Crow Pass Cabin

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Crow Pass Cabin

August 2021 - There is a new outhouse for Crow Pass trail users (day hikers and backpackers). If you are not renting the Crow Pass Cabin, please use the new outhouse and help keep the beautiful landscape toilet paper and poop free! Trail rangers also built a new trail to the cabin and camping area near Crystal Lake. Bear boxes have been installed at the lake for backpackers to store their food. Remember: • Crow Pass Cabin use is by reservation only. Please respect cabin user(s) privacy • Stay on trails to minimize damaging the alpine vegetation • Burn your toilet paper in the burn bucket in the outhouse to maximize the life of the outhouse The cabin is a 16 x16-foot, A-frame with a main floor and sleeping loft. It can accommodate 6 people and has wooden bunks, a table with benches, fire extinguisher, snow shovel, a broom and an outside pit toilet. A kerosene stove is provided as a heat source. Cabin users are responsible for bringing their own supply of kerosene. Typically 1 gallon/ day is sufficent. Guests are responsible for supplying their own drinking water, a cook stove, flashlights or lanterns, bedding, mattresses, toilet paper, garbage bags, cookware, dishes and utensils. A small creek is located near the Cabin. Water should be treated before consumption. *Not recommended for winter use due to extreme avalanche danger* This cabin is closed November - May and not available for use. Overview Crow Pass Cabin is located about 500 yards off the Crow Pass Trail, which follows part of the former supply route for the Iditarod Trail. The trail is popular destination for its historic sites, stunning scenery and wildlife watching opportunities. The cabin is an ideal stop for visitors hiking the entire length of the trail, which takes an estimated two to three days, or for visitors interested in a good base camp for mountain climbing or backcountry skiing in the area. The site is only available for rent from June through October due to elevated avalanche danger during the winter and spring months. Please note, hazardous avalanche conditions may exist in this area as early as October and well into June some years. Getting there requires a 3-mile hike from the Crow Pass Trailhead off Crow Creek Road with an elevation gain of 2,080 feet. The trail may have snow October through mid-June. There is a small stream crossings to navigate just before the Cabin. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. More information on avalanche hazards in this area can be found at the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center website ( www.CNFAIC.org ). If accessing this cabin in late fall or early summer, please be prepared for winter conditions and / or potential avalanche hazards affecting the route in along the Crow Pass Trail.

Before you go

Scenic drives that pass close

• Seward Highway8 mi
• Alaska Railroad11 mi
• Glenn Highway23 mi