The Fly Shop800·669·3474

Rates include lodging, all meals and snacks, lightly guided fly fishing, and guided horseback day rides

Transportation in and out of the ranch, guided fishing, alcoholic beverages (BYOB), state and local taxes, or discretionary gratuities.

The Fly Shop® is not in the insurance business, but we recommend Travel Guard (AIG) and Global Rescue (IMG) coverage as a service with a desire to see your best interests protected. It is impossible to know when an unfortunate situation (loss of luggage, fly rods, illness in the family, or an accident) may occur. However, such things can and do happen, and this insurance can provide a means of recourse against non-refundable financial losses.

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Driving directions included below; the gate at the Kinky Creek Road parking lot may be closed, but is not locked.

SHUTTLE: The Great Outdoors Transportation Company, GOTCO, operates a professional shuttle service out of Pinedale, offering rides between Salt Lake City or Jackson Hole (town or the airport) and the Darwin. They have sturdy 4WD vehicles, and are both reliable and service oriented. They charge a flat fee for the vehicle, and the capacity varies from 4-7 people; they will meet you at baggage claim and make a stop in town if needed, and pick you up the following Saturday with ample time to make your return flight, but please book an afternoon flight!

Please contact Shane or Michele Costello directly, on their website: gotcoshuttles.com or by phone: 307-360-3660 or 307-231-9983 (Shane cell). If you would like to share the ride with other guests, please let Michele know and she will try to consolidate the trips.

Enjoy the wild on your own terms from the comfort of our welcoming and intimate accommodation. Settle into our hand-built log cabins whose modern style blends gracefully into the bones of 100-year-old structures. Enjoy the timeless comforts of our cozy beds with crisp sheets & down pillows, wood burning stoves for chilly nights, private baths, and ranch-generated electricity.

The Cabins: Spruce, Moose & Deer
Our three free standing cabins are outfitted with wood-burning stoves, a queen bed and a twin daybed, a screened porch, and a newly renovated bathroom with a shower. They are spacious enough for a family and can accommodate an additional cot.

Spruce is the most secluded cabin: perched on a wooded hill, it offers spectacular views of the valley. With a stunning porch, you can enjoy your morning cup of coffee or stargaze at night in solitude. The interior is bright and cozy—the embodiment of rustic comfort

Moose stands at the southern edge of the cluster with a spectacular view up valley. It offers a gorgeous view of Sportsman’s Ridge and the Gros Ventre River as it winds across the valley, and the front porch lets you keep an eye on the main meadow

Deer is set on the banks of Kinky Creek and feels a world away. Its porch looks out over the babbling creek to the east, with a perfect view of the grazing horses, and offers solitude.

Spruce, Moose and Deer are free-standing log buildings, each with a main room with one queen and one twin bed, a bath with a shower, and a screened porch

Sheep Cabin

The Sheep Cabin is the original homesteading cabin on the ranch. It has been renovated and is set up with two twins (or a king), and can be booked as a single or a double. At 9’x11’, it is small and quite wonderful. Decking joins the cabin with its private bath.

The Lodge Loft Skylights bathe the room in sunshine and allow you to stargaze from bed! The main room has one queen bed and one twin daybed, and there is a twin bed in a small adjacent room. The back hallway leads to the bathroom, with a newly added shower, and a balcony overlooking the main meadow. It sleeps four, with a queen and a twin/daybed in the main room, and a twin bed in a small room that overlooks the ranch. The Loft has a small balcony.

The Rooms: Elk, Pronghorn and Willow The Elk Cabin was recently renovated and now has four individual rooms under one roof. The two rooms that face north, toward the Lodge, are Elk Creek and Elk Meadow, which share a large screen porch. The two rooms that face south are Pronghorn Creek and Pronghorn Meadow; each has a wood stove, a bath with a shower and a small private corner porch. Each room sleeps two, and they give priority booking of Elk Creek & Meadow to groups of four.

Elk Creek & Elk Meadow two rooms booked together. Pronghorn Creek & Pronghorn Meadow two rooms booked separately. The Willow Room opens onto the main meadow, and has a queen bed and a sunny front deck, and a bath with a shower. The Elk/Pronghorn Cabin has four rooms, each of which has either a king bed or two twin beds. Elk Creek & Elk Meadow face the Lodge, and share a large screened porch, and the rooms are booked together. Pronghorn Creek & Pronghorn Meadow face southward, and each has a small private porch. Willow has a queen bed, and a front deck.

The beauty of the Darwin Ranch is it in not set up as a standardized, regimented program. The lodge and the staff want to create custom made itinerary for you and your group. If you want to eat breakfast and relax for a couple of hours and go and fish for a few hours, the lodge can make it work to your schedule. However, if you want to enjoy a full day of fishing with a professional guide, they will make it happen.