A well on the premises provides guests with drinking water. Ford Cabin, located some 45 miles north of Columbia Falls, is available from May 20 to March 10. The cabin features two rooms and sleeps up to eight. There are three sets of bunk beds with two additional cots on site. The cabin in heated by propane heat and has a propane cook stove.
Handpumped wells supply the cabin with water.
Hornet Lookout, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is available for year-round use. Though the cabin in small and primitive, it boasts spectacular views of Glacier National Park. Cooking is done by Coleman stove and offers few amenities. With no available water source, visitors must pack in their own water. During the summer, Hornet visitors can drive to the trailhead then hike approximately two miles to the lookout.