Informality is pervasive, but it does not detract from the first-class treatment guests receive. For instance, the cook wears a baseball cap rather than the chef's toque in the kitchen, but he turns out remarkable meals, ranging from pumpkin pancakes for breakfast to tornedos with bernaise sauce as dinner. Similarly, the wranglers know their horses and terrain thoroughly and are excellent company on the trail. The atmosphere is more that of a house party than a formal resort. Each evening before dinner, guests gather at the Gilded Moose Saloon, a pond side BYOB bar where the day's adventures are recounted.
Strangers quickly become friends.
Among the Flying A's attributes is its seclusion. From the state highway, guests drive seven miles up a dirt road to reach the ranch. In this mountain-girded heaven, wildlife abounds. At nightfall, moose amble down from a heavily treed hill to quench their thirst at a stream. Antelope prance across the sage-dotted plain.