Guided Activities

Maggie Carr and Yve Bardwell bring a lifetime of backcountry experience to their outfitting company, which is affiliated with High Country Adventures in Choteau. Dropstone guides backcountry hiking trips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

Welcomes guests to their dude ranch, which is about 25 miles west of Choteau. Deep Canyon provides visitors with an old-fashioned traditional guest ranch experience. Contact Debbie Renteria for more information.

Based from the historic 7 Lazy P guest ranch, 7 Lazy P Outfitting and the Crary family offer summer pack trips into the Bob Marshall Wilderness along with a variety of fall hunting opportunities and special ranch events.

A Lazy H Outfitters is a family business operated by the Haas family. Their passion is providing enjoyable and high-quality hunting and backcountry adventures.

Arod Lakes Waterfowl Production Area
One of the region’s several wildlife areas is located about 15 miles northeast of Choteau. The best way to get there is to head one mile east out of Choteau on Highway 221. Turn north on Highway 220 and six miles north of town, turn east onto the gravel 201th Road NW. Then six miles north on 3rd Lane Northwest, then right on Arod Lakes Access Road. The primary management goal for the area is to provide breeding and migration habitat for migratory birds. Secondarily, the area is designed to provide year-round recreational opportunities for bird-watching, game and bird hunting (nontoxic shot required), and fishing.

Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area
Known for its outstanding mule deer hunting, the Blackleaf is open for archery, whitetail, mule deer, elk, bear, and upland game birds to licensed hunters during regular hunting seasons. Main roads are open year-round as weather permits while access to selected parking areas is permitted from noon on May 15 through November 30. The Blackleaf is closed from December 1st through May 14th to protect wildlife during critical winter and spring months.

One of the most identifiable peaks along the Rocky Mountain Front is Ear Mountain, a giant promontory of limestone and other sedimentary stones located about 25 miles west of Choteau and at the approximate midpoint of the Rocky Mountain Front range. The trailhead is open year-round and provides a toilet facility, a short trail to picnic tables, and a kiosk with information about the area. Between July and mid-December each year, you can hike, or ride horseback for another three miles into the foothills and onto the plateau toward the “Ear.” The trail is closed the rest of the year to protect raptors and other species. Other guidelines pertinent to this are posted at the kiosk. To get to Ear Mountain Outstanding Natural Area, follow U.S. Highway 89 north out of Choteau and turn west on the Teton Canyon Road for another 16 miles. Then drive southwest on the South Fork Road for three miles.

Each Wilderness Walk is an opportunity to slow down, feel the earth beneath your feet, travel a winding path through the forest, or reach the top of a mountain. It’s an opportunity to experience nature with all your senses. And here’s the best part: you’ll be going with experienced volunteers who share their knowledge and passion for protecting our last wild places.

The Old Trail Museum offers two interpretive tours of the Old North Trail. These tours will be led by local historians Anne Dellwo, Dave and V.V. Shea, and David Hartman. Times and dates are published in the Great Falls Tribune Hot Ticket and the Choteau Acantha. These tours are very informative and bring you back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, as well as help you understand how and where our pioneers lived. There are many artifacts still available to see.