Yellow Mule Cabin
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This 12 x 14 single-room cabin can sleep up to three people and comes with three cots. A wood stove is provided for heat. Basic cookware, utensils, a propane lantern, and a dining table with chairs are available. An outhouse with a vault toilet is located just outside. Water, electricity, cooking facilities, and firewood are not provided. Guests must bring their own water supply and trash bags to pack out trash, as well as bedding, matches, first aid supplies, extra toilet paper, and battery-operated lanterns or flashlights.
The cabin sits between a meadow and a stand of mixed evergreens at an elevation of approximately 8,650 feet. Wildflowers bloom across the meadow in the summer and a thick layer of pristine snow blankets the area in winter. The jagged, glaciated peaks of the Madison Mountain Range stretch out into the distance. Wildlife in this area includes grizzly bears, gray wolves, mountain lions, deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, and the Canada lynx. Birders may see a wide variety of bird species.
This cabin is popular with snowmobilers because of its proximity to the Buck Creek Ridge Trail, which offers a 1,000-foot elevation gain. Hikers, mountain bikers, and off-road
Yellow Mule Cabin