The Idaho panhandle is a nature-lovers’ paradise and now nestled in a private mountain valley with over 250,000 acres to explore, is Red Horse Mountain Guest Ranch. This adventure packed hideaway is ideal for families, couples, singles and groups who come for the exhilarating activities, first class service, authentic log cabin accommodations, and a true taste of the American West.
A total of 16 private units are quietly scattered near the main lodge, each uniquely designed for the perfect vacation. You'll enjoy your own rustic log furniture, a full deck, private bath, plush towels, robes, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, bath gels, hair dryers, and a coffee maker. There are also plenty of hot chocolate and teas available for those cool nights.
Red Horse Mountain has a superb riding program with over 60 horses and dozens of trails that will suit any level of rider. Everyday they offer a variety of scenic rides, a kid’s ride, or for those who have passed the advanced test, an advanced ride. Also offered are group lessons, private lessons, and private rides which can be scheduled anytime with a wrangler.
In addition to horseback riding, the ranch offers a vast array of other activities such as fly fishing, high ropes course, climbing walls, mountain bike tours, kayaking tours, archery, hiking, white water rafting, sporting clays, as well as massage services and yoga classes. If relaxing is how you want to spend your vacation, catch some sun by the heated swimming pool or gaze at the stars in one of our outdoor hot tubs.
Red Horse Mountain is very family-orientated and has a really great children’s programme for those under 12. This is lead by a certified teacher and operates all week in the summer and on weekends in the fall and winter, parents are welcome to join anytime.
Guests dine in the main lodge where every entree is brilliantly conceived from the finest of ingredients. The menus rotate through a two-week schedule so you’ll have plenty of delicious choices to try out during your stay. Typical dinners could include steak, chicken, wild game fresh seafood or traditional BBQ fare. Vegetarian options are always available and all of our meals include a fresh salad selection, a variety of homemade side dishes, and succulent desserts. Along with freshly baked breads, you can find fresh fruit and snacks to munch on throughout the day. The lodge also has a full bar where guests can relax and socialise before dinner. After dinner, evening entertainment could vary from a wagon ride and campfire, to a live concert in the outdoor amphitheatre. At the end of the day, relax and swap tales of your adventures with other guests.

The idyllic setting in the Panhandle region, gives this fourth generation cattle ranch breathtaking views of the Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges. Having operated on this land for over 60 years, your hosts and their family have transformed this historic ranch into a quality guest ranch and now share their love of it to offer sincere hospitality in this peace of heaven.
The ranch offers an excellent riding program for all levels of ability and includes lessons in the arena along with daily rides. Ride along the ridges and the valleys for a two hour morning and afternoon ride or out on scenic all day rides, with lunch at a beautiful waterfall. Also ride through grazing cattle and maybe even catch a glimpse of Bear, Deer and other wildlife in their native surroundings.
Other than riding, guests can enjoy the scenery on foot by taking numerous hikes and walks, perhaps even seeing some of the local wildlife, or choose to relax in the outdoor hot tub. Off ranch options include going in to town for shopping and there are some great fishing and golfing opportunities nearby.
Private log cabins all have private facilities and feature a cosy living room, wood burning stove and an open-air covered porch. In addition to this, there are numerous guest rooms in the Grand Lodge, also all with private facilities.
Meals are served either buffet or family style in the main lodge and guests are always in for a memorable dining experience. Hearty ranch meals are prepared from the finest ingredients and the taste of ‘country gourmet’ satisfies the entire family. The weekly Dutch oven dinners, served outside at the fire pit are also very popular.
Evenings are often spent listening to music around the campfire, taking a horse drawn wagon ride, playing a friendly game of billiards in the recreational room or relaxing and reading in the loft area of the main lodge.

Silver Spur claims to capture the spirit of the west more than any other ranch. Only eight guests at a time or one family as a single group stay at any of three authentic cow camps, used by cowboys since the turn of the century. At Warm Creek Cow Camp the accommodation is in a renovated one-room rustic log schoolhouse with a wood-burning stove and a bathhouse. This camp also serves as the cookhouse, where home-style cooking is simple, wholesome and appetising, and said to be 'the best you ever tasted'! Riding is in the company of working cowboys and offers a hands-on experience of a long established western lifestyle. There is no set programme and guests join in regular chores of rounding up stray cattle, tending to calves - with a herd of 2000 head there's always something new to be done every day. Children come only as members of a family and should be old enough to join with adults in the riding and work programme. Cattle drives, horse drives and colt-starting head off from Medicine Lodge, the hub of Silver Creek, rounding off at the end of a hard-riding week with a visit to a rodeo and perhaps an overnight stay at Jackson Hole. Like the lifestyle, entertainment is informal and maybe relaxing by the fireside is all that's needed after a working cowboy day.