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Amber Bear Inn & Resort
Amber Bear Inn, Background Bitterroot Mts.
Welcome to Amber Bear Inn, one of Montana's most unique country Inns. Located on a 400-acre wildlife sanctuary, the Inn is open year-round, including holidays. The Inn offers a gourmet restaurant, gift shop and lodging. It is a popular destination for business and church retreats, anniversary & birthday celebrations, group luncheons and other special events. And we encourage you to visit us for a great meal any day, at an affordable price with spectacular views whether dining in the Great Room or the flower-filled wrap-around porch. Bring your laptop with you, because the Inn has high-speed, wireless Internet access.
Amber Bear Inn, Great Room Fireplace
The Inn boasts central air conditioning in the summer and 7 cozy fireplaces in the winter for your dining, shopping and/or lodging comfort The rooms
Amber Bear Inn Main Hall
View from Bitterroots towards Cabinet Mountains, Overlooking the Amber Bear Inn
look out on the Cabinet Mountains to the North and the Bitterroot Mountains to the South.
Elk Grazing at Missing Moose Lake
In 2002, the inn - working with the Army corp. of Engineers and the Montana Fish and Game Dept. - completed a wetland restoration project. This resulted in Missing Moose Lake, a 7-acre lake for migratory waterfowl. Guests, while dining at the Inn, have been entertained by a variety of critters utilizing the Lake. These include bald eagles, diving osprey, herons, swimming elk, river otters, families of ducks and geese, black bears and of course, moose
During the spring, summer and fall, the 400-acre grounds surrounding the Inn boast groomed nature trails. Located in beautiful northwest Montana, the area is Montana's only "rain forest".
Spring Evening at the Amber Bear Inn Photo courtesy S. Davis
A spectacular variety of birds, trees and wildflowers abound. While hiking the gentle trails, you can spot a variety of wild mushrooms, wild strawberries, wild grapes and 5 varieties of wild berries - including the highly prized wild huckleberries. The abundance of indicator species of dragon flies, butterflies and croaking frogs transport you back to a time free from the pollution that has wiped these species out in many areas of our country.
Photo courtesy S. Green
During winter, Amber Bear Inn is a spectacular destination for snow shoeing and cross-country skiing. Additionally, the grounds provide a Winter Haven for a large heard of wild elk - easily viewable from the Inn's country-cozy dining areas.
Photo courtesy of S. Green
Green Gables, Lovers Lair and Musical Bears. - Three of the Inn's bedrooms boast in-room fireplaces and jetted tubs for-two for a perfect winter retreat.
The Inn is a beautiful, tranquil place now, but the grounds have, at times, harbored sinister activity. Originally a homestead for ranching families, the fabled Old West range wars over water rights, fence lines and access easements have raged for decades. An abandoned gold mine borders the property and is rumored to be the failed efforts of Chinese immigrants, now long-gone. During the 1920's, a spring on the property, known as Brewer's Creek, supplied water for a bootlegging operation. During the 1970's, the property was a hangout for hippies invading this quiet, hard-working, religious ranching community with their counter-culture lifestyles. Amber Bear Inn was built and is owned by the Masten family. A fourth generation Montana family, the Masten's originally came to Montana from Minnesota, homesteading in Roundup, Montana, over 100 years ago. Both Michael and Nancy Masten oversee the operations of the Inn.
View of Cabinet Mountains from nearby Heron Bridge. Courtesy R. Money
We thank you for visiting Amber Bear Inn. We hope you will return often and tell your friends about this unique, family-run country inn.
Mailing Address
Amber Bear Inn
PO Box 73
Heron, MT 59844
Physical Address
Amber Bear Inn
25 Amber Bear Lane
Heron, MT 59844
Phn: 406-847-8627
Fax: 406-847-8637
Email: amberbear@blackfoot.net
Web: www.amberbearinn.com
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