White Sulphur Springs Cabin

White Sulphur Springs Cabin is on the northern shore of Bertha Bay, 65 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska, on Chichagof Island within the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Area. This is a remote site in a designated Wilderness area, accessible by boat only, weather permitting. Recreation options include fishing, boating, hiking, photography and soaking in a natural warm springs pool. With easy terrain, many areas around the cabin are accessible to hikers: Lake Elfendahl and Lake Morris are only a 2-hour hike away, the Dry Pass Trail to Sea Level Slough can be difficult to follow and requires a lower tide to cross the slough, and the White Sulphur Springs Trail to Mirror Harbor is marked and easy to follow. The warm springs is about 50 feet from the cabin with no fee for use. However, reserving this cabin does not include exclusive use of the warm springs, and cabin users must be prepared for warm springs visitors at any time. The 12-by-14-foot Pan Abode-style cabin accommodates six people, with two double plywood bunks and two single plywood bunks. Amenities include a wood stove for heat, a table with benches, cooking counter, broom, an axe or splitting maul and an outhouse toilet. There are no mattresses or cooking utensils: bring bedding, a cook stove and cookware, a lantern, food, a fire extinguisher and fire starter. Rain gear and boots are recommended. No good water source is available near the cabin. A forest of spruce and hemlock surrounds the cabin, which overlooks beautiful views of the North Pacific with breakers crashing on nearby rocky cliffs. White Sulphur Springs offers a natural warm springs frequented by many forest visitors. Brown bear frequent the area.