Suloia Lake Cabin
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:24 UTC
- Sites
- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Suloia Lake Cabin sits on the western shore of Suloia Lake on Chichagof Island in the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Area, 30 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska. The cabin is generally available April through mid-November and makes an excellent base for experiencing wilderness solitude in this corner of Alaska. The current cabin was built and donated by the Carl Eurich family in memory of their son. It replaced an older cabin on the east shore. This is a remote site. The cabin is in a designated wilderness area and can be accessed by float plane only, weather permitting. From Sitka, it's a 20-minute flight. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring their own amenities. Keep reading
Recreation
Suloia Lake offers wilderness solitude, fishing and deer hunting opportunities, as well as limited hiking options. Rainbow trout and Dolly Varden are found in the lake, but fishing is slow. The Suloia Trail leads from Suloia Bay to the old cabin site on the eastern shore; however, no trail connects this cabin with the old cabin. Bushwacking the shoreline is difficult as there is little or no beach and the shoreline is brushy or forested. For information about fishing and hunting permits and seasons, visit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website.
Facilities
The 12 by 14-ft wood, Pan abode-style cabin accommodates up to six people on two double bunks and two single bunks. Amenities include a wood stove for heat, table with benches, cooking counter, cupboard, broom and an axe or splitting maul. An outhouse toilet is located close to the cabin. The cabin does not include mattresses or cooking utensils. Visitors should bring sleeping bags and pads, a cooking stove, pots, pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, a lantern, garbage bags, a fire extinguisher, fire starter and personal flotation devices (PFDs). Rain gear and boots are recommended. Water is available from the lake or a nearby inlet stream, but must be treated before using. It's recommended that visitors bring their own water. A small but heavy square-bowed skiff (rowboat) is provided. A long-shaft 2-10 hp outboard motor enhances the use of the skiff but is not provided. Each person in the skiff should wear a Coast Guard approved PFD. Be sure the plug is in before launching the boat. Tie the skiff well up on the shore and pull the plug before leaving so the boat does not fill with rain water. Click here for more cabin information and maps.
Natural Features
The cabin is surrounded by dense forest of cedar, spruce and hemlock with small gravel beach in front. Suloia Lake sits at an elevation of 225, and is about 2 miles long by 1/2-mile wide. Forested mountain ridges rise from the lake to an elevation of 2,600 feet. Brown bear frequent the area.
What the agency tells you
This facility is located in an extremely remote and wild area; before making a reservation, become aware of bear, water, and weather safety (including cold)
Recreating in Alaska can present both obvious and hidden dangers; please be aware of your surroundings and be prepared for extended stays due to occasionally poor weather
This cabin is in a designated Wilderness area; access by helicopter is illegal
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Cabin may be inaccessible from Mid-November through late April due to frozen lake surface (floatplanes cannot land); contact the local Forest Service Ranger District office for current information prior to making reservations during this period
Boil or treat stream water before drinking
All garbage and food must be packed out
For air charters, contact the Sitka Convention and Visitors Bureau at 907-747-5940 or www.Sitka.org
Learn more about the Tongass National Forest
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by purchasing firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
Facilities
- Toilets
- Yes, the record doesn't say what kind
- “An outhouse toilet is located close to the cabin.”
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…using. It's recommended that visitors bring their own water. A small but heavy square-bowed skiff (rowboat) is…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hunting
2 of 2 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:24 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 4
recreation.gov availability, read 16:24 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| AREA SULOIA LAKE CABIN | S06 | standard nonelectric | 88 ft |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Piper Island Cabin5.0 mi
Appleton Cove CabinTongass National Forest · 17 mi
Allan Point CabinTongass National Forest · 17 mi
North Beach CabinTongass National Forest · 17 mi
Shelikof CabinTongass National Forest · 18 mi
Moser Island CabinTongass National Forest · 20 miAccessible generally from late April through mid November. Located 30 air miles northwest of Sitka on Chichagof Island (within West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness Area). Access by floatplane takes about 20 minutes from Sitka.
For geographic features surrounding cabin, refer to USGS topographic map Sitka B-6.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sitka, AK
Typical weather
Typical October night 42°F, day 51°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 32°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Suloia Lake Cabin is in Alaska’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Nick Begich (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →