Racetrack Cabin in MT -- Campground & RV Camping

Racetrack Cabin is a 1930s former mining cabin set at 6,300 feet along Racetrack Creek in the Flint Creek Range. The rustic one-room log shelter sleeps four on two bunk beds and contains a wood stove, propane cookstove, dining table, and basic cookware. Outside, you will find an outhouse and a woodshed with a splitting maul. There is no electricity, running water, or sewer. The nearby creek offers trout fishing, and the Pozega Lakes trailhead sits a half-mile away, leading to mountain lake basins along 50-inch motorized and non-motorized trails.

Getting there: Attention: The road to Racetrack Cabin is impassable to low clearance vehicles. The last 4 miles to the cabin is an extremely rough and rutted road with large rocks protruding from the road surface. High clearance vehicles such as trucks and SUV's can make the crawl up the road but should allow themselves extra time. The road is not plowed to the Forest Boundary in the winter. Guests should be prepared to ski/snowshoe/snowmobile up to 8 miles one way, distance to cabin and parking availbilty fluctuate with snow and road conditions. For additional information about accessing the cabin, please call (406) 859-3211.From Missoula, travel East on Interstate 90 to the Racetrack exit #195. Turn right (west) onto Galen and drive about 1 mile, then turn Right (North) onto Willow Cr Rd. Turn Left (West) onto Bowman Road, which changes to Modestry Cr Rd. and proceed onto Racetrack Road 169 and continue about 16 miles to the cabin. The Ractrack Campground will be on your left approximately 5 miles before the cabin. Maps may be purchased by calling the Pintler Ranger District.Vehicle access cannot be guaranteed any time of year due to ever-changing weather or road conditions. In the winter, guests must be prepared to travel up to 14 miles to the cabin on skis or snowmobile from the end of the plowed road.

• Secluded here, a single-site campground with the nearest through road 3.5 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Baldy stands 2,850 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northeast.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads, with most of them shaded.
• Bowman Lakes lies 1.1 mi off.

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