The Long Way
Eagle County
A historic black and white photo shows log cabins with mountains in the background.
Plate I. Log cabin, Piney Guard Station. From npshistory.com
A historic black and white photograph showing a landscape with buildings and trees.
Plate II. Piney Guard Station cabin and surrounding grounds. From npshistory.com
A historic black and white photo shows buildings set in a valley surrounded by trees and hills.
Plate III. Piney Guard Station grounds and buildings. From npshistory.com
A wooden cabin surrounded by trees.
Plate IV. Piney Guard Station. From recreation.gov

Piney Guard Station

Vail, Eagle County, Colorado. Cabin Nonelectric.

Details

Map. Vail, Eagle County, Colorado. Larger map
Where
Vail, Eagle County, CO. No street address stated. Directions
Season
Open summer and winter; closed April 30 to June 4 for mud season.
Getting there
Travel west from Vail on I-70 to Exit 157 for Wolcott. Turn right/north to Hwy 6. Turn left/west on Hwy 6 to Hwy 131. Turn right/north and travel approximately 5 miles to the Muddy Pass Road - FSR 700 on the right just after the Eagle County Landfill. Turn right onto Forest Road #700 (Muddy Pass Road). From this location, you must follow seasonal access directions to the cabin, as detailed below:.
Fees
$50 per night.
Access
Potable water is not available at this site.
Walk-in or reserve
Reservations required via Recreation.gov.
Phone
970-827-5715
Managed by
Eagle - Holy Cross Ranger District.
Established
1935.
Coordinates
39.757497, -106.560785.

Piney Guard Station is a rustic cabin that was constructed in the 1930s as a workstation for Forest Service crews. This 14x22-foot log cabin only has a single room.

Sources

  1. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/233927
  2. fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/recreation/piney-guard-station
  3. npshistory.com/publications/usfs/colorado-nf/inventory8.htm
  4. fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/recreation/piney-guard-station