Paola has a total of seven bedrooms
and seven and a half baths. There are four guest rooms
with queen beds a full private baths, a two room guest
suite with a king bed and a bath that boasts a six
foot jetted whirlpool tub and double headed shower
all in custom tile, an upstairs bedroom with a reading
loft and bath equipped with claw foot tub and shower
and the Master Bedroom on the upper floor with eastern
and southern exposure, maple cabinet wake up center
with under counter refrigerator, wine rack, Vermont
Castings gas fireplace, walk-in closet and reading
loft. The master bath has a six foot Jacuzzi jetted
whirlpool tub and separate double headed shower as
well as under counter Creda washer and dryer.
The core of Paola is built of hand peeled Western
Larch log in the tradition of historic lodges in Montana.
The Great Room is the centerpiece with 22 foot high
ceilings and a masonry and real stone river rock fireplace
that soars to the log ridge and purlin structure above.
The roof above the log structure is Western Larch
boards insulated with seven inches of spray urethane
foam (R value approximately R49) under Kelly green
metal roof to reflect the summer heat and shed winter
snows. The frame portion is 2x6 exterior walls sheared
with plywood and Cedar sided. All windows are Marvin
brand low E argon filled.
Three gas hot water heaters, two gas
furnaces, 48" Viking gas range and double oven,
gas dryer, two 36" Sub-Zero Refrigerators yet
the gas and electric bills are currently under $300.00
a month. Super insulated, low utilities.
Outside there are 5.2 acres bordered by THREE MLLION
ACRES of public National Forest, designated Wilderness
and National Park. There is also a garden shed, a
woodshed/storage shed, stone walkways through rose
and wild flower gardens, cedar rail fencing so the
moose do not eat and destroy the gardens (this we
learned the hard way). In a small clover meadow we
see moose, elk, mule and whitetail deer, black and
grizzly bears. We feed the birds in the winter but
can not during the summer as feeders encourage bad
bear behavior-and we like bears.
An immense front and back yard to hike, bike, ski
through, watch wildlife, hunt elk, pick Huckleberries,
cut firewood, catch trout (and walk home to cook them)
snowshoe under the January full moon across the sloughs
of Tunnel Creek, sunrise over Mount Saint Nicholas,
moon rise over St. Nick, a walk to the Middle Fork
of the Flathead River, a short beautiful drive to
the Rocky Mountain Front, winter storms while you
read before the fire.
Seven bedrooms
and seven and a half baths.
