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001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
Site Details
Reviews (36)
What Guests Are Saying
Squirrel Meadows Cabin offers a wonderful wilderness experience with complete privacy, making it a favorite for repeat visitors. The cabin is well-maintained, featuring a wood-burning cook stove and a manual water pump, with ample opportunities for hiking and wildlife viewing. While it lacks modern amenities like running water and electricity, the rustic charm and serene surroundings make it an appealing destination.
What Guests Are Saying
Squirrel Meadows Cabin offers a wonderful wilderness experience with complete privacy, making it a favorite for repeat visitors. The cabin is well-maintained, featuring a wood-burning cook stove and a manual water pump, with ample opportunities for hiking and wildlife viewing. While it lacks modern amenities like running water and electricity, the rustic charm and serene surroundings make it an appealing destination.
Review Summary
Terri A
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
We love Squirrel Meadows Cabin
Terri A
VerifiedJanuary 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
We love Squirrel Meadows Cabin
Heather R
VerifiedDecember 25, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
We crosscountry skied here in December. My GPS tracker recorded 9.5 miles one way. We found the cabin clean and in order. Vault toilet had plenty of toilet paper and there was more in the kitchen cabinet. The wood stove worked great and kept us fairly warm once we got it going good. There is also a wood cookstove but we didn't use it. The max temp we got our sleeping area to was 60 degrees. The cabin is situated in a pretty meadow with some partial views of distant mountains. We only stayed one night and overall it was a good experience.
Heather R
VerifiedDecember 25, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
We crosscountry skied here in December. My GPS tracker recorded 9.5 miles one way. We found the cabin clean and in order. Vault toilet had plenty of toilet paper and there was more in the kitchen cabinet. The wood stove worked great and kept us fairly warm once we got it going good. There is also a wood cookstove but we didn't use it. The max temp we got our sleeping area to was 60 degrees. The cabin is situated in a pretty meadow with some partial views of distant mountains. We only stayed one night and overall it was a good experience.
Mike B
VerifiedOctober 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
Great location, clean cabin, easy access to fishing and hunting.
Mike B
VerifiedOctober 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
Great location, clean cabin, easy access to fishing and hunting.
Carla H
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
A great little cabin. It would be really nice if the locks were of a combination type. That way you could drive directly to Yellowstone or Grand Teton instead of backtracking to Ashton.
Carla H
VerifiedAugust 22, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
A great little cabin. It would be really nice if the locks were of a combination type. That way you could drive directly to Yellowstone or Grand Teton instead of backtracking to Ashton.
Janine J
VerifiedAugust 18, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
This is a great remote cabin, with a locked gate about 1/3 mile up towards the main road. We've booked it winter and summer several times before.
When we arrived at the cabin, there were mountain bikes scattered around the cabin, with people sleeping in the parking zone, and directly behind the cabin, with their things all over the picnic table (food, junk, bear attractants!). We asked them to go, and eventually they woke themselves up enough to pack up slowly and rudely and leave....but it was NOT a good situation. If I'd have come up alone first with our kids, as I was going to, and my husband later, I would have NOT felt comfortable or safe in this situation. The Forest Service needs to post signage all around the cabin space --not just at the road entrance, but at all the trails around, that the cabin is by reservation only.
Other than the first awkward and hostile hour, we had a terrific stay, and enjoyed the cabin.
Janine J
VerifiedAugust 18, 2021 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: SQUIRREL MEADOWS CABIN (ID)
This is a great remote cabin, with a locked gate about 1/3 mile up towards the main road. We've booked it winter and summer several times before.
When we arrived at the cabin, there were mountain bikes scattered around the cabin, with people sleeping in the parking zone, and directly behind the cabin, with their things all over the picnic table (food, junk, bear attractants!). We asked them to go, and eventually they woke themselves up enough to pack up slowly and rudely and leave....but it was NOT a good situation. If I'd have come up alone first with our kids, as I was going to, and my husband later, I would have NOT felt comfortable or safe in this situation. The Forest Service needs to post signage all around the cabin space --not just at the road entrance, but at all the trails around, that the cabin is by reservation only.
Other than the first awkward and hostile hour, we had a terrific stay, and enjoyed the cabin.
Location Squirrel Meadows Cabin
Address:
Ashton/Island Park Ranger District
Ashton, ID, 83420
United States
Elevation: 1963 feet
23 mi drive to downtown Ashton (about 38 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Pick up the cabin key at the Ashton Ranger Station, Monday - Friday ; to make arrangements for after hours or weekend pickup, call (208) 652-7442 during regular business hours
- This cabin is located in grizzly/black bear country. All food and coolers must be stored according to the Caribou Targhee National Forest Food Storage Order #04-15-23-217
- Please leave the cabin clean for the next occupant.
- Please make sure fires in the outside campfire ring are extinguished completely before leaving the cabin. Abandoning campfires during any point in your stay at the cabin can result in a violation.
- This is a pack-it-in/pack-it-out facility, please take all trash with you when leaving the cabin.
- Guests should be aware that there is a risk of exposure to hantavirus when visiting remote cabins; click here to learn more.
- Click here for more information about Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
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