About White Mountains National Recreation Area - Alaska Cabins
Number of accommodations: 13
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2026 Season availability
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This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (246)
What Guests Are Saying
Reviews for the White Mountains National Recreation Area cabins highlight their cleanliness, comfort, and excellent trail conditions, with many guests praising the beautiful surroundings and well-maintained facilities. While some noted challenges like the availability of dry firewood and minor inconveniences related to the booking process, the overall experience was overwhelmingly positive. Guests appreciated the amenities, fun atmosphere, and the great upkeep by the BLM trail crew.
What Guests Are Saying
Reviews for the White Mountains National Recreation Area cabins highlight their cleanliness, comfort, and excellent trail conditions, with many guests praising the beautiful surroundings and well-maintained facilities. While some noted challenges like the availability of dry firewood and minor inconveniences related to the booking process, the overall experience was overwhelmingly positive. Guests appreciated the amenities, fun atmosphere, and the great upkeep by the BLM trail crew.
Review Summary
Don S
VerifiedAugust 30, 2022 • Stayed at: Fred Blixt, Loop: Fred Blixt
Well built primitive cabin and enjoyed the stay.
Don S
VerifiedAugust 30, 2022 • Stayed at: Fred Blixt, Loop: Fred Blixt
Well built primitive cabin and enjoyed the stay.
Jonathan B
VerifiedApril 6, 2022 • Stayed at: Eleazars, Loop: Eleazars
Awesome trip into Eleazars cabin to spend a few days/nights for my birthday. Great company and laughs. Even with one snowmachine making it all the way to the cabin towing a trailer and then having to be towed all the way back to the trailhead. Wood shed wasn’t very well stocked from previous users/passers by but expected that and brought a chainsaw to restock better while we were there. Great Northern Lights show one night too. Always a great time in the White Mountains!
Jonathan B
VerifiedApril 6, 2022 • Stayed at: Eleazars, Loop: Eleazars
Awesome trip into Eleazars cabin to spend a few days/nights for my birthday. Great company and laughs. Even with one snowmachine making it all the way to the cabin towing a trailer and then having to be towed all the way back to the trailhead. Wood shed wasn’t very well stocked from previous users/passers by but expected that and brought a chainsaw to restock better while we were there. Great Northern Lights show one night too. Always a great time in the White Mountains!
Tom H
VerifiedMarch 15, 2022 • Stayed at: Moose Creek, Loop: Moose Creek
Did a 3-day, 2-night ski trip in the White Mountains, staying at Lee's Cabin and Moose Creek Cabin. Had a terrific time, as usual. Weather was great; sunny and in the 20s above - a best-case scenario.
- Lee's Cabin: It's the most-used cabin in the Whites, and you can tell. The door is a little hard to shut and one of the tongue-and-groove boards on the inside of it is rubbing on the threshold, making it a little sticky to open and close. There's a very noticeable air gap to the outside through a crack at the top of the corner behind the wood stove. The wood stove burns hot even with the damper fully closed (which is less of an issue than it would be if the crack didn't exist). BUT: The community is very good about taking care of each other - there was plenty of wood (!), which we didn't need because we hauled our own in. All the amenities (Coleman stove, axe, saw, lantern, etc.) were present and in good working order. The outhouse had toilet paper. Lee's feels like the old coat you still wear all the time: showing its age, but comfy, familiar and just what you need.
- Moose Creek Cabin: So good. Relatively new, great views, holds heat really well, wood stove works great, abundant wood from the surrounding burn, just terrific. We'll definitely be back.
Tom H
VerifiedMarch 15, 2022 • Stayed at: Moose Creek, Loop: Moose Creek
Did a 3-day, 2-night ski trip in the White Mountains, staying at Lee's Cabin and Moose Creek Cabin. Had a terrific time, as usual. Weather was great; sunny and in the 20s above - a best-case scenario.
