Polebridge, MT is a tiny spot adjacent to Glacier National Park. It has a mercantile (that was for sale) that has a small selection of goods from oil & gas to bug stuff & aspirin. They bake fresh goodies daily with a LP gas stove. Mailbox and payphone at the mercantile. The cabins - very rustic - rent for $35 a night. 2 double beds in each. No linens, but wood stove & wood and propane light. Outhouse out back. We watched deer eating near the cabin from its covered porch in the evening. Showers at a place 2 miles South of cabin - $7, if you are really desperate! Northern Lights Saloon is next to the mercantile. Has beer, wine and great food! We had buffalo steaks and Moosedrool Beer when there. There are also a few
B & B's in the area.
JAN writes of June 14th - Polebridge looks like a place out of the history books from long ago. Very cool. Our cabin pictured, with outhouse to right. In the evening we could wildlife watch off our porch, as the deer were everywhere. We awoke in our unheated cabin to cold and fog. Ann & I had about 4-5 layers on to keep warm. The Polebridge Mercantile bakes yummy things each day. We had hot out of the oven cherry turnovers for breakfast. We went back into Glacier Park until noon, as we agreed to meet Beth and Jean at Polebridge and drive them into Glacier Park in the afternoon. Glacier National Park is in both Canada and the US. It contains over a million acres and the mountains are so high there are dozens of active glaciers. It is a park that contains all of its original predators-grizzly and black bears, wolves, coyotes, wolverines, cougar, etc. Beth and Jean made it to Polebridge, wet and hungry, about 2PM. Our cabin was taken over with their wet tent and clothes, scattered around to dry. We spent the next several hours driving to and from Glacier Park and driving on the Going to the Sun Road. Unfortunately I was the one doing the white knuckle driving. Narrow road with flimsy barricades keeping us from falling thousands of feet off the mountains! It was raining on and off, but the scenery was still beyond imagination. When we reached the top there was a rainbow to greet us!
Beth writes of June 14th - Wet and cold is how the morning started - thankfully it was not raining. Jean started a fire, but without much success because the wood was so wet. I went down to Tuchuck Creek and filtered water for breakfast. After oatmeal, coffee, and tea we packed up and we were off. We were able to laugh about last night and rehashed the day before. Down the road we rounded the corner to amazing, more amazing and extremely amazing beauty. Between the hundreds of acres of burned land and the white caped Rocky mountains the only word was WOW! Thats all you would have heard had you been following us. Today was an easy 24 miles to Polbridge to meet my Mom and Ann. Yes - we did it! Day two ended at 2pm with a celebration hot cookies and lunch from the Polbridge Mercantile. After lunch, we drove into Glacier National Park and up to Logan Pass. The moose and her twin calves was the first enjoyment and then the scenery that just kept going was the second! Hot spaghetti dinner and a warm cottage was the reward for two hard days of work.
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