TROUT LAKE — Forest enthusiasts will have to wait until 2017 or later to rent the replacement cabin at Peterson Prairie near Trout Lake in the Mount Adams Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
The original cabin, built in 1926, was destroyed by a fire in September of 2012, but the Forest Service moved a 1940 tool shed built by the Civilian Conservation Corps from the nearby community of Willard to the Peterson Prairie site.
However, concerns about heavier snow loads at Peterson Prairie has the Forest Service taking another look at the tool shed’s structural capabilities. The inside of the shed will be refurbished after the structural improvements are complete.
The cabin is near the junction of GPNF roads Nos. 60 and 24, about 2.5 miles west of Atkisson Sno-Park.
