Douglas Creek Cabin

About

Douglas Creek Cabin sits adjacent to its namesake creek in a remote grassy meadow at the north end of the Flint Creek Range in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Originally built in the 1960s as an administrative site for Forest Service crews, it now serves as a year-round rental cabin for outdoor recreation. The surrounding landscape features mature evergreen forest with abundant wildlife including moose, elk, deer, black bears, and occasionally grizzlies and mountain lions. The one-room cabin sleeps up to four on bunk beds and is equipped with a table, chairs, wood stove for heat, 2-burner Coleman propane stove, basic dishes and utensils, battery lantern, and splitting maul. Firewood is usually available but not guaranteed. A vault toilet is located steps behind the cabin. There is no electricity, running water, or cell service. Guests must bring their own bedding, propane, drinking water, batteries, matches, garbage bags, and all food. Bears frequent the area, so approved food storage is required. The cabin is popular for hunting during bow and rifle seasons, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing in winter, and hiking and fishing nearby alpine lakes in summer. Douglas Creek itself is too small to support sizeable fish, but numerous stocked mountain lakes are accessible by trail or forest road. Access to the cabin is approximately 10 miles from Hall, Montana via MT Highway 1 and Forest Road 707. Four-wheel drive with high clearance is necessary year-round, and winter snow can make the final 3+ miles accessible only by ski or snowmobile.

Directions

From Hall, Montana, travel south on MT Highway 1 for about 3 miles to Douglas Creek. Turn onto Forest Road 707 and continue approximately 7.5 miles to the cabin. 4WD with high clearance is required year-round. Maps are available from the Pintler Ranger District in Philipsburg.