About White Mountains National Recreation Area - Alaska Cabins
Number of accommodations: 13
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This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (123)
What Guests Are Saying
The cabins in the White Mountains National Recreation Area are clean, comfortable, and well-maintained, offering great amenities in a beautiful setting. The trail system is excellent, with recent improvements by the BLM trail crew. While firewood can be scarce and mosquitoes are prevalent, many guests enjoyed their stays and appreciated the overall experience.
What Guests Are Saying
The cabins in the White Mountains National Recreation Area are clean, comfortable, and well-maintained, offering great amenities in a beautiful setting. The trail system is excellent, with recent improvements by the BLM trail crew. While firewood can be scarce and mosquitoes are prevalent, many guests enjoyed their stays and appreciated the overall experience.
Review Summary
Brian S
VerifiedNovember 1, 2020 • Stayed at: Lee's, Loop: Lee's
We 4 wheeled out to cabin. Awesome ride very little snow for late oct. would recommend bringing firewood. There is not much good died wood around this cabin. But clean and warm.
Savannah F
VerifiedOctober 23, 2020 • Stayed at: Lee's, Loop: Lee's
I always enjoy going to Cabins in the White Mountains. Unfortunately Lee's Cabin was a little lacking on this trip. It being the start of the winter, there was little to no firewood gathered up yet. This would be alright if the handsaw weren't broken. The broken handsaw made splitting dead trees we cut down extremely difficult.
Additionally there was no toilet paper left by prior users, which isn't a problem but a rarer thing; fortunately we'd brought enough so we could leave excess behind.
The lantern and propane stove both worked well!
Robert A
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2020 • Stayed at: Fred Blixt, Loop: Fred Blixt
Cabin very well maintained. Wood stove worked too well, almost. Would highly recommend.
Steve T
VerifiedAugust 19, 2020 • Stayed at: Windy Gap, Loop: Windy Gap
Fun to see Windy Gap in the summer. Thanks BLM!
Jody J
VerifiedApril 24, 2020 • Stayed at: Moose Creek, Loop: Moose Creek
The White Mountains cabin system is an incredible resource and makes for amazing backcountry winter adventures in the interior. Their success is due to the hardworking rec planners at the BLM, and the respect and work contribution of cabin users.
debra l
VerifiedFebruary 26, 2020 • Stayed at: Richard's, Loop: Richard's
Took snowmachines in from MP 42.5 and was a beautiful ride in. Cabin was clean and stocked with cooking burner and lamps.
Paul R
VerifiedFebruary 4, 2020 • Stayed at: Eleazars, Loop: Eleazars
Eleazar's is a great cabin in a beautiful site. For skiiers, it's a relatively straightforward 12-mile ski from the trailhead. After the last mile--all uphill--we were ready to fire up the woodstove and relax. On previous two-night stays in this cabin we've take a day to ski part of the way to Borealis--LeFevre or Moose Creek, but this year it was 20 below so we just relaxed around the cabin. There is firewood in an old burn just beyond the last corner before the cabin, but it takes a bit of work to get through the snow to it.
Thank you BLM for such a nice trail system and set of cabins in the Whites!
Kimberly M
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: Eleazars, Loop: Eleazars
These cabins are always a wonderful experience!
Link O
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: Lee's, Loop: Lee's
As always, a nice escape. Cabin is generally well maintained, but bring your own wood or a good saw (there's a bow saw and big axe out there, but they're not in the best of shape). Plenty of dead spruce snags once you get off trail a bit.
Emily F
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: Eleazars, Loop: Eleazars
Super fun trip! Stayed at Lee's cabin 2 nights to make it a beginner friendly trip and had a really good time.
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 65.4275 / -147.243
Elevation: 538 feet
Policies & Rules
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The cabins must be reserved prior to use. |
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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. |
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Dog owners are responsible for cleaning up after their dogs, including straw. |
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Pack out what you bring in. |
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Please leave dry firewood inside cabin for the next user. |
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Discharging of firearms is prohibited within 1/4 mile of the cabin and across trails. |
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Please close the cabin windows, shutters, outhouse doors, and cabin when leaving. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Please visit the BLM's White Mountain National Recreation Area website for a larger map suitable for online viewing or printing. |
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https://www.blm.gov/visit/white-mountains/ Scroll to the bottom of the page for Trail Conditions updates. |
