I found this abandoned cabin while hiking on January 2, 2009. I had celebrated New Years by camping in Ward Valley and was surprised to wake up the next morning to a light dusting of snow - the absolute last thing I expected to see when I crawled out of the tent although it had rained lightly and turned cold during the night.
I started to hike to a high point in the mountains just to get a broad view of the valley when I ran across a faint trail that led to this abandoned cabin and an adjacent small mine. Although the day turned warm, there were still remnant patches of snow in the shadows of the trees, but most of that was gone by the end of the day.
As with most of these places, I do not have any information about who built this cabin. There was a propane-powered Servel refrigerator and a gas stove in the room that once served as the kitchen, but what was once a porch on the east side of the cabin has completely collapsed.
I started to hike to a high point in the mountains just to get a broad view of the valley when I ran across a faint trail that led to this abandoned cabin and an adjacent small mine. Although the day turned warm, there were still remnant patches of snow in the shadows of the trees, but most of that was gone by the end of the day.
As with most of these places, I do not have any information about who built this cabin. There was a propane-powered Servel refrigerator and a gas stove in the room that once served as the kitchen, but what was once a porch on the east side of the cabin has completely collapsed.
