White Mountains National Recreation Area - Alaska Cabins

About

The White Mountains National Recreation Area, managed by the BLM, encompasses one million acres of subarctic wilderness about an hour's drive north of Fairbanks. The area features 13 public-use log cabins available by reservation, plus two free first-come-first-served trail shelters. Winter is the primary season, when visitors travel by ski, snowshoe, fat bike, dog team, or snowmobile along 250 miles of groomed trails to reach the remote cabins. Each cabin provides bunks with sleeping platforms for up to eight people, a table with benches, a woodstove for heating, a propane cookstove, and basic tools including an ax and bowsaw. An outhouse is located outside each cabin. The cabins have no electricity or running water. Visitors must bring their own drinking water or water treatment system, food, sleeping bags and pads, toilet paper, propane canisters, matches, and garbage bags for packing out trash. Most cabins become difficult to access once snow melts in late spring, though Fred Blixt Cabin and Lee's Cabin see regular summer use. Reservations cost $42 per night plus an $8 Recreation.gov service fee, with a maximum stay of three consecutive nights per cabin. Check-in and check-out is noon to noon. Dogs are allowed but owners must clean up after their animals.

Directions

From Fairbanks, take the Steese Highway north through Fox. Trailheads are located at Milepost 42 and Milepost 57 of the Steese Highway. Alternatively, take the Elliott Highway north from Fox with trailhead access at Milepost 28 and Milepost 57.