Barber Cabin (Chugach National Forest, AK)

Hands down our new favorite! Great spot for the kids. 3.5 mi easy walk. I don’t know how old this cabin is but it felt new and clean. Having the canoe there made this place really special. The boys had an amazing adventure in the Alaskan wilderness with that canoe while us girls painted on the beach. There are life jackets provided including one infant and one child size. We saw bear (at a lovely safe distance across the lake), moose, beavers, swan, tons of huge trout, mama loon with sooo many babies are nesting right near the dock. It was a magical experience. Cow parsnip is getting pretty overgrown but they even have tools in the shed to take care of it yourself. If any feedback it would be nice to have a few more kids life jackets but we were just happy there were any and we didn’t have to hike them in.

Great stay. Beautiful lake and mountains. Definitely canoe to the middle of the lake up view the glacier!! Saw massive bull 🫎!

The cabin is very modern and clean. The location on the lake right where it should be. Surrounding mountains are magical . Easy access by foot. It takes about an hour and ten minutes from the trailhead of the lower parking lot to get to the cabin. There is trout in the lake if you like to fish.
I would definitely stay again.

The canoe is tippy. We wish there was a rowboat as we had little kids that liked to fish so it was safer

Barber cabin is a favorite. It’s an easy hike in and has a lot of things to do in the area like watching the fish jump the falls and going canoeing to see the beavers and swans.