Welcome to Spring Mountain Sanctuary, ideally located in the northern reaches of Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. Minutes from the famed Bitterroot River and National Forest, Spring Mountain Sanctuary is a legacy property featuring 84+ acres of classic pine trees and grassy forest meadows, with Tie Chute Creek cascading next to the custom built 6800 sq ft impressive Montana log home. Natural light flows into the home, creating an inviting space for entertaining and family gatherings. Valuable water rights allow for a lush landscape, private serene environment where it’s easy to achieve a quality outdoor Montana lifestyle.
Spring Mountain Sanctuary offers a rare combination of privacy, natural beauty, and usable infrastructure in a prime Bitterroot Valley location.
Florence, MT | 84± Acres | Offered @ $5.5M
> 84.75 acres in 4 legal parcels
> Classic Bitterroot westside feel, pine tree mix with aspen, grassy meadows
> Year round Tie Chute Creek traverses property for more than ½ mile, 2 large ponds and valuable water rights delivered by two irrigation ditches
> 5 minutes to Florence, MT and Hwy 93, only 30 minutes south of Missoula, MT
> Custom built 6800 sq ft. beautiful 5 bed/3 bath log home, detached 3 car garage with wood working shop and 2 bed/1 bath guest quarters above
> Storage for all machines, toys and cars with 3 bay garage and machine shed/shop
> Famed Bitterroot River and National Forest just moments away
Access off Tie Chute Lane north of Florence, MT. Spring Mountain Road is a private gravel road that curls a short distance into the home. Trails are in place to easily access the 84 acres.
NEARBY CITIES & TOWNS
AIRPORTS
IMPROVEMENTS
A custom Montana log 6,800 sq ft home is well positioned next to the lively sounds of Tie Chute Creek that traverses the property. The home features a large main-floor primary suite and bathroom, complete with a soaker spa tub that overlooks a private meadow area through picture windows. It also boasts a large, open dining and living area, which showcases custom, detailed wood joinery and framing built onsite.
Additionally, there are two large main-floor office spaces, a spacious mudroom entry, and a laundry area. The kitchen features a classic gas stove and oven, providing a warm, welcoming presence, along with onsite custombuilt cabinets and east-facing windows that flood the space with light. Little nooks built into the incredible rock wood-burning fireplace allow for personalized display touches, lit by downward lighting. A small enamel gas fireplace faces the dining/kitchen area, allowing for extra cozy toes on a cold winter day.
Heading upstairs, the natural light continues to brighten the main hallway, which leads to two large bedrooms, a full bathroom, a huge craft/playroom with overhead task lighting, and multiple storage rooms.
The full basement features a large recreation room, two multipurpose rooms that could be converted into bedrooms, and an impressively large storage room that houses a shelving system suitable for storing wine bottles or a variety of other items. The home’s utility room is located in the basement, as well as one more large, unfinished storage room.
A three-car detached garage sits adjacent to the main home. The property also features an incredible woodworking shop that could be reimagined as an event space or art studio, thanks to its large picture windows and abundant natural light throughout.
A large machine storage shed with an attached shop sits away from the house to the east. There is room here to store your boats, ATVs, trailers, and equipment. A small corral and loading chute round out the property.
This property offers direct access to recreation and wildlife right out the back door. Deer and elk are frequent visitors, and a variety of birds make use of the mature timber and understory throughout the year. With established trails 2 ponds, and usable acreage, owners can enjoy walking, gardening or paddleboarding on site.
For additional recreation, the Bitterroot River is just six miles southeast—well known for its productive trout fishing, swimming holes, and float stretches. The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge and Three Mile Wildlife Management Area are both nearby, offering birding, hiking, and wildlife viewing. Skiers have access to both Snowbowl and Lost Trail ski areas, each within driving distance for day trips. Lake Como and Painted Rocks Lake offer options for boating and summer recreation. Historic Lewis and Clark Trail markers can be found along Highway 12, and multiple trailheads into the Bitterroot National Forest are close by, opening up access to vast stretches of public land.
