The cabin was constructed in 1975. Approximately 20 miles north of Ketchikan and is accessible only by air. This cabin is located within the Naha River drainage, at the north end of Patching Lake near the inlet of the Naha River.
Water is available from a nearby creek.
Treat all water before using. Bring your own personal flotation devices, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cooking stove, lantern, pots, pans, plates, utensils, food, toilet paper, garbage bags, fire extinguisher and fire starter. This cabin contains a wood stove. This is an area of old-growth cedar, Sitka spruce, and western hemlock rain forest. There are resident cutthroat trout in Patching and Chamberlain Lakes.