Brown Trout Haven on Willow Creek

Brown Trout Haven on Willow Creek is the perfect landing spot in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains along the eastern front of the Rockies. This property has it all: great fishing out your doorstep, spectacular mountain views, and a beautifully updated historic home on the banks of Willow Creek with approximately 20± acres of sub-irrigated and dryland horse pasture. The ranch offers creekside tranquility and country solitude, with all the amenities of the mountain ski resort town of Red Lodge just 10 minutes away. Willow Creek meanders and bends throughout the property, providing wonderful trout habitat, including a deep hole known locally as the “Trout Hotel.” Willows and chokecherry bushes line the creek, giving way to lush grasslands and wild-flowering hills. The improvements enhance the place perfectly and include a 100+ year-old homestead that has been extensively remodeled, expanded, and updated. Beautifully landscaped terraced lawns with a fire pit, multiple seating areas, and a creekside porch provide relaxing surroundings. The detached two-car garage has a stairway leading up to a charming two-bedroom, one-bath apartment with a kitchenette and a balcony overlooking the creek. A stocked wood shop comes with multiple tools, and there is a retro railroad box car currently being used for hay storage, as well as a shed, greenhouse, and fenced-off raised-bed garden. A two-stall horse barn with corrals opens to the pasture for grazing. Besides the year-round water from Willow Creek, the property has three wells: one domestic well for the house, one for the horse barn, and a third for irrigating the grounds. Wildlife abounds, and the current owner has identified over 42 separate bird species, elk, deer, bear, and many other small mammals. Several mating pairs of sandhill cranes return yearly to raise their “colts” on the Haven.