Someone had cleaned the floors before we got there with a cleanser that smelled absolutely awful and gave us all headaches. It persisted during our entire visit even with all of the windows open. The location is great and the experience would have been fine if the toxic odors weren't permeating the cabin.

Someone had cleaned the floors before we got there with a cleanser that smelled absolutely awful and gave us all headaches. It persisted during our entire visit even with all of the windows open. The location is great and the experience would have been fine if the toxic odors weren't permeating the cabin.

Someone had cleaned the floors before we got there with a cleanser that smelled absolutely awful and gave us all headaches. It persisted during our entire visit even with all of the windows open. The location is great and the experience would have been fine if the toxic odors weren't permeating the cabin.

It's closed! They are repairing the septic line when we got there. Rec.gov! You need to be better at this. This put us in a very bad situation. Not many options in Portal at 8pm. Poor communication. We were told it had been shut down for a few weeks.

It's closed! They are repairing the septic line when we got there. Rec.gov! You need to be better at this. This put us in a very bad situation. Not many options in Portal at 8pm. Poor communication. We were told it had been shut down for a few weeks.

It's closed! They are repairing the septic line when we got there. Rec.gov! You need to be better at this. This put us in a very bad situation. Not many options in Portal at 8pm. Poor communication. We were told it had been shut down for a few weeks.

I was planning on staying two nights at the bunkhouse and hiking for three days. Fortunately I had a very nice hike on the first day before going to the bunkhouse. I was there for about 3 hours before I packed up all my belongings and drove home. At first glance the place is adequate and the area is very scenic. But there was a cockroach in the bathroom sink and silverfish in the kitchen sink. After seeing a mouse running around in the cabinet under the kitchen sink, I had enough. If you expect people to pay to stay there, you need to make sure it is clean; not leaving it to the guests to clean it up. I was also confused about the lock on the door. You need a code to open the door but it only seemed to work once. The notebook had no specific instructions about the lock, it only said "lock the door when you leave". Great place to hike as there has been extensive trail maintenance.

I was planning on staying two nights at the bunkhouse and hiking for three days. Fortunately I had a very nice hike on the first day before going to the bunkhouse. I was there for about 3 hours before I packed up all my belongings and drove home. At first glance the place is adequate and the area is very scenic. But there was a cockroach in the bathroom sink and silverfish in the kitchen sink. After seeing a mouse running around in the cabinet under the kitchen sink, I had enough. If you expect people to pay to stay there, you need to make sure it is clean; not leaving it to the guests to clean it up. I was also confused about the lock on the door. You need a code to open the door but it only seemed to work once. The notebook had no specific instructions about the lock, it only said "lock the door when you leave". Great place to hike as there has been extensive trail maintenance.

I was planning on staying two nights at the bunkhouse and hiking for three days. Fortunately I had a very nice hike on the first day before going to the bunkhouse. I was there for about 3 hours before I packed up all my belongings and drove home. At first glance the place is adequate and the area is very scenic. But there was a cockroach in the bathroom sink and silverfish in the kitchen sink. After seeing a mouse running around in the cabinet under the kitchen sink, I had enough. If you expect people to pay to stay there, you need to make sure it is clean; not leaving it to the guests to clean it up. I was also confused about the lock on the door. You need a code to open the door but it only seemed to work once. The notebook had no specific instructions about the lock, it only said "lock the door when you leave". Great place to hike as there has been extensive trail maintenance.

A quick walk around the bunkhouse clearly shows holes in the walls, rotten infrastructure, and a building that has not been maintained, to say the least! So it was no surprise that the night I stayed in the Bunkhouse, it rained, the roof leaked, the electricity went out, and the mice played ALL night -- LOUDLY. There were many places that I could have stayed for $100/night - WITH maid service, but I wanted to both be in the forest and support the forest service. When I saw that none of the money was dedicated to upkeep of the historic building, I was deeply disappointed. I will not be staying at the Bunkhouse again.