Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Cabins

The Cabin was in excellent shape with the Cabin Crew having done significant maintenance work since my last visit though the Cabin always has been in good shape. Guests frequently do not replace the firewood that they use often burning much of what has been cut by prior guests up in the fire pit.

The Cabin was in excellent shape with the Cabin Crew having done significant maintenance work since my last visit though the Cabin always has been in good shape. Guests frequently do not replace the firewood that they use often burning much of what has been cut by prior guests up in the fire pit.

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The cabin was excellent! It's 0.4 miles of easy trail along the lake. We used cross country skis. The thick log walls and quality windows kept us toasty warm for several hours even after the fire went out. This cabin is well made compared to older cabins. As usual the wood stove pipe needs minor repair. The damper would close on it's own if you opened the door creating a strong draft resulting in very smokey air. We hung the steel dustpan from the damper handle to prevent this and that worked well. Also there are some pin holes in the stove pipe. Everything else worked great. Plenty of downed Black Spruce trees to harvest in the area due to the Swan Lake fire but the hand saw is dull so I recommend bringing a quality saw and a small hatchet for kindling. All they had was two heavy splitting mauls. This area can be very windy as there are no leaves on the trees anymore so dress warm.

The cabin was excellent! It's 0.4 miles of easy trail along the lake. We used cross country skis. The thick log walls and quality windows kept us toasty warm for several hours even after the fire went out. This cabin is well made compared to older cabins. As usual the wood stove pipe needs minor repair. The damper would close on it's own if you opened the door creating a strong draft resulting in very smokey air. We hung the steel dustpan from the damper handle to prevent this and that worked well. Also there are some pin holes in the stove pipe. Everything else worked great. Plenty of downed Black Spruce trees to harvest in the area due to the Swan Lake fire but the hand saw is dull so I recommend bringing a quality saw and a small hatchet for kindling. All they had was two heavy splitting mauls. This area can be very windy as there are no leaves on the trees anymore so dress warm.

Have stayed at this cabin 2-3x. Appeared that door was repaired from visit in Jan 2023, and that windows may have been replaced. Everything appeared to be in good order. We found and left in the cabin a pine green ripstop stuff sack. Will do it again sometime.

Have stayed at this cabin 2-3x. Appeared that door was repaired from visit in Jan 2023, and that windows may have been replaced. Everything appeared to be in good order. We found and left in the cabin a pine green ripstop stuff sack. Will do it again sometime.

This was the perfect winter get away. The cabin is well built and stayed very warm. I never felt a draft of cold air during -15 degree temps and the wood stove kept up perfectly.
I love how people continue to respect this cabin as it was clean when I arrived and I left it even cleaner when I left.
It was extremely quiet except I could hear the ice making noises the while time.
Plenty of room for 3 vehicles in winter, 4 in the summer.
Definitely going back!

This was the perfect winter get away. The cabin is well built and stayed very warm. I never felt a draft of cold air during -15 degree temps and the wood stove kept up perfectly.
I love how people continue to respect this cabin as it was clean when I arrived and I left it even cleaner when I left.
It was extremely quiet except I could hear the ice making noises the while time.
Plenty of room for 3 vehicles in winter, 4 in the summer.
Definitely going back!