About Pole Creek Cabin
Pole Creek Cabin is unique in not only its quiet end-of-the-road location, but that it is also located along both a winter snowmobile trail and within the Pole Creek Cross Country Ski Area trail system. In the spring the area is full of wildflowers and wildlife to view and in the fall it would make an ideal hunting camp. The cabin was built in the mid-1950s by the E-La-Ka-Wee boy scouts for a summer camp retreat. In the early 1990s the cabin was refurbished and used as a winter snowmobile and ski warming hut. Winter access is possible from the Nordic Ski area parking lot at Forest Developed Road (FDR) 473 and Highway 16, but only by cross country skis or snowmobiles. The cabin is conveniently located for access to a wide variety of year-round activities. Because this cabin is located on both ski and snowmobile trails, it is a great winter activity destination. Some of the summer…
- Fees: $35 per night.
- Season: January
- Managed by: Bighorn National Forest, USFS - Bighorn National Forest
- Where: 15 mi southwest of Buffalo, WY · 44.19389, -106.94222
- Winter: the road at camp is closed to cars in winter; plan to ride, ski or snowshoe in.
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elakawee | ATV road | at camp | 1.2 mi |
| Frankovic Cabin | ATV road | 0.4 mi | 1.2 mi |
| Little North Crazy | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.3 mi | 1.7 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
Verizon 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 8.7 mi
Water fill-up: 8.7 mi
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- Muddy Guard Cabin 2.8 mi
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- Lost Cabin Campground 3.3 mi
- South Fork Campground 5.8 mi
- Tie Hack Campground 6.1 mi