Western Montana luxury ranch featured as 'Unreal Estate'

Kootenai Springs Ranch, a Montana luxury ranch south of Missoula, is showcased as "Unreal Estate," a regular feature of Canada's Sun Media group. The ranch is listed by Hall and Hall at $13 million.The main home and accompanying buildings, including an attached guest wing, separate guest house and a "Boys' Club," feature 5,000 tons of local stone. The architecture and design have earned Kootenai Springs Ranch recognition in magazines like "Town & Country" and "Western Interiors & Design."Sun Media describes the highlights of this Montana ranch for sale:The 30-foot-high vaulted main room features Douglas fir tapered columns, stone floor and a massive stone fireplace, and it’s encased in walls of steel-framed windows with electronically controlled shades. It adjoins the dining room and sitting room.There is a 1,200-bottle wine cellar in the basement. Heating is in-floor radiant wherever there are stone floors. Everywhere else is heated with a high-tech ground-source heat pump.Completing the main living compound are a 2,270-square-foot guest wing attached to the house by a covered breezeway; a separate 2,012-square-foot guest house; and a 508-square-foot “Boys’ Club” with a wet bar and giant fireplace.Kootenai Springs Ranch occupies 1,186 acres of land bordered by a mile of the Bitterroot River, which provides abundant trout fishing. This piece of Montana ranch real estate is also a licensed shooting preserve, making it one of the best sporting properties in the area.Hall and Hall is a ranch real estate company that emphasizes land stewardship.Canoe.ca is the on-line portal of Canada’s Sun Media group, which attracts 7.8 million unique visitors per month and serves as the news wire service to member newspapers, including the Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Journal de Montreal, Journal de Quebec, London Free Press, Ottawa Sun, Toronto Sun and Winnipeg Sun.