Reviews for this site — S09, Loop: AREA SWAN LAKE CABIN SEWARD

4.5
(20 reviews)

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Cathryn T Verified
Stayed date
Jul 2025

This cabin had a beautiful view of the lake with easy accessibility for boating and a morning bath. The trail in from the winter route of the Resurrection trail was terribly overgrown and difficult at the end of an 11 mile day. But the trail out to Juneau lake was excellent.

Elizabeth H Verified
Stayed date
Jan 2023

Great little cabin. However, there was no firewood readily available due to it being a no snow machine year. Upon arrival to the cabin we had to fell 2 trees for firewood. Luckily (but unfortunately) there is plenty of spruce beetle kill and a pretty decent axe and saw at the cabin. The stove worked great and got the place very toasty. The creek was accessible for fresh water, yet we often just melted snow. The previous cabin-dwellers kinda left of mess, both inside and outside. We dug out a walkway to the wood storage shed and removed the majority of the trash that was left behind.

Cheryl C Verified
Stayed date
Jul 2022

This was our favorite cabin along the Resurrection Pass Trail. We loved the view from the porch and appreciated the access to the lake with the canoes. We paddled for quite a ways, but never reached the other end of the lake. The wind was quite strong, so be aware which way it's blowing before heading out.

Daniel A Verified
Stayed date
Dec 2020

stayed two nights. Found a cache of precut, pre-split cottonwood under a nearby spruce and used about half of it. So nice! I went for Thanksgiving and finding usable wood in the area was otherwise really difficult, as everything was wet from the fall rains and basically frozen anyway. Stove worked well, but I needed to up my game on fire starting. Luckily that second night after I found the cache it worked really well. Cabin was otherwise exactly what expected: terrific but simple!

Rodney W Verified
Stayed date
Sep 2020

We came down from Hope and took the northern spur trail to the cabin. That trail is garbage compared to the southern spur trail to the cabin. If you have time, I highly recommend going around to the southern trail. The cabin is nice, but it's one of the smaller ones. There is a wood shed with implements, but the splitting maul is dull and nicked; it's not good for much. I bludgeoned a couple of logs into submission, but I switched to the saw after that. Great views, and there are a row boat and canoe on the lake. Oars and kids life vests are in the woodshed. Lots of water fowl and fish to be seen. The running water source is only about 100 yards from the cabin. and the water was great. The outhouse is about 50 yards behind the cabin, and was well kept. Over all, we enjoyed our stay. and would definitely go again.

David F Verified
Stayed date
Jan 2020

The Swan Lake Cabin is an incredible place to stay the night nestled at the edge of a lake that did, indeed, serve as a home to many swans. A piece worth knowing - the cabin contains a wood stove that heats up the relatively small cabin quite quickly. In November 2019 there was just enough wood for us for one night and enough to leave for the next folks. Beyond that the wood shed only had one or two extremely knotted rounds (not sure if or how often wood is stocked).