The location supports a wide range of outdoor uses while keeping the convenience of town and amenities within easy reach.
OPERATIONS
Historically operated as horse pasture with riding on the property. Currently, a small number of cattle summer graze the property for weed management. Opportunities exist to expand the animal presence, create garden space, increase the tree inventory, update the fruit orchard, and enhance the decks to enhance further the peace and quiet that Spring Mountain Sanctuary offers.
RANCH & AREA HISTORY
The Bitterroot Valley is the ancestral home of the Pend O’reille and Salish Indian tribes. Lewis and Clark traveled through on their famous expedition in 1805 and 1806. The first white settlement occurred at St. Mary’s Mission in current day Stevensville, MT in 1841. The valley is named after the flower itself, a beautiful small root that indigenous people used as a food staple. The town of Florence, named after a prominent Missoula businessman’s wife, started as a railroad siding for logging and mining interests. It eventually began to see its population grow into what it is today. Grab your groceries at a locally owned market, bank, visit the post office or eat at any one of the great local cafes and restaurants. We highly recommend the pie at the famous Glen’s Cafe.
Spring Mountain Sanctuary was purchased by the Pyron family in the late 1980s and started a family journey building and creating a MT lifestyle that resonates with so many Montana buyers. Stan Pyron was a contractor, arborist and woodworking master and it shows on this property. From his plantings of many deciduous trees exotic to Montana that create explosions of color in the fall to the logs of the home, handpeeled by the family members. All of the doors, windows and trim of the home were built by the family in the woodshop onsite.
SPRING MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY FEATURES MATURE TIMBER, YEAR-ROUND WATER, AND A WELL-CRAFTED LOG HOME. IT PROVIDES TRUE PRIVACY, FUNCTIONAL ACREAGE, PROXIMITY TO TOWN AND A SETTING THAT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND.
JIM TOTH
SPRING
SANCTUARY
FLORENCE, MT
$5,500,000
84± ACRES
SUMMARY
Minutes from the famed Bitterroot River and National Forest, Spring Mountain Sanctuary is a legacy property featuring 84+ acres of classic pine trees and grassy forest meadows, two ponds and Tie Chute Creek cascading next to the custom built 5 bed/3 bath impressive Montana log home. Natural light flows into the home, creating an inviting space for entertaining and family gatherings. Valuable water rights allow for a lush landscape, private serene environment where it’s easy to achieve a quality outdoor Montana lifestyle.
• 84.75 acres in 4 legal parcels
• Classic Bitterroot westside feel, pine tree mix with aspen, grassy meadows
• 5 minutes to Florence, MT and Hwy 93, only 30 minutes south of Missoula, MT
• Custom built 6800 sq ft. beautiful 5 bed/3 bath log home, detached 3 car garage with wood working shop and 2 bed/1 bath guest quarters above
• Famed Bitterroot River and National Forest just moments away
CONDITIONS OF SALE
• The owner reserves the right to conduct a 1031 exchange.
• All purchase offers must be in writing and specify an earnest money amount equal to no less than 5.00% of the Buyer’s offering price. Earnest monies shall be deposited in escrow within 5 business days of acceptance of the offer by both parties.
• All Buyers must provide the contact information of the Buyer’s banker or financial institution that can assist the Sellers and their agents in validating the Buyer’s financial ability to execute the transaction. All Purchasers must demonstrate to the Seller’s satisfaction unquestioned financial capability to purchase the property.
• The Sellers will provide and pay for a standard owner’s title insurance policy. Any endorsements requested by the Buyer or any lender will be at the Buyer’s expense. Title to the real property will be conveyed by warranty deed.
• All of the Ranch’s water rights will be transferred to the Buyer and all of the mineral rights which the Seller actually owns will be conveyed to the Buyer at Closing.
TERMS
The Seller reserves the right to effect a tax-deferred exchange for other real property in accordance with provisions in Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Buyer will not be required to incur any additional expenses nor to step into the chain of title on any property which the Seller may acquire.
