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Eagle Cabin
Yakutat Forelands
| Capacity: |
5 |
Access: |
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| Stove type: |
Oil (#1 fuel oil) |
| Rowboat: |
No |
Activities: |
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| Rental fee: |
$35 per night |
| Season of use: |
Year-round |
| Description: |
One room 14' x 16' cedar Pan
Abode cabin. 10' x 10' meat shed about 100' from the
cabin for hanging moose or storing personal belongings. |
| Location: |
8 air miles (13 km) from Yakutat on east bank of Situk
River.
| Longitude: |
-139.5130556 |
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| Latitude: |
59.55388889 |
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| Suggested USGS topo map: |
Yakutat C-5, C-4 |
| Access: |
Trail, boat or wheeled aircraft. From Nine Mile Bridge
on Forest Highway 10, hike 3 mile (5 km) trail or boat 3.2
miles (5 km) down river (1.5 hour float). Cabin 9.6 miles
(15.5 km) up river from Situk Landing (terminus of Lost
River Road). Forest Service-maintained airstrip about 300'
from cabin is 1800' long and 50' wide.
Trail to cabin relatively flat; can flood. Numerous root
wads across it make walking moderately difficult. No OHV
use. Trail fords Old Situk River. Trail does not follow
banks of Situk River. |
| Terrain: |
Cabin is located in old growth Sitka spruce-hemlock-cottonwood
forest with blueberry understory. |
| Facilities: |
- 3 single wooden bunks
- 1 double bunk
- 1 table and bench
- Fuel oil heater
- Windsock (15 MPH)
- Iron fire circle
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- Log book
- Broom and dustpan
- Pit outhouse
- Meat shed
- Airstrip 1800' x 50'
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Water available from river. Treat all water before using. |
| What to bring: |
Fuel for the oil heater (#1 stove oil), drinking water,
sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking stove, lantern, pots,
pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, garbage bags,
fire extinguisher and fire starter. Gallon of fuel lasts
2-10 hours, depending on setting. Five-gallon fuel tank
(without fuel) provided at cabin. |
| More information: |
Cabin formerly called Middle Situk North cabin.
Keep camp clean to prevent dangerous human-bear encounters.
Learn essentials
for traveling and camping in bear country from Forest
Service or Alaska Department of Fish and Game before using
cabin.
Raven
Cabin about 1/4 mile (400 m) south of cabin. |
| Special features: |
Outstanding fishing for rainbow trout, dolly varden, steelhead
and salmon (sockeye, pink, king and silver). Cabin frequently
used as stopover point for fishing parties and visitors
boating river.
Large moose population. Hunting good to excellent.
Heavy
brown bear population. Bald eagles, ravens, gulls
along river. |
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