John Muir Cabin

Sturdy, warm cabin to stay in after your hike up the mountain!

Sturdy, warm cabin to stay in after your hike up the mountain!

This is a fantastic cabin, that easily accommodates two families of 4 comfortably. There is a spiral staircase to the upstairs, which is sealed off from the downstairs by a storm door. Closing the upstairs door keeps the upstairs quarters cooler if the stove is cranking downstairs. There are 2-3 windows downstairs with screens, and one upstairs with a screen, which is nice for ventilation without bugs. Maybe Bring tape for small gaps in the screens. The propane stove was easy to use (and nice for warming tortillas in foil!), and the additional woodstove is a great backup/addition. There is a muskeg meadow with some flowing water in front of the cabin that can be boiled/filtered, but it is pretty tanic and buggy. Fill up your bottles at a nicer stream along the trail up if you can. The no-see-ums in the meadow got a little vicious. The hike has elevation gain but it never very steep, and heavily planked, so was very do-able for 9 and 11 year olds with light backpacking packs. We wore waterproof hiking shoes instead of rubber boots and were happy with the choice, but if heavy rains you might be better off with boots.

This is a fantastic cabin, that easily accommodates two families of 4 comfortably. There is a spiral staircase to the upstairs, which is sealed off from the downstairs by a storm door. Closing the upstairs door keeps the upstairs quarters cooler if the stove is cranking downstairs. There are 2-3 windows downstairs with screens, and one upstairs with a screen, which is nice for ventilation without bugs. Maybe Bring tape for small gaps in the screens. The propane stove was easy to use (and nice for warming tortillas in foil!), and the additional woodstove is a great backup/addition. There is a muskeg meadow with some flowing water in front of the cabin that can be boiled/filtered, but it is pretty tanic and buggy. Fill up your bottles at a nicer stream along the trail up if you can. The no-see-ums in the meadow got a little vicious. The hike has elevation gain but it never very steep, and heavily planked, so was very do-able for 9 and 11 year olds with light backpacking packs. We wore waterproof hiking shoes instead of rubber boots and were happy with the choice, but if heavy rains you might be better off with boots.

Amazing views and quiet location. Can get icy hiking in the fall when it's still raining, but still temperatures are hovering around freezing. Can't wait to go back!

Amazing views and quiet location. Can get icy hiking in the fall when it's still raining, but still temperatures are hovering around freezing. Can't wait to go back!

Snowshoes would have been useful but otherwise it was fantastic, as it always is!

Snowshoes would have been useful but otherwise it was fantastic, as it always is!

The propane was awesome, the view was incredible! The hike wasn't too hard, and the way down with less food and water flew by! The trivia game was awesome and fun to see the notebooks filled with recent trips. Definitly bring crampons if you are going in the winter months- life savers. Perfect weekend get away!

The propane was awesome, the view was incredible! The hike wasn't too hard, and the way down with less food and water flew by! The trivia game was awesome and fun to see the notebooks filled with recent trips. Definitly bring crampons if you are going in the winter months- life savers. Perfect weekend get away!