Come live the Western way of life.
Spend a week horseback on a real Montana cattle outfit — riding with a family that has worked this country for generations.
This is the real thing.
The Leffingwells have run cattle on the Montana prairie for five generations. When you come to stay, you don’t watch the ranch from a fence rail — you swing into the saddle and become part of the outfit for a week.
You’ll ride out with the family, take on whatever the day brings, and gather back around the supper table come evening. You’ll go home dusty, a little saddle-sore, and carrying a real feel for a way of life the West was built on.
Ride the country
Miles of open range, on a good ranch horse, with the family that knows every draw of it.
Join the crew
Gather, brand, move cattle, ride fence — real work, learned by doing it alongside people who live it.
Share the family table
Three home-cooked meals a day, family-style, from great-grandma Leffingwell’s own cookbook.
A way of life, handed down.
Since 1878, this family has run cattle in Montana — learning the country, building the herd, and passing the whole of it, hard-won knowledge and all, from one generation to the next.
Today Mary and Dustin are raising their own kids on the place and carrying the outfit forward, with Mike and Maria never far from the corrals. When you stay, you don’t just visit a ranch — you spend a week inside a living family tradition.
“We don’t just run a seminar in ranching — we invite you to be part of the daily routine.”
Fifteen thousand acres along the Powder River.
Alfalfa bottoms, sagebrush and juniper canyons, and grass prairie dotted with rock formations — all of it under a wide, star-speckled sky, wrapped in peace and quiet.
Everything you’ll want to know.
Wander through the week ahead — the riding, the lodging, the drive in, and how to pack for it.
The Experience
A working week in the saddle — the days, the work, the seasons.
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Stay
Cow Camp is yours for the week, ten miles out in range country.
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Getting Around
How to find us, and what the country looks like once you do.
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What to Bring
A simple packing list you can print and check off.
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About Us
Five generations on the Montana prairie — meet the family.
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Book Your Stay
Rates, dates, and how to reach us to plan your week.
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“You’ll leave with new skills, a few good stories, and a new perspective on the ranching way of life.”