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( 406-995-4253;
www.cinnamonlodgeandadventures.com
;
dm $15, cabins $50-120,
cottage $250)
This budget roadside establishment attracts a hodgepodge of RVers, famil-
ies and fly-fishers. The tidy cabins are perhaps the best value in the valley. It is on the
Gallatin River 11 miles south of the Big Sky turnoff.
320 Ranch $$
( 406-995-4283;
www.320ranch.com
; cabins incl breakfast from $172)
This historic
19th-century ranch occupies a beautiful swathe of the Gallatin, 12 miles south of Big Sky
by the Buffalo Horn Creek Trailhead. Guests stay in spacious duplex log cabins with ac-
cess to a fishing pond (casting lessons cost just $35), outdoor hot tub and trail rides (activ-
ities are open to nonguests). Couples should splash out on the historic McGill cabin
($250).
RANCH
Covered Wagon Ranch $$$
( 406-995-4237;
www.coveredwagonranch.com
; 34035 Gallatin Rd; room & board
per night per person $200)
Three miles from Yellowstone, near Taylors Fork, this 1925
ranch feels more rugged than some of the rhinestone-cowboy ranches around. With a
strong emphasis on riding, a top offer is the small pack trips into Yellowstone.
RANCH
Gallatin Gateway Inn $$
( 406-763-4672;
www.gallatingatewayinn.com
;
r $149-189; )
At the north end
of the valley, 12 miles from Bozeman, the Spanish-style Gallatin Gateway is an elegant
retreat built by the Milwaukee Railroad in 1927 as the Yellowstone line terminus. Despite
later incarnations as an antique-cars showroom and even a women's mud-wrestling arena,
the inn is once again a quiet and classy place to stay. After dinner in the Porter House res-
taurant retire to the great main hall, with its huge fireplace and Baby Grand.
LODGE
Rainbow Ranch Lodge $$$
( 800-937-4132;
www.rainbowranchbigsky.com
;
r $295-400)
Rustic and ultra-chic,
Rainbow Ranch offers a select group of pondside or riverside rooms, all with roaring
stone fireplaces, balconies and access to the romantic outdoor hot tub. The Pondside Lux-
ury rooms are easily the most stylish. The lodge is 5 miles south of the Big Sky turnoff
and 12 miles north of Yellowstone.
DELUXE LODGE
