LoneBIG ViewSKY, MONTANA Ranch Hunting | Ranching | Fly Fishing | Conservation Lone View Ranch BIG SKY, MONTANA Introduction Even with the vast landscapes of the Rocky Mountain West, it is a challenge to find the ideal property that encompasses all of the criteria most often cited by Buyers including convenient access, well watered, wildlife abundant, onsite sporting and recreation, private access, year‐round accessibility, proximity to urban conveniences, topographic diversity and gorgeous scenery. Rarely do properties come on the market blessed with virtually all of the amenities that comprise greatness. EThese properties remain in family hands for generations, and if eventually destined for sale, they often transfer quietly into the hands of friends or neighbors who have coveted the property over time. In real estate parlance, these are known as legacy properties. The Lone View Ranch is such a place. It boasts all of the attributes mentioned above and many additional ones. Furthermore, it is situated a short drive from Ennis, Montana, and it adjoins Moonlight Basin, with private entrance to this resort and the Big Sky Resort communities. The resort offers all‐season recreation opportunities from golf to world‐class downhill and cross country skiing. Craig Janssen, Associate Broker Jack McInerney, Associate Broker Alex Maher, President/Founding Broker Toll Free 866.734.6100 WWW.LIVEWATERPROPERTIES.COM continued Lone View Ranch is a recreational gem within The ranch sits in an ideal location near the Madison River and bordering the large, diverse and exceptionally appealing Greater Yellowstone the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area and the resort communities of Big Ecosystem. Trophy elk and an abundance of wildlife roam the Sky and Ennis. Lone View Ranch offers spectacular vistas in every 2,631-acre ranch. This backcountry is accessed by foot or horseback direction. The custom log home and its extended outdoor living spaces and adjoins the wilderness known as “Cowboy Heaven” with numerous immerse one in the incredible palate of Montana wildlife, fauna, and streams and lakes. Additionally, there is world-class fishing on the vistas. nearby Madison River, the Gallatin River and in Yellowstone Park. Location Lone View Ranch is located ten miles east of Ennis in the Jack Creek drainage, at the beginning of the private road that connects Ennis and the Madison Valley, to the premier resort area of Big Sky 13 miles to the east. The Big Sky Airport is located 20 minutes from the ranch and provides a 6,600 foot paved runway and full FBO services. The vibrant community of Bozeman, as well as the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, is a 90-minute drive north through Ennis or Big Sky. Ninety minutes to the south is West Yellowstone and the Madison Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Acreage The ranch’s 2,631 acres run from Jack Creek on the south at an elevation of 5,800 feet to the high alpine north portion of the ranch at over 9,000 feet with 2.25 miles of border where the ranch borders the Lee Metcalf Wilderness Area. The ranch has historically been used for livestock grazing, guest ranching and recreational activities. Interior ranch roads provide for excellent access to all portions of the ranch. Mill Creek, natural springs, and ponds provide excellent water resources for livestock and wildlife. The vast interior road network accesses all portions of the ranch with convenient access to several sections of adjoining National Forest lands. The road system is consistently maintained and represents a significant improvement value over raw land tracts of this size, timber abundance and contour. The cost to create this road network would likely exceed $1 million. Wildlife The Lone View Ranch’s location within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem makes it a haven for wildlife. This is a wild area with an incredibly diverse list of wildlife including protected animals like grizzly bears, lynx, and wolverines, as well as moose, mountain goats, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, black bear, wolves, coyotes and eagles. There may be no better place to observe and photograph wildlife. Hunting Lone View Ranch offers the pinnacle of big game viewing, photography, and hunting. Trophy class bull elk can be observed on the ranch and wilderness area behind the ranch. The quality of wildlife that brought Teddy Roosevelt in 1886 to the Jack Creek Drainage hunting for trophy elk is still present today. The ranch owners, family, and friends are passionate hunters taking significant numbers of 300 class trophies both by archery and rifle. The accompanying photos are of elk taking on the ranch or adjoining lands. Whitetail deer, mule deer, black bear, and small game hunting can be found in abundance on the ranch, and the adjoining Wilderness Area and Jack Creek Preserve. continued