Nestled between the Ruby Peak Wilderness Study Area to the west and the sparkling blue waters of Ruby Lake to the east lies this incredible 8800 + acre ranch. Warm springs, seemingly bottomless warm spring fed ponds, and a myriad of creeks spill down stunning canyons on this magnificent property.
It took over fifteen years to put this one of a kind ranch together. Our long term enhancement plan includes fencing, upland range improvement, upland water development, pond construction, pivot and wheel line installations, and limited road construction to create access to improvement areas.
To date a number of improvements have been completed or are underway. Twenty seven miles of boundary fence, miles of cross fencing, allowing for holistic grazing and rest rotation of huge mountain pastures, along with roads, and the commencement of mechanized irrigation facilities construction are completed. The ranch enjoys over three miles of shoreline, punctuated by sandy beaches and craggy rock out cropping on the approximate two thousand acre Ruby Reservoir. In addition to high priority irrigation and stock water rights from creeks and springs the Ruby Lake Ranch enjoys over 1500 feet of storage water in the lake. From the craggy canyons, intermittent timber, and benched sage and grasslands that tumble down to the reservoir, to the highest point of the ranch, the property encompasses every possible topographic, geologic, surface feature and vegetative community one could imagine. Surface acreage of the ranch is estimated to be in excess of twenty-five thousand acres. Aspens, willows and other deciduous woody species populate the canyons and creek bottoms. Meadows dot the fir and pine of the higher elevations bordering the wilderness area.
Views of the surrounding Greenhorn, Ruby, Gravelly, Centennial and Tobacco Root mountain ranges and the alluring waters of the lake provide for unequaled vistas from any point of this incredibly diverse ranch. Located only eighty miles from Bozeman, and sixty miles from Butte the ranch enjoys rare locational advantages in addition to unduplicated physical features. Preliminary discussions with regional, and national conservation organizations, combined with the ranch already enjoying approximately thirty-nine preexisting salable tracts, provide a number of opportunities including very significant tax benefit opportunity through the grant of conservation easements. Ranches of the West is proud to have been involved in the assemblage, planning and improvement phases of this truly spectacular Montana spread. ??The ranch is currently being offered for sale by the owners Ruby Lake LLC, through the Trails and Land Company, Jim Kaatz, Broker, of Sheridan, Montana. http://www.trailsendland.com 
NOTE – Disclosure: A principal of the Seller is a licensed Real Estate Agent with Trails End Land Company, LLC, and a licensed Property Manager in the State of Montana.