Spring Valley Cabin & Bunkhouse

Another great visit. Rained every day. Temperatures were cool to cold...exactly what a Houstonian escaping the heat wanted! The Canyon with storms overhead was beautiful.

The forest service needs to do something about those futon matresses, though. They are getting harder every year. And, someone decided to paint the windows in the bedrooms and living room shut. Thank goodness for the storms or this would be a very different review.

The area is beautiful but the cabin was filthy!

Very clean. Kitchen upgrades were a big improvement.

Great experience. Beautiful location. Cabin was in excellent shape when we arrived. Hopefully in better shape when we left. Thanks to the forest service crew for keeping up such a great place.

Love the location of this cabin. Middle of nowhere with roads my Corolla can handle with no issues. Elk almost daily, the occaisonal bear, tons of chipmunks for the little ones to enjoy. Just wish the futons were newer.

We stayed a the cabin for a family gathering. It was great! We plan on returning next year.

As always, we had a great time. The cabin is in one of the most beautiful locations on the forest. It is fairly well stocked with most of what you might need. Great for group activities.

Great visit. Cabin was much cleaner this time (compared to mid summer) and it seems that much has been done to control the mouse/ground squirrel population. Cell signal seemed to be better, could fairly reliably txt. Was happy to see the flyswatter I left was still there; it belongs to the cabin now.

I recently stayed at Spring Valley Cabin/Bunkhouse and, unfortunately, had a very disappointing experience. The cabin was infested with mice, and we even encountered a rat the size of a guinea pig that came through the kitchen cabinets during the night. Mice were also entering through the kitchen door. This was not an isolated incident, as previous guests had also mentioned similar issues in the guestbook. Some stating they caught 4 mice in one day.
This is particularly disheartening because we had stayed at this cabin multiple times before COVID-19 and never had any problems. The view from the cabin is absolutely breathtaking, which makes the current state of the cabin even more of a shame.
We had booked a total of three nights but were unable to sleep due to the rodent infestation and left as soon as the sun was out the next day. Additionally, we were unable to use the bunkhouse due to no response from the number provided. Other reviews also mentioned that the bunkhouse had a potent urine smell from rodents, therefore we probably would not have used it either way.
The health concerns posed by the rodent infestation are overwhelming and unacceptable. I have always booked through Recreation.gov and have never encountered such issues at any other cabins. I hope the management takes immediate action to address this problem, as it has the potential to ruin what could be a wonderful experience.

Clean house and excellent view

But careful with mice and snake around the house