The ranch is located in hunting district 360 for season runs from December 1st through April 15th. deer and elk. Nonresident hunters are able to apply for a Montana Moose, big horn sheep, and mountain goats are observed on the Big Game Combination License purchased through a draw process ranch and adjacent lands with moose having been harvested on the with near 100% success over the past 10 years. ranch by the owner’s family. These permits are available through Spring and fall seasons are available for black bear hunting with separate permit draw processes. bears having been harvested on the ranch. Mountain lion hunting Improvements An impressive 3,100 sqft, custom hand-stacked log home is perfectly sited on a bench above Jack Creek. The home is designed with a large bank of south facing windows framing the sweeping panoramic views of Fan Mountain and Jack Creek as it flows through the protected Jack Creek Preserve. The home features a modern open floor plan with rustic Montana style elements throughout, ideal for entertaining guests or relaxing with family. The Tmain floor features a spacious lodge style kitchen with custom cabinets and commercial quality ap- pliances. While in the kitchen, the openness of the floor plan allows one to interact with guests in the dining or great room. The beautifully stacked two- story river rock fireplace with log mantel adds to the rustic appeal of the great room. The master bedroom and bathroom are also on the main level and are well situated for privacy. Two additional bedrooms separated by a full bath offer accommodations on the second floor. The one bedroom is currently set up as a bunkroom. A loft sitting/media room provides living space for guests to relax. There are also 1,400 sqft of covered and open decks to enjoy the great outdoors. Climate July and August are the warmest months with high temperatures averaging in the high 70’s and nighttime lows in the 40’s. December is typically the coldest month with daily highs in the mid 20’s. Precipitation mainly occurs in winter and spring as snow and rain. Ennis receives about 14 inches and Big Sky about 21 inches of precipitation per year, with the ranch between these measuring points more similar to Big Sky. From the top of Lone View Ranch, the views are rivers. Sportsmen come in the fall to chase big of endless mountain peaks in all directions. Over Area game, game birds, and waterfowl. And in the 3 million acres of pristine wilderness surround resort community of Big Sky, people come to the Big Sky area with the jewel of Yellowstone golf, ski, hike and bike in this astonishing high National Park less than an hour drive to the alpine setting. The drive to Big Sky through the south. Big Sky sits in the middle of the Greater narrow Gallatin River Canyon The community of West Yellowstone is a year Yellowstone Ecosystem, which boasts some of offers some of the most beautiful round home to only 1,200 yet over one million the cleanest air and water quality in the world. scenery in the country. people from around the world pass through FThe Madison Valley is dramatically different town to enter “The Park”. This area is one of than the Gallatin. The wide-open valley’s prehistoric glacial moraines the world’s best places for fly fishing, hiking, camping, rafting, wildlife show intriguing differences in the evolution of these neighboring river viewing, mountain biking and offers over 1,000 miles of groomed trails corridors. for snowmobiling. West Yellowstone receives daily air service in the People come from around the world to view and recreate in these summer from Salt Lake City, and the runway will accommodate most ecosystems. Anglers come to follow the hatches as they move up the private planes all year long. The Madison River in Montana and the upper Madison when gold was discovered at nearby Alder Gulch, Valley begins outside of Yellowstone National Park Area Cont. which brought a different type of “wild life” to the and ends at Ennis Lake. Enjoying some of the most region. Shortly after the gold strike industrious dramatic alpine scenery anywhere, it is flanked by ranchers started establishing cow and sheep the Tobacco Root Mountains to the Northwest, the outfits in the valley to help support the miners. Nestled among the foothills of Gravely Range to the southwest, the Madison’s and It is said that the Madison Valley is the birthplace Montana’s Spanish Peaks, the the Spanish peaks to the east. expansive Lone View Ranch looks of Ten Doy, Indian chief whose family lived each The Madison River Valley was the native home to west across the valley of the Madison summer in the Madison Valley. Ten Doy was so Crow, Blackfeet and Bannack Native Americans as River to the Tobacco Root Mountains. named because on the day of his birth his father well as being well-known to traders, explorers and looked out of the wigwam to see ten boys coasting trappers.