Welcome to Red Lodge
Red Lodge is the kind of town that welcomes you with open arms. This is just the makeup of this pleasant historic mining town of the approximate 2,000 residents. The carte du jour of goings-on can excite every appetite.

The Red Lodge Music Festival brings young musicians and an accomplished faculty here every summer for instruction and evening concerts. This event runs in the month of June.

The 71st annual Home of Champions Rodeo for 2001 is held July 2, 3 and 4. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys of America sanctioned event draws famous cowboys and cowgirls from all over.

The Red Lodge Festival of Nations in August of every year, presents eight days of enjoyable history, culture, traditions, crafts, music, costumes and treasures of the countries whose people came to Red Lodge around the turn of the century to seek their livelihoods in the coal mines. The year 2001 marks the 50th Festival of Nations.

Other events are the Peaks to Prairie triathlon race in September, in which teams run from Parkside Campground to Red Lodge, bike to Laurel and canoe to Billings, and the annual Beartooth Run, uphill from Parkside to Vista Point, held in June.

Excellent downhill skiing is enjoyed November through April on Red Lodge Mountain. Nordic skiers can enjoy private, groomed trails or those in the forest.

Try the National Finals Ski-Joring Finals held the second weekend of March. This event combines horsemanship and skiing technique for a truly spectacular sport.

Golfing enthusiasts will find the Red Lodge Mountain Golf Course and the Elks Golf Course to be two beautiful courses, where a look at the scenic beauty surrounding you may make you forget that bad shot. There are tennis courts in Red Lodge and Rock Creek Resort.

The Carbon County Arts Guild has continuing exhibits and works of local artists on display. The fine new Peaks to Plains Museum offers a look into past years of our area. Our Beartooth Scenic Byway has been acclaimed by Charles Kuralt of CBS fame as being "the most beautiful drive in America."

To sum it up, rodeo, running, biking, skiing, concerts, mountain men, cultural festivals, ski-joring, winter games, carnivals parades, art festivals, trails, streams, lakes, unique shops, restaurants, lodging … we have it if you want it.

Come join us and share the moment of a lifetime.

Historic Red Lodge
The central business district of Red Lodge began to take its present form at the turn of the century, when businessmen and community leaders backed their faith in the continuing development of the town with buildings of stone and brick.

These buildings, constructed primarily between the late 1880s and 1915, were intended to make Red Lodge a showcase of civil price and accomplishment. Most have been restored by their owners and are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Today, Red Lodge continues its tradition of civil price with design codes and a new Master Plan adopted to preserve the town's atmosphere and architectural integrity.

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