Triple Creek Ranch in Darby was recently named the number one Montana resort hotel in the 2024 “Travel + Leisure” World’s Best Awards.
It marks the 11th consecutive year the Darby ranch has been named as a World’s Best Award winner, earning Triple Creek a World’s Best Awards Hall of Fame honoree designation. A Hall of Fame designation means that the business or destination has been voted onto a specific World’s Best Awards list for the past 10 consecutive years.
The ranch also garnered first place in 2023 and second in 2022. Triple Creek Ranch received the highest honor in “Travel + Leisure” when it was named The World’s Best Hotel in 2014 and has ranked at the top consistently since.
“We are proud to be named Montana’s number one resort hotel yet again,” co-general managers Molly Smith and Kristen Snavely said in a joint statement. “We want to thank the readers of ‘Travel + Leisure’ for supporting us. Many of them are loyal guests of Triple Creek Ranch. We look forward to welcoming them back and encouraging more readers to experience the ranch and the beauty of Montana in the coming year.”
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The ranch, which brands itself as a “Montana Hideaway,” boasts 25 standalone Western-style cabins along with a “museum-worthy” collection of original Western art that can be seen throughout the cabins and the main lodge. Triple Creek is an Orvis-endorsed lodge offering guided fly fishing and rafting trips as well as horseback riding, cattle drives, mountain biking, sport shooting, and archery.
In a written statement announcing the award, “Travel+ Leisure” described Triple Creek Ranch as “a treasure of the American West, a classic guest ranch elevated to an exceptional level of hospitality and service in one of the most dramatic locations in Montana.”
The cuisine at the Darby ranch also received praise for Executive Chef Jacob Leatherman’s creative and “innovative techniques.”
“Triple Creek Ranch’s five-star food, wine, and service make it a true stand-out,” Travel + Leisure said.
Every year Travel + Leisure asks readers to share their opinions on top travel destinations for their annual World’s Best Awards survey. Hotels are classified as either a resort hotel, city hotel, inn, or safari lodge based on their location and amenities, according to Travel + Leisure. Destinations are then rated on their rooms or facilities, location, service, food, and value. For each characteristic, respondents can choose from a rating of excellent, above average, average, below average, or poor. The final scores are the averages of readers’ responses.
Triple Creek Ranch of Darby came in first out of the Montana destinations with a reader score of 97.87. The Ranch at Rock Creek in Philipsburg came in second with a reader score of 96.22. Sage Lodge in Pray was third with a reader score of 93.83. The Resort at Paws Up in Greenough came in fourth with a reader score of 92.38, and Montage Big Sky in Big Sky was fifth with a reader score of 90.78.
For more on the Travel + Leisure Readers’ favorite resorts in Montana go to travelandleisure.com/wba-2024resorts-montana-8654529.