- Lee's Cabin: It's the most-used cabin in the Whites, and you can tell. The door is a little hard to shut and one of the tongue-and-groove boards on the inside of it is rubbing on the threshold, making it a little sticky to open and close. There's a very noticeable air gap to the outside through a crack at the top of the corner behind the wood stove. The wood stove burns hot even with the damper fully closed (which is less of an issue than it would be if the crack didn't exist). BUT: The community is very good about taking care of each other - there was plenty of wood (!), which we didn't need because we hauled our own in. All the amenities (Coleman stove, axe, saw, lantern, etc.) were present and in good working order. The outhouse had toilet paper. Lee's feels like the old coat you still wear all the time: showing its age, but comfy, familiar and just what you need.
- Moose Creek Cabin: So good. Relatively new, great views, holds heat really well, wood stove works great, abundant wood from the surrounding burn, just terrific. We'll definitely be back.
Daesha E
VerifiedMarch 13, 2022 • Stayed at: Colorado Creek, Loop: Colorado Creek
Easy to get to and we’ll maintained!
Daesha E
VerifiedMarch 13, 2022 • Stayed at: Colorado Creek, Loop: Colorado Creek
Easy to get to and we’ll maintained!
Nely (Nelique) B
VerifiedFebruary 27, 2022 • Stayed at: Moose Creek, Loop: Moose Creek
Nice roomy cabin with plenty of firewood in the vicinity to add to what we brought, and to get ready for the next cabin users.
Nely (Nelique) B
VerifiedFebruary 27, 2022 • Stayed at: Moose Creek, Loop: Moose Creek
Nice roomy cabin with plenty of firewood in the vicinity to add to what we brought, and to get ready for the next cabin users.
Location White Mountains National Recreation Area - Alaska Cabins
Address:
222 University Ave
Fairbanks, AK, 99709
United States
Traveling north from Fairbanks, take the Steese Highway on through Fox. There is a trailhead at Milepost 42 and 57 of the Steese Highway to access some of the cabins. Traveling north on the Elliott Highway from Fox, there are two trailheads at Milepost 28 and 57 of the Elliott Highway to access the White Mountains from the west side. For further information contact BLM district office.
The campground is accessible via the Steese Highway and Elliott Highway, both of which are significant routes in the area. The Steese Highway has trailheads at Milepost 42 and 57 for accessing the cabins.
Latitude & Longitude: 65.4275 / -147.243
Elevation: 538 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- The cabins must be reserved prior to use.
- You must have your permit with you during your stay. Print your email confirmation as proof of reservation or have it accessible on your smart phone.
- Dog owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs, including straw.
- Pack out what you bring in.
- Please leave dry firewood inside cabin for the next user.
- Discharging of firearms is prohibited within 1/4 mile of the cabin and across trails.
- Please close the cabin windows, shutters, outhouse doors, and cabin when leaving.
- The BLM strives to maintain cabin tools and equipment in good working order, but visitors should be prepared to be self-sufficient. Cabin Amenities: Bunks, table/benches, cooking area, storage loft, woodstove for heating, ax, bowsaw, propane cookstove, outhouse, broom/dust pan, shovel and rake, smoke detector and a fire extinguisher (Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring their own required amenities not included at the cabin).
- The cabin does not have electricity, or running water. Visitors must bring their own food, water or water treatment system, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, matches, utensils, toilet paper, first aid kit, 2 AA batteries for the smoke detector, 1-pound propane bottles for the cook stove, and garbage bags.
- Standing dead wood may be available nearby for cutting firewood. It is advised to bring your own firewood to assure you have some when you arrive. Please report missing or broken items to BLM.
- Reservations: The cabin must be reserved in advance and paid for when you make your reservation. Stays are limited to three consecutive nights per cabin. Reservations cost $42 per night plus a rec.gov fee of $8 and may be made up to 45 days in advance. Reservations are from noon to noon. Weekends and holidays are times of peak use. A computer terminal will be available at the Fairbanks District Office for those individuals lacking computer access to make reservations online.
- Please visit the BLM's White Mountain National Recreation Area website for a larger map suitable for online viewing or printing.
- https://www.blm.gov/visit/white-mountains/ Scroll to the bottom of the page for Trail Conditions updates.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