This entire Offering is subject to errors, omissions, prior sale, change or withdrawal without notice and approval of purchase by the Seller. Information regarding land classifications, acreages, carrying capacities, crop yields, potential profits, etc., is intended only as generic guidelines and have been obtained from sources deemed reliable; however, accuracy is not warranted or guaranteed by the Seller or Western Ranch Brokers. Prospective Buyers should verify all information to their sole and complete satisfaction.
OUR TEAM
JIM TOTH
Broker (Licensed in MT) (406) 539-2550
jim@westernranchbrokers.com
20 years of experience as a ranch broker, Jim Toth knows that land is worth more than just its physical assets. With a career built in the agriculture business, private ranch management, and as one of the busiest outfitters in Western Montana, Jim knows the view from the saddle as well as the view from the office and how important they are to each other. But he just might not take off his boots in the conference room.
Jim also understands the value and importance of tillable acreage, how cattle stocking rate affects rangelands, the ins-and-outs of water rights, habitat management, and a lot more. Along with a desire to get to know a prospective seller or buyer, Jim’s ability to gauge a property’s values and understand the desires of a buyer is a large part of his success–the rest of his successes are the result of his approachable and personable demeanor.
Always willing to share a favorite fishing hole or be the one to buy the first round, Jim finds that nearly all of his clients come to him first through business but then remain as friends. In 1991, he opened the Grizzly Hackle fly shop in Missoula, a brand that became synonymous with fly fishing in Southwest Montana. When his fishing clients started turning to him for help buying Montana ranches of their own, ranch brokering became a logical next step in his career. In 2002, he sold the fly shop and dedicated all of his time to ranch brokerage, eventually founding Western Ranch Brokers.
Jim and his wife Cassandra split their time between Bozeman and the Bitterroot Valley in Montana. When not fishing or in the mountains, they enjoy traveling the West to visit their adult children.
LET OUR EXPERIENCE LEAD THE WAY
The team at Western Ranch Brokers brings a level of expertise and hands-on ranch experience you won’t find anywhere else. We are here to ensure you have a reliable, trustworthy, hardworking advisor when buying or selling a ranch. Our handshake is backed by a team of tireless professionals committed to your interests.
RELATIONSHIPS IN REAL ESTATE
MONTANA
Montana law requires real estate licensees who are acting as agents of sellers or buyers of real property to advise the potential sellers or buyers with whom they work of the nature of their agency relationship.
SELLERS AGENTS
A seller’s agent, under a listing agreement with the seller, acts solely on behalf of the seller. A seller can authorize a seller’s agent to work with subagents, buyer’s agents and/or transaction coordinators. A subagent of the seller is one who has agreed to work with the listing agent, and who, like the listing agent, acts solely on behalf of the seller. Seller’s agents and their subagents will disclose to the seller known information about the buyer which may be used to the benefit of the seller. Individual services may be waived by the seller through execution of a limited service agreement.
BUYERS AGENTS
A buyer’s agent, under a buyer’s agency agreement with the buyer, acts solely on behalf of the buyer. A subagent of the buyer is one who has agreed to work with the buyer’s agent with who, like the buyer’s agent, acts solely on behalf of the buyer. Buyer’s agents and their subagents will disclose to the buyer known information about the seller which may be used to benefit the buyer. Individual services may be waived by the buyer through execution of a limited service agreement.
DUAL AGENTS
A real estate licensee can be the agent of both the seller and the buyer in a transaction, but only with the knowledge and informed consent, in writing, of both the seller and the buyer. In such a dual agency situation, the licensee will not be able to disclose all known information to either the seller or the buyer. As a dual agent, the licensee will not be able to provide the full range of fiduciary duties to the seller or buyer. The obligations of a dual agent are subject to any specific provisions set forth in any agreement between the dual agent, the seller and the buyer.
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WE KNOW HOW TO LISTEN, WHAT RIDING FOR THE BRAND REALLY MEANS, AND THAT A TRUE LEGACY NEVER ENDS. ®
