Power Creek Cabin

Power Creek Cabin, in the Chugach National Forest, is located 4.2 miles from the Power Creek Trailhead, which is approximately 6.9 miles north of Cordova, Alaska on the Power Creek road. Access to the cabin is by hiking only — a 4.2-mile hike along Power Creek Trail, which provides scenic terrain for hikers. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety. Power Creek Valley is a great spot for hikers. Both Power Creek Trail and Crater Lake Trail begin just outside Cordova and can be hiked separately, or as part of a 12.5-mile loop. The trail meanders through spruce-hemlock forests, traverses a difficult exposed ridge and treats hikers to scenic views of Orca Inlet, Eyak Lake and the Delta; time spent at Crater Lake is worth the effort. From Cordova, mountain bikers will find a relatively flat ride that follows the northern shore of Eyak Lake, then parallels the creek through a rainforest setting past several waterfalls, heading toward the coastal Chugach Mountain Range. The southern exposure of the mountains and the amount of wildlife on the trail makes it a fantastic ride. During the summer and fall when there are salmon in the lake and creek, this is a popular bear feeding area. Hunters have a long season in the surrounding national forest — bear in spring and fall, deer from late summer through late fall. There isn't much fishing in the cabin's vicinity, however some small Dolly Varden can be found in the stream near the cabin. The 12x20-ft rustic cabin has a loft and a covered deck. It is equipped with wooden bunkbeds without mattresses that sleep up to eight guests, and is furnished with a table, an oil stove for heat, a rainwater catchment barrel and an outdoor pit toilet. There is no running water or electricity: bring your own water, food, sleeping bags and pads, cook stoves, matches, cooking gear and utensils, lanterns or flashlights, toilet paper, first aid kit and garbage bags. The oil stove burns either #1 stove oil or kerosene, and this must be provided by visitors. Dense forests, glacier-fed streams, valleys and rocky peaks define the landscape around the cabin, providing habitat for an abundance of wildlife. At an elevation of 500 feet, Power Creek Cabin is nestled in a spruce-hemlock forest above Power Creek Valley, where visitors can view wildflowers and wildlife and steep mountains rise from the valley floor. Mountain goats, brown bear, black bear, moose and waterfowl are all found in the area. The closest town is Cordova — located at the base of glacier-capped peaks and facing Prince William Sound, it is a commercial fishing community, home to the world famous Copper River Wild Salmon.