Wilderness Treatment Center Information

Wilderness Treatment Center is a 60 day, inpatient chemical dependency addiction treatment facility for teens / young men between the ages of 14 and 24. We combine a conventional 30 day inpatient stay with a 16-21 day wilderness therapy expedition. As always, each of the expeditions is staffed by one of the addiction counselors and a wilderness instructor for the duration of the trip. The two components and length of stay allow Wilderness Treatment Center graduates to be further in the addiction recovery process than those leaving other programs. Wilderness Treatment Center is located on a 4,000 acre, working cattle ranch, 25 miles west of Kalispell, MT. This ranch, the M-Lazy-V, was built in 1924 and functioned as a high end dude ranch from 1924 to 1970. The ranch was purchased in 1982 and in August of 1983, Wilderness Treatment Center admitted its first patient. Fifty percent of the original log buildings are still functioning today, giving Wilderness Treatment Center a true ranch atmosphere. Since 1983, we have successfully treated 1000?s of young men suffering from their addictions.