The Resort at Paws Up
805 Living recently featured “The Last Best Christmas Vacation” package at Paws Up. Mallory McCreary described it as an opportunity for guests to “enjoy the solitude of nature while celebrating the season.” We’d like to thank the folks at 805 Living for the wonderful article.
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Montana Master Chefs is always a highlight of the year and 2009 was no exception. This year’s winery lineup was one of the best ever with Frog’s Leap Winery, Joseph Phelps Vineyards and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. We enjoyed some of the finest wines from Napa Valley right in the heart of the Blackfoot River Valley. Our chef line up was equally as impressive with Kent Rathbun, Executive Chef/Proprietor of Abacus and Jasper’s Restaurants in Dallas; the last two seasons Top Chef winners, Stephanie Izard and Hosea Rosenberg; and our very own resort chef, Wes Coffel. It was a weekend filled with the finest things in life: fine food, great wine, friends, family, fun and all with a sense of adventure. If you didn’t get a chance to join us this year, go to www.montanamasterchefs.com to see what you missed and mark your calendars for 2010 (September 30-October 3, 2010).
“Glamping” (glamorous camping) at The Resort at Paws Up was featured today on The CBS Early Show. Sarah Kantrowitz of Travel + Leisure Magazine sat down with Harry Smith and explained Glamping at Paws Up. Paws Up features two glamping options: Tent City and River Camp.
Melissa Biggs Bradley shares her list of favorite hotels for book lovers with Kathy Baruffi for USA TODAY. Here’s a taste of what she says about Paws Up:
“The Blackfoot River, which runs through this 37,000-acre ranch, is the river referred to in Norman Maclean’s wonderful A River Runs Through It.” Click Here to read the entire article.
Check out this great article from Nicholas Sveslosky in Fido Friendly Magazine. Great recap of our first annual Wine & Bitch Weekend. Here’s a snippet: “There are few vacations where Fido feels as welcome as you go. My only disappointment about the weekend was leaving.” Click Here to read the full article.
Paws Up was included in this week’s Indagare newsletter and website! The newsletter highlights a round up of top tents for “glamping®”. In Melissa Biggs-Bradley’s “Just Back From” post, it sounds like she was impressed! Click Here to read the post.
Travel is my business and joy. In an effort to keep you abreast of unique possibilities that you might find interesting, I am writing to you with my thoughts on my most recent trip. The Resort at Paws Up in Montana is an easily reachable destination. The privately owned resort sits on a mere 37,000 acres with a selection of accommodations ranging from luxury tents to huge 3-bedroom homes that could comfortably sleep 8 people. The Resort focuses on wide open spaces and activities for the guests. My personal activities included clay shooting, river rafting, a romp on the ATVs culminated by my leap of faith off the side of the mountain. Rappelling may not be for everyone, but it sure was exciting. Check out this clip of my rappel.
Happy Travels!
Ellien
Check out this video from our 4th of July celebration!
Our annual 4th of July celebration was once again a stunning success, -thanks to our fun-loving, creative guests, our hard-working staff and of course another beautiful Montana summer evening. The evening starts out with the buggy parade from the Wilderness Outpost to the Cookshack. The competition seems to get tougher and tougher every year as our guests try to outdo one another to have the most festive and creative (sometimes a little too creative) decorated Mountain Buggy or Greenough Clean Machine in hopes of taking home the coveted “Best Buggy Award” –think of the bragging rights at the yacht club or boardroom when you bring that baby home! The buggies in this year’s parade included the Uncle Sam buggy complete with marching Statue of Liberty’s and multiple Uncle Sam’s , a 4th of July Montana-Style buggy and the ultimate winner, a Greenough Clean Machine transformed in to a glamping tent complete with timber frame by the Cohn family.
Following the parade, the guests participated in traditional lawn games including sack races; pass the orange and the scandalous team event “eating a donut on a licorice rope”. After a beautiful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by restaurant server, Beth Clausen, guests were invited to Chef Coffel’s Regional American BBQ. Throughout the evening guests participated in scored activities including Sporting Clays, Fly Casting, Water Balloon slingshot, paint ball and archery. The final competition of the evening was the world-famous pie eating contest and the West family’s showing in the top three enabled them to claim the top prize in the 4th of July Family Competition.
As dark settled on the Blackfoot Valley, guests gathered around the fire pit, the lawn and, in some cases, the bar to enjoy the fireworks display. It was a great show and guests continue to be amazed at how impressive the fireworks show is year after year.
The guests loved the evening and many rebooked immediately for next year. The competition for Best Buggy and Family Competition in 2010 promises to be even more intense than this year, so if you are joining us next year, get you game face on, you’re going to need it.
-Jim Nielsen
From USA Today: The United States now has its first carbon-neutral property, the Resort at Paws Up in Greenough, Montana. Following a comprehensive assessment of the total carbon output of the resort, Paws Up has invested in local forestry and rangeland projects to reduce the carbon “paw print” of their guests in 2009 to zero. “While it has been important to reduce our carbon footprint through offsets,” says general manager Jim Nielsen, “our next goal will be to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that we produce, through solar and wind power initiatives and increasing recycling and waste management efforts.”
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