Aspen Guard Station

About the Home

You’re in for a treat when you rent Aspen Guard Station’s beautiful cabin. Built between 1938-1940, this cabin offers a visit to the past while being near enough to civilization to have a foot in both worlds. This old cabin housed the Forest Service Rangers who patrolled the forests, often on horseback, checking timber and livestock permits, helping neighboring cabin dwellers and the public, much like today. The cabin has a full kitchen with hot running water, a full-sized stove with oven, refrigerator, and table with benches looking out the window at the beautiful aspen trees it is named for. All the appliances and lights are propane. The cupboards are stocked with dinnerware, glasses/cups, bowls, pots/pans, muffin tins, baking pans, even a stone pizza baking dish. There is a percolating stove top coffee pot for indoors and one for outdoors when a fire is permitted. You will need to bring enough water for drinking and cooking as the cabin water is not potable. The small heater in the kitchen warms the room for those cool spring and fall mornings. There is a full set of silverware, a full range of cooking utensils, measuring spoons…nearly everything a modern kitchen would include. Salt/Pepper and a small can of shortening are provided as that is what most people tend to forget. Metal utensils and a cast iron skillet are available for indoor/outdoor cooking also. Paper towels, hand soap, trash bags, Lysol, bleach (wipes), misc. cleaning supplies, even disposable gloves are currently stocked. Matches and fire starters (when available) are provided also.