When you enter the Promontory Main Gate at Promontory Ranch Club at exit 150 off of I-80 East, the first thing you will see might be one of the most magical things about Promontory … the magnificent rock walls! The colors are rich and varied, and the large-scale of the boulders perfectly compliments the soaring canyon walls that greet you upon entry to this private luxury community, Promontory, The Ranch Club.
These terraced walls exist seemingly as nature might have arranged them. While clearly built by men, they appear to have been in place for millennia. But, there they are, winding up over 1.5 miles through almost 1,000 acres of the Promontory Conservancy, a preserve dedicated to wildlife and nature as you are welcomed into Promontory’s Main Entrance off of Interstate 80.

Ames contracted Matt Price and his partner Crae to then build the walls. Each rock weighed as much as a car, so track-hoes were used to lift the boulders up and they were then guided into place by artisans who used the ‘dry-stack’ method to build a wall that formed into the native soil of the hillside. A fun fact is that Matt Price still builds homes in Promontory today!
The Promontory rock walls cost tens of millions of dollars to build and are signature icons of this amazing place. The art, the scale, the beauty and the quality of these walls tell any visitor to Promontory Ranch Club, that Promontory is meant for those with big, dynastic visions, exquisite taste, and fine-living sensibilities.