Rates are $420/week - $315/4 nights - $240/3 nights + 10% State and Local tax. Located approximately 3000 feet from Yellowstone National Park on Highway 212 (i.e. National Park Road - the road through the Park) in Silver Gate, Montana. (Look for the "Wolf Crossing" signs on the north side of the highway.) We are within walking distance to a small general store and the Log Cabin Restaurant as well as an outdoor/mountaineering center. We are approximately 3 miles west of Cooke City, Montana (nearer Yellowstone) and just east of Dan & Cindy Hartman $100 RESERVATION
A pine marten regularly comes onto our porch. Also 6 deer in the yard and a moose (in June). A wild turkey regularly perched on our rail in June. Raven, Clark's Nutcracker, Stellar Jays and finchs all eat sunflower seeds from the rail. Also the occasional moose and bear. (See photos of wildlife below.) Soda Butte Creek is about 150 yards across the road. You can walk about 1/4 mile to the Bannock Trail (trailhead) and go 2 1/2 miles into the Park on a gentle path - or cross country ski trail in the winter. All of Yellowstone is known for wildlife but we are the nearest entrance to the Soda Butte Creek/Lamar River Valley end of the Park which is the most noted area for wildlife viewing ("The Serengeti of North America"). You can rent a spotting scope at the General Store. Go out early in the morning and set up on a hill beside the road overlooking the Lamar River and prepare to be amazed. NOTE - There are only 3 cabins - wolf lovers know the names. ADDED 150 channel SATELLITE TV & WIRELESS INTERNET for all cabins. Working great. Cabins have a bathroom w/shower; coffee maker, microwave, toaster oven, refrigerator, kitchen table w/chairs, plates,cups, silverware. Also a small front deck with a table and canvas chairs. Sorry - no pets - no smoking.
I debated on posting this photo, as I know that many tourists are bear phobic. This is a wilderness area. We are next to the main highway but there are woods around us and Yellowstone is nearby. All sorts of wildlife wander through our yard as well as Cooke City, Silver Gate and the lodge areas of Yellowstone and Teton N.P. They are not waiting to jump you when you step from the cabin but you should at least look around as you walk in this area of the world. I often hike alone off trail quietly in the backcountry. I stay aware of my surroundings, especially when hiking into the wind, and carry Bear Spray in my hand just in case. Last summer I missed a turn on a hike and walked the Cache Creek Trail with a little headlamp till 2:20AM at the Footbridge Area. I started in Cooke City and hiked over Republic Pass missing the turnoff to the Thunderer Cut-off; I was tired; if the animals wanted to get me, they could have. (Certainly, in the dark, noise is the order of the day.) I have yet to have any problem with an animal. (A grouse with chicks beside the trail startled me by hissing.) The most dangerous tourist-animal combination in the park is the bison. They seem slow, but they have a definite space threshold that can trigger their explosive speed and aggression. They do not view a car instinctively as they would an animal (human) at the same distance and this can fool people into making deadly mistakes about how close they can get. Far more people are very seriously hurt by bison than by bears. The bottom line is that you came to Yellowstone to see animals, respect them and stay aware of your surroundings or stay home and go to the zoo.
No, I haven't had any close encounters in our yard, but the snowshoe hare sometimes looks at me funny.
