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Baranof Lake Cabin
Baranof Island
| Capacity: |
6 |
Access: |
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| Stove type: |
Wood |
| Rowboat: |
Yes |
Activities: |
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| Rental fee: |
$35 per night |
| Season of use: |
June to October |
| Description: |
Rustic 12' x 14' Pan
Abode cabin. |
| Location: |
20 air miles (32 km) east of Sitka on Baranof Lake on
the east side of Baranof Island.
| Longitude: |
-134.8938889 |
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| Latitude: |
57.06805556 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Sitka A-3 |
| Access: |
Float plane 25 minutes from Sitka. In low clouds, flying
time can double, as flights must go around the island.
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| Terrain: |
Small, sandy beach in front of cabin; mountain ridges
gradually rise to over 3000 feet (915 m) elevation on either
side of 145-foot-high (44 m) lake. |
| Facilities: |
- 2 double plywood bunks
- 2 single plywood bunks
- Table and benches
- Wood stove
- Cooking counter
- Cupboard
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- Outdoor screened cooler box
- Broom
- Outhouse toilet
- Axe or splitting maul
- Skiff and oars (No motor or
personal flotation devices provided)
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Water is available from the lake or nearby inlet stream. Treat all water before using. |
| What to bring: |
Sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking stove, lantern,
pots, pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, garbage
bags, fire extinguisher, fire starter, personal flotation
devices (pfd) and rubber boots. It's a good idea to bring
your own water. |
| More information: |
Lake is generally ice free (suitable for a float plane
to land) from June 1 to October 1.
The cabin is not maintained during the winter and, though
generally provided, firewood may be in short supply at any
time of the year.
DO NOT leave food behind when vacating cabin. Pack out all
gear that you bring.
Square-bowed skiff (rowboat) provided is small but heavy.
Takes long-shaft outboard motor (2-10 hp), not
provided. Each person using the skiff should have a Coast
Guard approved pfd. Be sure plug is in before launching
boat. Please tie skiff well up on shore and pull plug before
leaving so boat does not fill with rain water. |
| Special features: |
Remote mountain cabin nestled within a stand of spruce
at southwestern edge of the 2.5-mile (3.25 km) long greenish-blue
Baranof Lake. Sound of rushing water prevails as Baranof
River enters lake in view of cabin and beautiful waterfall
cascades over steep slopes across lake.
Thick vegetation along shoreline and on mountain slopes
makes fishing from and hiking along the shore impossible.
Warm Springs Bay and the community of Baranof Warm Springs
just beyond the eastern shores of the lake.
Brown
bear frequent the area.
Cutthroat trout,
Dolly Varden and rainbow trout fishing late July to late
August, especially near inlet streams. |
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