Ever since I was young my dad has talked about wanting a cabin in the mountains. Well about 4 years ago a piece of property my wife and I have had our eye on in our home state of Wyoming came available. Myself, my dad and my older brother all decided to go ahead and buy it and build a cabin.
This is the view from the land to the south.
It is a great area for deer, elk, moose and bear. If you look close you can see a sow and two cubs.
Last summer we hired Slyter Construction out of Daniel to pour the foundation and build the shell of the cabin for us. Slyter did a great job at a very reasonable price.
It's not a big place, just 20X24 with a 6 foot porch and loft over the back half.
We decided to do the rest of the work ourselves. We ended up getting the windows and doors done, getting it wrapped and installing a wood stove before winter hit. The old cyclinder stove just didn't cut it so we upgraded to a bigger stove before elk season hit.
My wife and I snowshoed in during January. Its about a mile from a snowmobile parking area. The snow had no base to it at all. We went back in in April with my brother. The snow was crusted over and made for easy walking.
Snow was beginning to pile up. This is the swing in January.
This is the swing in April.
The view from the porch to the southwest. Some of you may recognize the view.
My wife enjoying the walk in.
My wife and I walked in over the Memorial Day weekend with our two sons. It was great weather on the way in and the boys had fun playing in the snow.
Warming up by the fire.
The walk out was a little different. The boys enjoyed the walk out. There was still 5 foot drifts in places.
The last two weekends we have been able to drive in. so far this year we have finished the plumbing and electrical rough-in, got the spetic system finished, well pump tested, installed stairs and railing for the loft, cut a path to the well, and got about 1/3 of the cabin sided. We are using half log siding.
It must be government work. One person working and three watching.
The bears are back. Seeing this track in the foundation back fill has my wife on edge. I am planning where to put my bait station.
We are headed back up this weekend to continue on with siding and do some fishing.
I hope you enjoy this. If so I will post more pics as the year progresses.
mulecreek
This is the view from the land to the south.
It is a great area for deer, elk, moose and bear. If you look close you can see a sow and two cubs.
Last summer we hired Slyter Construction out of Daniel to pour the foundation and build the shell of the cabin for us. Slyter did a great job at a very reasonable price.
It's not a big place, just 20X24 with a 6 foot porch and loft over the back half.
We decided to do the rest of the work ourselves. We ended up getting the windows and doors done, getting it wrapped and installing a wood stove before winter hit. The old cyclinder stove just didn't cut it so we upgraded to a bigger stove before elk season hit.
My wife and I snowshoed in during January. Its about a mile from a snowmobile parking area. The snow had no base to it at all. We went back in in April with my brother. The snow was crusted over and made for easy walking.
Snow was beginning to pile up. This is the swing in January.
This is the swing in April.
The view from the porch to the southwest. Some of you may recognize the view.
My wife enjoying the walk in.
My wife and I walked in over the Memorial Day weekend with our two sons. It was great weather on the way in and the boys had fun playing in the snow.
Warming up by the fire.
The walk out was a little different. The boys enjoyed the walk out. There was still 5 foot drifts in places.
The last two weekends we have been able to drive in. so far this year we have finished the plumbing and electrical rough-in, got the spetic system finished, well pump tested, installed stairs and railing for the loft, cut a path to the well, and got about 1/3 of the cabin sided. We are using half log siding.
It must be government work. One person working and three watching.
The bears are back. Seeing this track in the foundation back fill has my wife on edge. I am planning where to put my bait station.
We are headed back up this weekend to continue on with siding and do some fishing.
I hope you enjoy this. If so I will post more pics as the year progresses.
mulecreek
cabins are awesome, especially as a kid!! Those boys of yours don't know how much fun they're going to have...looks like a great location!! 
