31975 S Fork Yaak Rd

A two-story log cabin on 4.5 acres in Montana’s Yaak Valley, bordered on two sides by U.S. Forest Service land and on a third by the South Fork of the Yaak River, listed at $279,000. Built in 1960, the 750-square-foot cabin has been recently chinked and fitted with a newly drilled well, according to the listing, and still carries the rustic, weathered character of a cabin that has stood through decades of Yaak winters.

The land and setting

The lot is 4.5 acres of private, pristine acreage, with crystal-clear mountain water running along its edge. National forest borders the property on two sides, and the South Fork Yaak River runs the third, making this one of the more remote, hard-to-reach parcels we’ve listed.

Wildlife is a constant presence here too. Drone footage from the listing caught a doe and fawn standing in the shallows of the river, right along the property’s edge.

A storage shed with a sloped roof sits near the cabin, with firewood stacked and tarped beside it for the winter ahead.

The house

The cabin is 750 square feet across two levels, one bedroom, built in 1960. The main floor holds an open living room, a small kitchenette, and a dining nook, while an open loft above serves as the bedroom, overlooking the living space below.

A wood stove anchors the living room, with a bear hide and mounted deer hide decorating the log wall above it, true to the cabin’s rustic, hunting-camp character.

Upstairs, the loft bedroom sits under a sloped, log-paneled ceiling, open to the living room below rather than walled off as a separate room.

A covered front porch runs along the cabin’s entrance, supported by timber posts cut from the surrounding land.

There’s no official bathroom on record for this cabin, and the photos confirm why: an outhouse structure sits just outside, built into the hillside beside the main building.

The facts

What to know before you call

This is a remote, rough-and-weathered cabin rather than a polished turnkey property, and the listing is upfront about that. The well is newly drilled, which is worth confirming directly with the agent along with its flow rate and water quality, since nothing else about water treatment is listed.

The cabin’s official facts show zero bathrooms, which matches the outhouse visible in the photos. We’re reporting that directly rather than rounding it up, the same way we did for the off-grid cabin on Conn Mule Rd just down the road in Troy.

This listing has been on the market for 111 days, longer than most of what we’ve covered, which may leave more room for negotiation. This is our first property on S Fork Yaak Rd specifically, though we’ve now covered two Troy, Montana listings; anyone comparing it against other properties can see everything currently listed.

Shirin Lamp at Yaak’s Real Estate Outpost LLC is the listing agent and handles showings, at 406-291-0241. More like this lands in the Monday email.