Sandstone Cabin

Sandstone Cabin is located beside State Highway 70 in the Sierra Madre Range. The cabin is nestled among beautiful aspen trees, and is frequented by moose, elk and bears. It is available from mid-June to late October, and a host is located on site. The cabin will sleep five to six people in two bunks and one queen bed. It features propane lights, heat, a propane cook stove and refrigerator, and solar panels provide limited power for lights and small appliances. The kitchen is equipped with basic cooking and eating utensils and cookware, and the bathroom has a shower and flush toilet. Potable water is available on-site, though it is advised that guests bring their own for drinking. A picnic table and campfire ring provide a delightful area for outdoor dining. Guests need to provide their own food, sleeping bags, lanterns or flashlights, pillows, towels, dish soap, matches, first aid kit, toilet paper and garbage bags. All trash and food should be packed out, and guests are expected to clean the cabin before leaving. No pets are allowed within the building, and please clean up after your pets. The surrounding Sierra Madre area offers lake and pond fishing, river and stream fishing, day hiking, backpacking, and viewing of wildlife, plants and scenery, reached from trailheads and campgrounds such as the East Fork - Encampment River Trail, the Encampment River Wilderness, Huston Park Wilderness, Green Mountain Falls Trailhead, Purgatory Gulch Trailhead, the CDNST trailheads at Deep Jack, Pipeline and Red Mountain, Bottle Creek Trails and Hog Park Campground. From open, high expanses to valleys and canyons that rise steeply to snowy ranges, the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests encompass mountain ranges, tributaries to the North Platte River and the Colorado River, and a mix of forested ecology with spruce, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, aspen and shrub lands. Sandstone Cabin sits in a clearing surrounded by a mixture of lodgepole pine, aspen and mixed conifer forest at an elevation of 8,200 feet, and wildlife viewing is abundant in the area, including elk, deer and moose. Battle Highway, which passes right by the cabin, is a scenic drive featuring historic copper mining sites that were developed from 1897-1908 in the Sierra Madres; the drive is about 58 miles, beginning in Baggs, Wyoming and ending in Riverside, Wyoming, with interpretive signs along the route explaining points of interest.