Tongass National Forest
Admiralty Island Cabins

Young Lake (North) Cabin

North Young Lake cabin sits amid tall evergreens

Description: This is a Pan Abode cabin with a wood stove and sleeping space for 4 to 6 people.

Location: The cabin is on the north end of the island at the north end of Young Lake at an elevation of 320' (97.5 m). Longitude: -134.5; Latitude: 58.13333333

Access: Access is by float plane. It is about a 20-minute flight from Juneau. Occasionally poor weather can result in extended stays, and cabin users should be prepared for this. In fall, winter, and early spring, the cabin may be inaccessible due to frozen lake surface (float planes cannot land). The lake is normally ice free from mid-May through November.

Terrain: The cabin sits back 50' (15 m) from the lake edge under a canopy of trees. The beach is small.

Facilities:
  • 2 single wooden bunks
  • 2 double wooden bunks
  • Oil stove (uses #1 stove oil, NOT provided)
  • Table and benches
  • Cooking counter
  • Broom
  • Outhouse
  • Skiff with oars

Water is available from the lake. Treat all water before using. Bring your own personal flotation devices, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking stove, lantern, pots, pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, garbage bags, fire extinguisher, and fire starter.

Special Features: This is 1 of 2 cabins on the lake (the other is the South Young Lake cabin). You are in brown bear country. Bears frequent the area and trail particularly during salmon runs July through August. The Admiralty Cove-Young Lake trail is a 4½ mile trail that departs from the cabin and ends at the Admiralty Cove cabin. It is a relatively flat trail and follows the creek at each end of the trail. The round trip hike can be fairly strenuous when conditions are very wet. The lake is on a flight path and has substantial overhead plane traffic.

Rental Fee: $35 per night.

Suggested USGS topo map: Juneau A-2.

Updated June 24, 2011

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