My family & I have stayed out here multiple times. This time wasn't so welcoming. We could only check in at 4pm, and not 1pm. Cabin was dirty, front door was broken, wouldn't open. Downstairs window was also cracked letting in cold air. The campground 8tself looked normal... but it was disappointing to see a treasured cabin in Sitka become so decrepit.... hopefully the Forest Service can be of service and actually spend that $75 daily fee and fix the door & window...Sad.

My family & I have stayed out here multiple times. This time wasn't so welcoming. We could only check in at 4pm, and not 1pm. Cabin was dirty, front door was broken, wouldn't open. Downstairs window was also cracked letting in cold air. The campground 8tself looked normal... but it was disappointing to see a treasured cabin in Sitka become so decrepit.... hopefully the Forest Service can be of service and actually spend that $75 daily fee and fix the door & window...Sad.

My family & I have stayed out here multiple times. This time wasn't so welcoming. We could only check in at 4pm, and not 1pm. Cabin was dirty, front door was broken, wouldn't open. Downstairs window was also cracked letting in cold air. The campground 8tself looked normal... but it was disappointing to see a treasured cabin in Sitka become so decrepit.... hopefully the Forest Service can be of service and actually spend that $75 daily fee and fix the door & window...Sad.

The fire wood was wet and way too long for the stove . And they didn’t give us much wood at all.

The fire wood was wet and way too long for the stove . And they didn’t give us much wood at all.

The fire wood was wet and way too long for the stove . And they didn’t give us much wood at all.

I want so bad to rate this a 5. The campground host (Dan?) was amazing and super kind, available, helpful. The cabin itself is always a pleasure. It's wonderful that Mosquito cove is a hop skip and a jump away, there's bird watching, a beautiful walk around the boardwalk, the artesian well and the shooting range. But the woodstove is horrible. It intermittently lets smoke billow out of the stove- enough that it's a potential health hazard for prone people. The very first time I stayed there a few years ago after they replaced it, we had to leave after getting the fire started and give away our reservation because it was sooo smoky that it was an actual health hazard. It still smells like a smokehouse; stung my eyes, sinuses, flared the asthma as soon as we entered the cabin. We had to leave the windows open so that the kids weren't laying in smoke upstairs. One of the kids that we brought had to go home to get his inhaler that he hasn't had to use in a few years. We did tell the campground host, and in the very early morning hours did accidentally have the flue mostly closed so that was our fault, and the host said that he's never seen the problem, but the problem very much exists, and has since the stove was replaced. Obviously it wasn't so bad that we had to leave like last time, but I doubt we're the only ones that feel this way and would like to see the problem remedied for future visits. I bet that the town's people would happily donate money toward a new and improved stove so that it didn't cost the state anything. Lastly, we heard big foot :D

I want so bad to rate this a 5. The campground host (Dan?) was amazing and super kind, available, helpful. The cabin itself is always a pleasure. It's wonderful that Mosquito cove is a hop skip and a jump away, there's bird watching, a beautiful walk around the boardwalk, the artesian well and the shooting range. But the woodstove is horrible. It intermittently lets smoke billow out of the stove- enough that it's a potential health hazard for prone people. The very first time I stayed there a few years ago after they replaced it, we had to leave after getting the fire started and give away our reservation because it was sooo smoky that it was an actual health hazard. It still smells like a smokehouse; stung my eyes, sinuses, flared the asthma as soon as we entered the cabin. We had to leave the windows open so that the kids weren't laying in smoke upstairs. One of the kids that we brought had to go home to get his inhaler that he hasn't had to use in a few years. We did tell the campground host, and in the very early morning hours did accidentally have the flue mostly closed so that was our fault, and the host said that he's never seen the problem, but the problem very much exists, and has since the stove was replaced. Obviously it wasn't so bad that we had to leave like last time, but I doubt we're the only ones that feel this way and would like to see the problem remedied for future visits. I bet that the town's people would happily donate money toward a new and improved stove so that it didn't cost the state anything. Lastly, we heard big foot :D

I want so bad to rate this a 5. The campground host (Dan?) was amazing and super kind, available, helpful. The cabin itself is always a pleasure. It's wonderful that Mosquito cove is a hop skip and a jump away, there's bird watching, a beautiful walk around the boardwalk, the artesian well and the shooting range. But the woodstove is horrible. It intermittently lets smoke billow out of the stove- enough that it's a potential health hazard for prone people. The very first time I stayed there a few years ago after they replaced it, we had to leave after getting the fire started and give away our reservation because it was sooo smoky that it was an actual health hazard. It still smells like a smokehouse; stung my eyes, sinuses, flared the asthma as soon as we entered the cabin. We had to leave the windows open so that the kids weren't laying in smoke upstairs. One of the kids that we brought had to go home to get his inhaler that he hasn't had to use in a few years. We did tell the campground host, and in the very early morning hours did accidentally have the flue mostly closed so that was our fault, and the host said that he's never seen the problem, but the problem very much exists, and has since the stove was replaced. Obviously it wasn't so bad that we had to leave like last time, but I doubt we're the only ones that feel this way and would like to see the problem remedied for future visits. I bet that the town's people would happily donate money toward a new and improved stove so that it didn't cost the state anything. Lastly, we heard big foot :D