About Elwood Cabin
Number of accommodations: 1
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Site Details
Reviews (36)
What Guests Are Saying
Elwood Cabin offers a beautiful and cozy alpine setting, with many guests appreciating its charm, cleanliness, and well-maintained facilities. However, there are concerns regarding the 7-day cancellation policy, especially for winter trips affected by unpredictable snow conditions. Some visitors also reported issues with rodents and access challenges due to snow drifts, but overall, many express a strong desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Elwood Cabin offers a beautiful and cozy alpine setting, with many guests appreciating its charm, cleanliness, and well-maintained facilities. However, there are concerns regarding the 7-day cancellation policy, especially for winter trips affected by unpredictable snow conditions. Some visitors also reported issues with rodents and access challenges due to snow drifts, but overall, many express a strong desire to return.
Review Summary
Stephanie W
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Very private. The gate to property has a hidden lock underneath bar of the gate. I’m glad my traveling companion figured out how to find the lock! Elwood Cabin was amazing! Well worth the hunt!
Stephanie W
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Very private. The gate to property has a hidden lock underneath bar of the gate. I’m glad my traveling companion figured out how to find the lock! Elwood Cabin was amazing! Well worth the hunt!
Vance A
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Cabin was infested with Pack Rats and mice. The cabin needs a new front door that seals, and the ceiling inside needs a log jam sealent to keep the pack rats and mice from coming into the cabin.
Vance A
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2025 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Cabin was infested with Pack Rats and mice. The cabin needs a new front door that seals, and the ceiling inside needs a log jam sealent to keep the pack rats and mice from coming into the cabin.
Asa G
VerifiedNovember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
After cleaning up a little pile of mouse carcasses and trash scraps, this place quickly became paradise. What a wonderful winter getaway!
Asa G
VerifiedNovember 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
After cleaning up a little pile of mouse carcasses and trash scraps, this place quickly became paradise. What a wonderful winter getaway!
Matthew W
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Elwood is amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed our third stay there.
Now for the not so amazing and honest review.
The area Elwood is located in although remote is far from an unknown area especially around any holiday, very busy.
Also the cabin has been there for well over a century and the animals have kept up on that fact especially the rodents. They have developed a taste for the wires in your vehicle. I highly recommend bringing your worse truck up here for that reason.
I always spray a liquid fence type product all over my vehicle’s wiring in the backcountry, this time I missed a few bundles but the rodents did not unfortunately.
Other reviews state a similar issue but in the log book at the actual cabin there are many many other cautionary tales about your wires.
Be warned it is a persistent issue. If none of that bothers or concerns you then you will fall in love with Elwood cabin!
Matthew W
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
Elwood is amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed our third stay there.
Now for the not so amazing and honest review.
The area Elwood is located in although remote is far from an unknown area especially around any holiday, very busy.
Also the cabin has been there for well over a century and the animals have kept up on that fact especially the rodents. They have developed a taste for the wires in your vehicle. I highly recommend bringing your worse truck up here for that reason.
I always spray a liquid fence type product all over my vehicle’s wiring in the backcountry, this time I missed a few bundles but the rodents did not unfortunately.
Other reviews state a similar issue but in the log book at the actual cabin there are many many other cautionary tales about your wires.
Be warned it is a persistent issue. If none of that bothers or concerns you then you will fall in love with Elwood cabin!
Crisandrale D
VerifiedJuly 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
The Conejos ranger district assured us the cabin was open and accessible to our 4x4 vehicle, as it had been stocked by rangers in a pickup the week before.
None of the approaches to the cabin were accessible due to snow drifts within one mile of cabin.
Once again we called ahead to be sure our vehicle could make it and were assured it was open and ready.
We ended up staying in Platoro after determining we couldn’t dig through the snow drifts.
Honestly not even a snow machine would have made sense as the road was mostly clear with sporadic heavy drifts very close to the cabin.
Bummed we couldn’t make it and feel cheated that we were given false information.
Crisandrale D
VerifiedJuly 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 5106, Loop: ELWOOD
The Conejos ranger district assured us the cabin was open and accessible to our 4x4 vehicle, as it had been stocked by rangers in a pickup the week before.
None of the approaches to the cabin were accessible due to snow drifts within one mile of cabin.
Once again we called ahead to be sure our vehicle could make it and were assured it was open and ready.
We ended up staying in Platoro after determining we couldn’t dig through the snow drifts.
Honestly not even a snow machine would have made sense as the road was mostly clear with sporadic heavy drifts very close to the cabin.
Bummed we couldn’t make it and feel cheated that we were given false information.
Location Elwood Cabin
Address:
15571 County Road T.5
La Jara, CO, 81140
United States
From Del Norte, take U.S. Highway 160 west to South Fork. Continue west on U.S. Highway
160 for 8 miles to Park Creek Road. Travel 15 miles on Park Creek Road to Summitville
Road. Turn right on FSR 380, the cabin is about 2 miles on the left.
From the junction of FSR 250 in the Alamosa Canyon and FSR 380, follow FSR 380 about 8 miles, the cabin is on the right.
Access to the cabin in the summertime can be accomplished with just about any vehicle;
however, when the dirt roads are wet they tend to get slick.
In winter, the trail access to the Elwood Cabin is on the unplowed portion of Forest Road 380,
which starts southeast from the junction, but makes a bend and continues south-southwest to the cabin. The 2 mile ski to the cabin is generally easy with a
400 foot elevation gain. The Elwood Cabin is visible below the road on a knoll projecting into a
large open park. Allow from 1.5 - 2 hours or longer, depending on snow conditions, for the trip.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.4042 / -106.639
Elevation: 3517 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
