Above: Hot air ballon over The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Montana - STUART THURLKILL

Situated 40 minutes east of Missoula’s airport, this family-friendly resort is set on a 37,000-acre cattle ranch in the glacier-carved Blackfoot Valley of Montana, made famous by Norman Maclean’s book “A River Runs Through It” and Robert Redford’s subsequent movie with Brad Pitt. We have long recommended The Resort at Paws Up, but a handful of member complaints last year concerned us. I resolved to pay the property an anonymous visit and evaluate the situation myself.

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Above: Hot air ballon over The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough, Montana - STUART THURLKILL

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