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Yellowstone Bar B Bunkhouse Near Cutler Lake
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Yellowstone Bar B Bunkhouse offers the best of all worlds. It is easily accessible by car yet distanced from highway 89 enough to be completely quiet and serene. It is a peaceful setting with beautiful views of breathtaking mountains and a beautiful native cutthroat trout stream running right through your backyard. Bordering the property to the north and south are wide open grassy pastures which are home to our cow herd whose lineage goes back on this place over a hundred years. You may often see a horse frequent by in the summer.
The property has walking or horseback access to the Gallatin National Forest (located only a quarter mile to the east of the house) and the 900,000 acre Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness. This Wilderness abuts the 2.2 million acre Yellowstone National Park. It is a huge expanse of wild land. A quarter mile to the west is the free flowing Yellowstone River. Yellowstone National Park is an extremely scenic ten minute drive away.
The home is spacious and comfortable. It is a 4 bedroom 3 bath home. The property has a beautiful grass lawn with flower beds and bordered by native vegetation and shade trees. There are two decks. The front deck gets the morning sun and is a spectacular setting to enjoy your morning coffee. The back deck is always shaded by beautiful, large cottonwood trees and overlooks Cedar Creek. There is a one car attached garage for your use.
Wildlife frequents the area often. You may see elk, deer, mountain sheep, coyotes, wolves, raccoons and the ever present entertaining squirrels on the deck. It is a birdwatchers heaven from chickadees and sparrows to eagles, cranes and herons. If you are a winter guest, you may also see buffalo from your living room window.
There are endless activities in the greater Yellowstone area. You could spend a lifetime here and not see and experience all it has to offer. Yellowstone National Park offers gorgeous scenery, geysers, bubbling mud, hot springs, wildlife viewing, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, western cookouts, stagecoach rides, boating, guided fish boats on Lake Yellowstone, and many educational opportunities.
The Greater Yellowstone area offers spectacular whitewater rafting, fishing, guided river trips, horseback riding, camping, park tours, souvenir gift shops, restaurants, bar and grills, swimming, biking, hunting and hiking. Bozeman’s Gallatin Field is located 70 miles away.
There is plenty to do right from your Bar B door as well. Two miles east of the house is the historic OTO dude ranch, Montana’s first dude ranch. This is a beautiful, fairly easy hike up a gravel road to the remnants of the dude ranch. The lodge and cabins have been restored to their original condition and you are free to walk around and in them or picnic on the deck.
Cedar Creek, which runs behind the house is closed to fishing as it is a native spawning stream for Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. We are, however, only a quarter mile from the Yellowstone River which offers spectacular fishing with plenty of access through fishing accesses and high water lines. The spawning cutthroat in Cedar Creek can be seen from the bridge behind the house during July. There are also rainbow and brown trout in the creek.
This is a super location for hunters to base from as well as a comfortable place to come home to after a long day of hunting. There is hunting within walking distance from the house. There is ample Forest Service land in the area for big game hunting during the archery season or general season. We often hear elk bugling at night from our bedroom windows.
YELLOWSTONE BAR B DESCRIPTION
This Family Friendly Home sleeps 12 people. It features two stories with a main floor and a comfortable basement.
MAIN FLOOR
MASTER BEDROOM The master bedroom has queen bed and an attached bathroom with a shower. The room is decorated with Western artwork and décor. There is a flat screen TV with Roku. The master bathroom is our Yellowstone room decorated with Yellowstone memorabilia featuring the original colors of the YP Company. It is a unique décor with fascinating detail.
Bedroom 2 This room contains one beautiful log queen bed. It is conveniently located just across the hall from the upstairs bathroom.
BATHROOM The bathroom across the hall from the kids’s room has a tub/shower combination.
KITCHEN The kitchen is well equipped with a new refrigerator, oven and dishwasher. There is a washer/dryer in the pantry area and plenty of cabinet space to store your food. There are ample dishes, pots and pans, crock pots, waffle irons, and electric grills. There is an outdoor barbeque grill with propane provided. The sink has a window overlooking the creek which makes doing kitchen cleanup a pleasure. There is sufficient counter space with a kitchen island dividing the kitchen from the living room.
DINING ROOM: The dining room is on one end of the kitchen and open to the living room. The table can seat eight and the island seats four to six. There is plenty of chairs on the deck and picnic area as well as seating in the living room. There are extra leaves for the table. The kitchen has a sliding glass door leading onto a shaded back deck with a fabulous view of Cedar Creek.
LIVING ROOM: The living room is a spacious room looking into the kitchen and dining room. It has a large picture window with a spectacular view of the mountains and a large stone fireplace mantle with an electric flame heater. One of the couches is a hide-a-bed and will be prepared for you to fold out and use. There is a large flat screen smart TV with Roku.
LOWER LEVEL
AMERICANA ROOM (Bedroom 3): Our Americana room is decorated with a large dose of red white and blue and other country America decor. This comfortable room has a beautiful log queen bed. There is no television in this room.
MASTER DOWNSTAIRS BEDROOM (bedroom 4): This spacious room contains a queen bed and and attached large area with a sink and a separate bathroom with a shower. It is a comfortable room artfully décorated with a the common western décor you will see throughout the house. This room has a television but it only runs vhs videos. There is a video library and book library in this room.
OPEN STUDIO SLEEPING AREA: This is a fun area located right at the bottom of the stairs there is a large L shaped room with a beautiful queen on queen bunkbed, wrap around couch and a double reclining couch. This room is less private than the others but very comfortable and homey. It is a wonderful space for teenage kids. It has a flat screen tv with Roku. There is also a rollaway in the closet downstairs.
