American River Guard Station

We loved this cabin, the futon made a comfortable bed and they allow pets. We stayed here for my birthday enjoyed building wood fires in the stove and outside. We loved having a river in the cabins back yard. The hike to the old American Ridge ski lodge, was like a blast from the past, if you concentrated hard enough you could hear the murmurings of the past.

The cabin is cute and well stocked with toilet paper & matches. The wood stove burns thru wood really quickly do bring more than you think you'll need. The latch for the hook & eye to lock the latrine is broken so privacy is guarded by whatever heavy item you can find to hold the door shut.
The mattress in the main bedroom is stained ( gross! Please get a plastic mattress cover for the bed!) so we covered with blankets.
So nice to have electricity in the cabin! Lots of pots, pans, utensils & plates in kitchen.
Its adorable and well located. Parking was a sheet of ice so bring microspikes!
I left a flannel backed plastic tablecloth to protect the pretty wood table.
Overall great place, just needs a little more love.

Great visit as usual. Hiked the Sheep lake trail. Did some general cleaning. Swept the cobwebs off the sides of the house. The Futon mattress could used to be replaced. You feel like your rolling out. Brought up new sheers for the living room.

Enjoyed a nice warm wood stove. Buried who we named Whiskers. That decided to pass behind the cabin. Wasn't there the month before. Hopefully no one brought up a cat and lost it. Did our best to clean up hanging snags around the cabin. Trees do make noise when they fall. Especially feet in front of you 😳😳. Heard min 21 fall on trail 999 on the hike.

Really sweet location, cozy cabin, especially the main living room with the stove. Plenty of firewood in the back room.

Really awesome spot for a long weekend, nice that it has electricity, and the wood stove is great! Having the river right next to the house is also lovely. Would def come back. I’d recommend bringing a double sized mattress cover if you want to sleep on the double bed in the bedroom.

Just back from 3 nights at American River Ranger Station, our first time there. Wonderful spot, great cabin – we'll be back. Great setting, great wood stove, nice lounge, OK bed, big fridge, kitchen works. Easy to cart buckets from the river for washing up. Managed to break the paint seal on the bedroom window, which now opens with effort. Suggest bringing mattress cover as well as sheets, as mattress a little grotty.

This a an old, rustic cabin in the woods. Of course there might be mice! We were surprised not to see or hear any, but fully expected to, 'cos mouses got to mouse. And of course it's a little drafty. Heats up very well, though.

A big thank you to the regulars who have showered this cabin with love – putting up new curtains, fixing things, and leaving equipment for others to enjoy. Much appreciated!

We will start with the highlights. The setting of the cabin is beautiful. It is right off the highway and easy to get to. Check in was simple. Road noise wasn’t bad at all. After reading the most current reviews, we were a little bit worried about the outhouse and the broken bed, but UPDATE- both have been fixed! The outhouse was stocked with toilet paper and had a light. Fridge was in good working order. The cabin was mostly clean (see below). Plenty of games and movies to keep you entertained while off the grid!

Now, the low points. The cabin had a pretty bad odor. I have two teens and neither one wanted to sleep upstairs – the mattresses were stained and stinky. They said it felt like a mental hospital! We found evidence of mice or rats in a drawer in downstairs bedside table. We decided that my daughter could have the bed, my son could have the futon, and I would sleep on the living room floor with a camping mattress we brought. We got home from an evening hike, and there was a mouse scurrying about in the living room! That was enough for us and we left without even staying the night. Yes, I know that we were in a cabin in the woods. Wildlife is expected. But we had no way to escape the mouse. Advice to future guests- bring mouse traps!

love this cabin! Another wonderful trip.
The bed is maybe still broken though and the out house is in desperate need of being emptied. With the price hike, those things should be addressed ASAP

Best choice if you are looking for a time out of the routine, without mobile signal and internet, enjoying the nature in a cozy rustic house :)

Glad to be back at the cabin after the Schneider spring fire. I put up new curtains in the kitchen and put the older curtains from the kitchen into the bedroom because the people who were there last had covered up the back window they didn't like the Cafe window opening. So now the downstairs windows are dragonfly themed. Put a new stove burner pans made the stove look a whole lot better. We were without power from Monday at about two till Tuesday morning at about two. It's a 14 mile drive up the pass if you are an AT&T customer to get a Signal.