Thunder Lake Patrol Cabin

Boulder County, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Thunder Lake Patrol Cabin is a small log structure in Rocky Mountain National Park's Wild Basin area, built in 1930 as a backcountry shelter and ranger station. Measuring just twelve by sixteen feet, this single-room cabin exemplifies National Park Service rustic style with its gable roof, shed-roofed porch, and saddle-notched logs that project increasingly from top to bottom. A stone fireplace and stove provide heat during the warmer months when the cabin sees occasional patrol use; it remains unheated in winter. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, it stands as a modest yet characteristic example of early twentieth-century park infrastructure.