Malad Summit Guard Station

Cabin had been cleaned very well and a very nice family experience.

If I could give this 0 stars, I would.

I recieved an email several days prior to my reservation that informed me that there was no water available, and that the refrigerator was not working.

No problem, I can pack in a water jug and just keep my food in the cooler, right?

Upon arrival, the place was littered with mouse feces. The shower stall, beds, counters, stove, cabinets, pans, etc all had mouse feces on or in them. The water heater was disassembled with pieces laying all over the floor. The electric wall heater would not turn on. I pulled the cover off and got the fan running, but it only blew cold air. No problem, the site says that I can get firewood for the wood stove from the adjacent campground host, that should be fine. But there was no camp host at the adjacent campground, nor any firewood, nor any people at all. We came back from our firewood search and that's when we noticed the smell. And the mice jumping into holes in the walls. There was something dead somewhere in the cabin. The smell of rotting flesh is pretty unmistakable. That was the final straw for us, we left and found somewhere else to stay.

It really looked like no one had been there in a long time. I would think that someone would at least check it out before making it available for reservations for the year.

Great cabin, lots of space, it was clean, nice beds, and a great big table. We didn't understand where we were supposed to park (winter rental, couldn't get all the way to the cabin) as they logical spot at the end of the plowed road has signs saying "No Overnight Parking/Private Property". It would help to know where we are supposed to park to walk in in the winter. Other than that, it was a great spot and a lot of fun.

The cabin is in bad shape. It has not seen paint in many years. The screens are broken, doors stick, etc. But it has electricity, heat (not that we needed it in July), hot showers, and a functional kitchen. The setting is fantastic and the price is right. As a value proposition, it comes out great. All in all, we loved it.

Great location in between two creeks with great views of the surrounding area.

This cabin now has electricity (including a refrigerator/freezer, wall mounted heating unit, 120v plug-in sockets).

There was no water when we were there, went and talked to the campground host and he was trying to get it fixed but he never did on the night that we stayed.

Firewood selection was poor. It seems that this is a growing trend, ten years ago most cabins were really stocked well with firewood.

Only thing I would have liked was more firewood, couldn't find any sort of cash, but someone did leave some on the porch