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Mountain Butterfly hot air balloon company offers thrilling flights over Montana’s Bitterroot Valley

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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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