From Kalispell, Montana

  1. Get on Montana Highway 83 where it connects with Montana Highway35, and head south towards Swan Lake.
  2. You will go through Swan Lake village, and continue to head south (you can stop at the Swan Lake Trading Post and get huckleberry ice cream).
  3. Soup Creek Road is a left turn (east) heading south approximately halfway between mile markers 65 and 64. If you pass the “Soup Creek” sign and/or mile marker 64 you have gone too far.
  4. When first turning onto the road, you will see a Forest Service sign – 554, this is how you know you are on the right road.
  5. Go up about 1 mile and you’ll see a left fork, take this to the left and in approximately 150 yards you will see the entry sign “Swan Mountain Ranch – SMR”

From Missoula, Montana

  1. Head East on Interstate 90, and approximately 7 miles east of town take the Montana Highway 200 exit towards Bonner/Helena.
  2. Stay on 200 until you see the sign for Montana Highway 83, Seeley Lake. – – This junction is referred to as Clearwater Junction, and you can’t miss it because the largest fake steer you have ever seen is on the corner by the gas station as you take a left.
  3. Simply head north on Highway 83 and look for mile marker 64.
  4. Soup Creek Road is a right turn (east) heading north approximately halfway between mile markers 64 and 65, just past the green creek sign marked Soup Creek. If you pass mile marker 65 you have gone too far.
  5. When first turning onto the road, you will see a Forest Service sign – 554, this is how you know you are on the right road.
  6. Go up about 1 mile and you’ll see a left fork, take this to the left and in approximately 150 yards you will see the entry sign “Swan Mountain Ranch – SMR”.

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