFERENCES, AND TRAVEL PLANS.
