Polebridge, Montana Hibernates for the Winter

The knuckles whiten, the undercarriage rattles and the trappings of civilization recede.

This is the route to Polebridge http://www.polebridgemercantile.com/ , and it’s the only way.

You will encounter yards more bear, moose, elk and mountain sheep along this wash-boarded, hole-pocked, dust-choked river corridor than you will baristas, bartenders or bandwidth, and a windfall tree or avalanche will require at least a two-hour delay, unless you’re packing a chain saw and shovel in your arsenal of tools.

And you’d best have tools.

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Written by TRISTAN SCOTT Photographed by MICHAEL GALLACHER of the Missoulian

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