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Mountain Butterfly hot air balloon company offers thrilling flights over Montana’s Bitterroot Valley
Mountain Butterfly, (the hot air balloon and the operation) started in Missoula, in 1982, and is now located in Stevensville.
The six-person flight over Stevensville and the north end of the Bitterroot Valley lasted one hour and 21 minutes. The epic flight had a top speed of 25 miles per hour and reached 6,364 feet above launch site. The day was overcast and a bit hazy but the wind was calm and flight was beautiful. The passengers were two couples celebrating anniversaries, a birthday girl and the pilot, Michael Rees.
The company offers many flight choices from the Lumberjack Saloon, Mountain Crossing, 17 miles; Blackfoot (Clearwater, Ovando, Helmville) 20 miles; Flathead / Mission Valleys; Lolo Pass to Bitterroot; Bitterroot Valley to Phillipsburg; Flathead Lake; Phillipsburg to Deerlodge; the Mission Mountain Range; West Fork Bitterroot to the Big Hole; and Glacier Park.
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