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Redoubt Lake Cabin
Baranof Island
| Capacity: |
8 |
Access: |
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| Stove type: |
Wood |
| Rowboat: |
Yes |
Activities: |
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| Rental fee: |
$35 per night |
| Season of use: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
16'x16' A-frame
cabin with sleeping loft reached by vertical ladder |
| Location: |
10 miles (16 km) south of Sitka on Baranof Island
| Longitude: |
-135.1327778 |
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| Latitude: |
56.92388889 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Port Alexander D-4; Sitka A-4 |
| Access: |
15-minute float plane flight from Sitka; boat to the head
of Silver Bay then hike 6-mile (9.6-km), very difficult,
Salmon Lake-Redoubt Lake trail. Difficult access by very
small, light skiff or kayak also possible at west end of
lake from Redoubt Bay (at base of falls) across a 100-foot
(30-meter) portage.
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| Terrain: |
Forested mountains rise from cabin near sea level nearly
3,500 feet (1065 m) to snowfields and dramatic granite cirques. |
| Facilities: |
- 1 double plywood bunk
- 2 single plywood bunks
- Sleeping loft
- Table and benches
- Wood stove
- Cooking counter
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- Outdoor screened cooler box
- Broom
- Outhouse toilet
- Axe or splitting maul
- Skiff and oars (motor and personal flotation
devices not included)
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Water available from lake or nearby inlet stream. Treat
all water before using. |
| What to bring: |
Personal flotation devices (pfd), sleeping bags, sleeping
pads, cooking stove, lantern, pots, pans, plates, utensils,
food, toilet paper, garbage bags, fire extinguisher, fire
starter, raingear and rubber boots. It's a good idea to
bring your own water. |
| More information: |
Occasional cold weather conditions of mid-winter can freeze
lake and delay air or boat arrivals and departures. Caution
is necessary by planes maneuvering across shallowly covered
sandbar at cabin approach.
Provided firewood may be in short supply at any time
of year.
Square-bowed skiff (rowboat) provided is small but heavy. Uses long-shaft 2-10
hp outboard motor. Redoubt Lake can become quite windy
and make rowing extremely difficult. Each person in skiff
should have 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.
DO NOT leave any food when vacating cabin. Pack out
what you bring in. |
| Special features: |
Cabin is popular recreational area for Sitka. Mountains,
numerous waterfalls visible the length of the lake.
Trailhead for Salmon Lake-Redoubt Lake trail begins just
beyond woodshed.
Good rainbow, cutthroat and Dolly Varden fishing. Try
fishing where silt bottom of nearby inlet stream suddenly
drops off at head of lake. Sockeye fishing mid-July to
mid-August, coho salmon late August through mid-September.
Deer and brown
bear plentiful. Deer hunting in season. |
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