Colton Guard Station

Cute cabin! The locked stocked wood storage shed with an axe in it out back leveled up our stay for sure. Nice not having to worry about being cold! The wood stove in combination with the cabin insulation was very effective to keep us warm through the night without having to keep the fire going. The futon doesn't latch open when in bed form. It folded down the middle a few times in a middle of the night. The first night that really bothered me. After giving into it the second night, and just sleeping in the middle fold, I slept fine. We brought our own water since we knew it was turned off. Was surprised the spigot didn't produce water, but we had enough. Love the solar panel! That was another level up! We had plenty enough light until bedtime each night to play cards and hang out.
It was a beautiful area that, apart from several vehicles coming down to see what was at the end of the road, we had it all too ourselves. Really nice to be able to stretch out, breath clean air and yell as loud as we wanted without bugging anyone.
We really enjoyed our time and feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to be able to rent the cute cabin and hope to again in the future. Thank you!

we had a wonderful time. We enjoyed exploring the area, fishing at east park, and spending time with family.

Was given wrong combination to lock, once in no gas available for cooking on range.

I had planned on a fridge and a stove when I made the reservation. Unfortunately there was an issue a couple days prior to my arival and they did not have a substitute for the fridge however, they did have a back up camping stove. Over all great stay :)

Beautiful area but the cabin was not taken care of. It was extremely dirty - as if it hadn't been cleaned or any maintenance done on it since the 1930's. Granted, those who stay here are suppose to take care of it. The 1st hour I was there I tried to clean and sweep. The beds were pretty bad. We were hoping that the futon would be able to be open but it is stuck. We ended up sleeping in the back building. I actually liked it out there. There are numerous bunk beds and they are fairly comfortable. We were hoping for hot water since that is what was said and shown to be available. The water heater had been taken OUT so NO HOT WATER. We were grateful for the stove and the refrigerator though! The toilet in the cabin has no flushing power whatsoever. #1 is fine...but #2 - NO WAY. Thankfully there is an outhouse nearby. The place is a little oasis in a high desert. It's by a stream. The flowers were amazing. Some deer visited us along with lots of chipmunks. =) It was decently located within reasonable distance of the 'mountains' with pine trees, reservoirs and hiking...and then close to a pretty aspen tree area, as well. There are LOTS of cows roaming around and mooing at all hours. I would probably consider this cabin again but it was a pretty far distance from our home [4+ hours] so that will probably not happen. Overall though...pretty nice.