Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eating
Cinnamon Lodge $
(
www.cinnamonlodgeandadventures.com
;
mains $15-20; dinner)
The Western bar and
Mexican steakhouse at the Cinnamon Lodge serves excellent food, including good chile
rellenos and bacon-wrapped cream-cheese jalapenos, plus there's a nice sun deck to
sample Lone Peak brews from Big Sky.
MEXICAN
Rainbow Ranch Lodge $$$
(
www.rainbowranchbigsky.com
;
mains $35; dinner Tue-Sun)
The gourmet restaurant
attached to its upscale lodge is the best in the valley and the place for a blowout. The cozy
fireside bar boasts Montana's largest wine list.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
320 Ranch $$
(
www.320ranch.com
;
mains $24-36, saloon mains $10-16; )
This rustic ranchhouse
restaurant and saloon is heavy on game (go all out for the bison, elk and boar mixed grill)
but the real draw is the fun weekly specials. Mondays bring a good-value pig roasts ($10),
while the popular Wednesday chuckwagon dinners start off with a two-hour horseback
ride (adult/child $85/75) or 20-minute hay-wagon ride ($55/35); book the latter in ad-
vance. Winter activities include fun dessert and appetizer sleigh rides.
WESTERN
Hebgen & Quake Lakes
If the Yellowstone park boundary had been drawn differently, this broad lake valley sur-
rounded by snowcapped peaks would be mobbed with tourists. As it is, visitors with a
mind to meander will find wild and beautiful backcountry and a slew of recreational op-
portunities with a fraction of Yellowstone's crowds.
Connected to Quake Lake by a scenic stretch of the Madison River, Hebgen Lake easily
merits a few lazy days of hiking, angling and boating. Motorboats are permitted, and are
available for rent at the
Madison Arm Resort & Marina
(
www.madisonarmresort.com
)
on the south shore and the
Yellowstone Holiday
(
www.yellowstoneholiday.com
)
and
Kirkwood Resort
(
www.kirkwoodresort.com
)
marinas on the north shore.
