Beaverhead River Mountain

Jay Burgin is a well-built man with a healthy outdoors complexion and a permanent Peter Pan smile. He and his wife, Mary Jacques, bought a house in the Beaverhead River mountain area and created a luxurious guesthouse that is an absolute paradise. The Five Rivers Lodge is the finest place to stay when visiting the Beaverhead River mountain country. Five Rivers Lodge is open the whole year round and guests can participate in all types of activities, including fly fishing, horseback riding, photography, and attending seminars or fishing schools. Beaverhead River mountain regions provide the great Beaverhead River fishing, the big sky country with a frontier ambience and guests of the Five Rivers Lodge are appreciative of the fact that they can still walk a sparkling mountain stream. The facilities of the Five Rivers Lodge are spacious and comfortable and have several gathering areas to use while waiting for dinner. The Burgins will have cocktails served to guests at the kitchen counter or in the hot tub to maintain the relaxed atmosphere of the Beaverhead River mountain region.

The Five Rivers Lodge has a library with hundreds of books on the art of fly fishing, cooking, Montana wildlife and the history of the area. Non-fishing guests of the Five Rivers Lodge are able choose from a variety of experiences and they are able to join guided tours and explore the western history, gardening, photography, literature, and the arts. Riding horses or hiking the Beaverhead River mountain country will work up an appetite for the delicious cuisine of healthy gourmet meals produced by culinary trained and experienced chefs of the Five Rivers Lodge. The hospitable owners of the Five Rivers Lodge will ensure that guests going on a day trip through the Beaverhead River mountain country take delicious packed lunches. If guests are on a day trip and enjoy photography, they are encouraged to stay and catch the best afternoon light and they won't miss the evening meal as set meal times are never published. Each large guest room has comfortable beds, a private bath and a door leading to decks and garden areas enable the guests of the Five Rivers Lodge to relax and enjoy watching sunrises over the Beaverhead River mountain country.

The highest point of the Beaverhead River mountain area is Scott Peak. Hemmed in by mountain ranges, the Beaverhead Valley is distinguished by a convergence of rivers, including the Big Hole, Beaverhead, Jefferson, Ruby and Red Rock. Poet Raymond Carver put it beautifully when he said, "Places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places." No wonder guests are compelled to make annual pilgrimages to Beaverhead River mountain country and stay at the Five Rivers Lodge. There is no need to bring ties and formal clothes when staying at the Five Rivers Lodge in the Beaverhead River mountain country. Guests should, instead, bring sunscreen, polarized sunglasses, insect repellant, wide-brimmed hats, gloves, batteries, cameras, reading glasses and favorite fishing gear.