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Erica’s Journey to the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
I was an administrative assistant for a health insurance company with full health benefits, a 401k plan, vacation/sick days and a salary that allowed me to live comfortably. It was a good life, but I wanted to experience life outside of Corporate World. I wanted to...
Craig Wolfrom
Craig Wolfrom -- a photographer from Ketchum -- captured the beauty, elegance and historic charm of the IRMR through his lens. Craig's pics are dispersed throughout our website. Below are a few of those images that will make you yearn for the ranch. You can also hire...
Bruce Innes
Many of our guests are familiar with Bruce Innes from nights enjoying his music on the Ranch front porch. Guests have followed his progress and his return to our porch and the larger stages after his 2014 accident. His performances at the Sun Valley Jazz Festival...
Gateway to the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch
The gateway to the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch starts with a grand new entrance. This impressive design by Courtney Kapp was inspired by one of the original ranch gates. The older photo was taken when Highway 75 was a dirt road linking Stanley to Ketchum, the more...
Pack Trip into the White Cloud Mountains
We took a family pack trip with Devan of Pioneer Outfitters into the Livingstone Mine access point for the White Cloud Mountains. Our whole family saddled up and rode into an amazing camp along an alpine lake hopping with fish, flowers, dramatic views and excellent...
2012 Summer Showcase Series
The authentic west embraces a host of creative arts as well as adventures in nature, all of which receive their due in our Showcase Events. We are partnered with SIHA (the Sawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association), providing support for their Forum and Lecture...
Happy New Year!
Thank you for a memorable 2011~ Wishing you much love, excellent health, personal happiness, inner peace & prosperity for 2012! Happy Trails! Erica
Hiking in the Sawtooths
Stanley has finally come alive! Spring held on until the bitter end and now the snow melt is finally releasing its fury on the creeks and rivers in the Sawtooth Valley. The annual 4th of July parade and fireworks kicked off summer in Stanley. Whitewater rafting is...