Log and Timber Home Living

From Meadow to Mountain

In the midst of the Meeteetse Meadows, Triple B Ranch rises like a golden sun against Montana’s Big Sky. The soaring Beartooth Mountains ascend in the distance, and the town of Red Lodge, lies literally “next door to the great outdoors.”

For Bart and Betsy Butzer, the transition from primary residence in the Midwest to their western mountain getaway is easy, and they travel from Wayzata, Minnesota, to Triple B Ranch at least once a month. “Thirty-seven years ago, I was managing the store in Billings, Montana, and we drove up to Red Lodge and spent time here,” remembers Bart,

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