About Big Springs Warming Hut
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Reviews (21)
What Guests Are Saying
The Big Springs Warming Hut is praised for its excellent location and cleanliness. Reviewers consistently highlight these positive aspects. Overall, it offers a pleasant experience for visitors.
What Guests Are Saying
The Big Springs Warming Hut is praised for its excellent location and cleanliness. Reviewers consistently highlight these positive aspects. Overall, it offers a pleasant experience for visitors.
Review Summary
David J
July 23, 2020
When you are paying $308 for 3 nights and it says you have electricity you expect the box to be unlocked. It wasn’t! Never could get ahold of anyone to unlock it. Emailed recreation.gov when we got home they gave me a number for warming hut, warming hut number said recreation.gov would need to be the ones who give any type of refund, have now emailed recreation.gov again will see what they do! It takes forever to get any response, and good luck calling their phone number, was on hold 15 minutes, got disconnected, called again after a 45 minute wait gave up. Paying $308 for no electricity is crazy. No running water, which we knew ahead of time, but if you are paying more than $100 a night you should have the electricity which it states it has!!!
Location Big Springs Warming Hut
Address:
Big Springs Loop Road
Island Park, ID, 83429
United States
From West Yellowstone, Montana, travel 22 miles south on Highway 20 to Mack's Inn. Turn east on Big Springs Loop Road and travel 2 miles to the warming hut access road. Turn south into the warming hut parking area.
The Big Springs Warming Hut is accessible via Highway 20, which is approximately 22 miles north from the junction with US Highway 87 at Mack's Inn.
Latitude & Longitude: 44.485 / -111.3
Elevation: 1950 feet
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
Safety & rules
- Be aware of wildlife in the area.
- Follow safety guidelines for OHV use in Idaho.
Utilities
- Guests are required to bring their own drinking water.
General
- Click here for more information on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest
Fires & fuel
- Do not move firewood to prevent pest spread; obtain it locally and burn on-site.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
