Teton Mountain Ranch

A drive through the pastures at the Teton Mountain Ranch offers an experience not found at just any Western ranch. (bugle) The Bagley family has ranched here for over 100 years. Originally It was a sheep operation, then cattle,sheep,hay, grain and potatoes along with a small dairy. It is now an elk ranch that features agri-tourism at its utmost. The ranch offers, winter sleigh rides, horseback riding for a one-hour, two-hour, half-day or full-day ride through the spectacular Big Holes, Palisades, or Teton Crest areas in the Targhee-Caribou National Forest. You can also stay overnight in a log country cabin. Greg Bagley says that in the beginning the transition from traditional ranching to raising elk was a result of space. "One thing that really got us going in the elk, was up here we were kind of limited in our ground space for grazing and things like that. We can feed three elk for one beef cow." Add to that the location. Resting in the high elevation Teton Valley of Idaho next to both Yellowstone and Teton National Parks and attracts curious onlookers. Tour coordinator Alexis Bagley says that the family seized the the opportunity. "We had to find new ways to diversify and be able to keep the ranch going with all of the growth that we have had in this Valley. So we got into the elk and people were curious and stopped all the time, so we started offering elk tours. "