Medicine Bow - Routt National Forests
Thunder Basin National Grassland

USDA Forest Service
Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forests,
Thunder Basin
National Grassland
2468 Jackson Street
Laramie, WY 82070
307-745-2300

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
307-745-2307

A rental fee of $40.00 per night is charged for use of the cabin.

The cabin may be rented by the same individual for no more than 5 consecutive nights, no more than 10 nights per calendar year and no more than 3 weekends per calendar year.

No additional camping (tents, motor homes, trailers) is allowed at the Guard Station. Two campgrounds are located close by for your extra guests.

Saddle or pack stock belonging to the renter may be kept in the meadow north of the Guard Station at a rate of $1.00/night/head of livestock. Only certified weed-free hay or processed feed may be brought into the National Forest.

Pets are allowed but they must be cleaned up after and be kept under control at all times.

Access

The Little Brooklyn Lake Guard Station is located nine miles west of Centennial on the Brooklyn Lake Road, FDR 317.

Attractions & Considerations

From mid June until early November the cabin is accessible by road (weather permitting). During the winter, the Snowy Range Scenic By-way is closed three miles east of the cabin. When the road is closed, the cabin is only accessible by ski, snowshoe, or snowmobile. At 10,340 feet above sea level the "rustic" three room cabin measures 28 feet by 22 feet and can accommodate up to seven people. There are two sets of bunk beds, one single bed and a double hide-a-bed couch.

The cabin is heated by a wood stove and equipped with propane lights, a propane cook stove, and a propane refrigerator.

The Forest Service supplies the propane and firewood. Cooking and eating utensils are also provided. Potable (drinking) water is available from a pump located outside of the cabin.

There is no running water inside the cabin, but there is a kitchen sink that drains to a septic tank. A vault type toilet is located outside of the cabin.

Permit tees should bring bedding or sleeping bags, all weather clothes, dish soap and sponge, paper towels, trash bags, and wooden matches.

Narrative

Built in 1931 to house Forest Service employees, the cabin is now available for rent to the general public on a year-round basis through the Forest Service Recreational Cabin Program Granger-Thye Act of April 24, 1960.