Moose tracks Cabin

 ABOUT OUR CABIN

Welcome to Moose Tracks Cabin! Grab your favorite book, a glass of wine and kick back after a glorious day in the Alaskan outdoors!

Located in Soldotna, 3 minutes from the mighty Kenai River and 10 minutes from the ocean, our 2005 log cabin sits in the middle of the Kenai Peninsula, often referred as Alaska’s Playground.

We hope you will find all you need to make your stay enjoyable.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to improve your experience or the experience of the next guest.

It is our first year sharing our cabin as a host so please bear with us.

WI-FI

 WI-FI is provided to our guests.

Network: cc0ac4

Password: LiarsCabin2

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Owner - Marcy 503.484.6633

• Owner - Alex 503.484.5243

PARKING

Please park in the driveway only

Use the garage to store your toys

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

• If you are having an emergency dial 911

• Central Peninsula Hospital - 250 Hospital Pl, Soldotna 907.714.4404

• Urgent Care Of Soldotna - 44604 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna  907.420.0585

• Soldotna Police Department - 44510 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna 907.262.4455

• Poison Control 800-222-1222

TOILETS

All toilets run on a septic system

Please do not flush paper towels, sanitary products, tissues or wipes. Throw these items in the trash. 

SLEEPING

Additional sheets, towels, blankets and pillows are available in the closets 

HOUSE RULES

• No parties or events allowed

• No pets

• Only registered guests are allowed overnight

• Do not use premises for any illegal activities 

• No smoking, vaping or tobacco in the house

• Guests will be responsible for any damages or missing items

  • No waders or fishing equipment in the cabin. You are welcome to use the garage.

• No food down the kitchen drains. We are on a septic system.

• Be respectful of your neighbors: quiet time is between 10pm and 7am 

CHECK OUT INSTRUCTIONS

• Check out time is 10:00am

  • Leave the cabin as you generally found it

• Lock exterior doors and windows

• Load your dirty dishes in the dishwasher and start a load 

• Remove all your food from the fridge, freezer and cupboards (opened and unopened)

• Strip the beds and leave used sheets and towels in a pile on the floor. Keep the duvet covers on the comforters.

• Put all trash and recycle in the bins in the garage

• Set the heat thermostat at 50 degrees (main cabin)

• Turn off fireplace thermostat (main cabin) and the room above the garage thermostat

WASHER AND DRYER

Laundry detergent is located under the sink in the bathroom

TV AND REMOTE

One remote controls both the TV and the ROKU. The volume is located on the side of the remote. Feel free to download your favorite apps and use your own log in information.

HEATING

The thermostats for the main cabin are located under the stairs. Room above the garage runs on its own thermostat.

FREE TO USE

• Fishing rods, net, coolers and scale

• Fireplace (turn it off when leaving the cabin)

• Barbecue (scrape it off once you are done)

• Fire pit and camping chairs (in the shed)

• Chest freezer in the garage (seal your fish before you put it in)

• Fly tying station (you are welcome to use any feathers, hooks and materials you are missing - tidy up after use) 

• Board games and books

After use, please return all items where you found them.

FIRE PIT 

• Unlimited supply of firewood is located near the fire pit

• Never leave the fire unattended 

• Make sure you put the fire out completely once you are finished with it. Let the fire burn down, dowse the remaining fire with water, stir the ash and embers

• Consult the latest fire closures for this area before making a fire

In 2019 the Swan Lake Fire between Sterling and Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula burned approximately 170,000 acres. Please be careful. 

CLEANING AND STORING FISH

• Please do not clean your fish on the premises, as it attracts bears. Process your catch on the river or have it done at one of the numerous processing facilities in town. Most fishing guides will clean it for you.

• Feel free to store your (sealed) catch in the garage chest freezer until you are ready to ship it home

FISH SHIPPING

Many facilities in the area offer fish cleaning, vacuum-packaging, freezing and shipping anywhere in the world. Two-piece wax boxes or foam boxes are the most common boxes used to transport fish (find these boxes at local groceries stores).

The most economical way is to get your fish home is to check it on the plane in an insulated box. 

THINGS TO DO

• Fishing (fresh and salt water) and hunting

• Bear, bird, whale viewing 

• Glaciers excursions & cruises 

• Flight-seeing tours (planes and helicopter rides)

• Hiking and sightseeing

• Biking

• Golfing

• Ziplining excursions

• Rafting, kayak or canoe paddling

• Dog sledding

• Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series 

(June though August)

• Horseback riding

• Gold panning

• Northern lights viewing

BOAT LAUNCH AND TOWNS

  • Centennial Campground and Boat Launch: 10 minutes

  • Bings Landing Campground and Boat Launch: 30 minutes

  • Cooper Landing Boat Launch: 1 hour

  • Kenai: 15 minutes

  • Homer: 1.5 hours

  • Seward: 2 hours

  • Hope: 2 hours

FISHING

Alaska offers some of the most spectacular freshwater and saltwater fishing on the planet. 

There are countless opportunities to reel in the catch of your life: charter a boat or float plane to your secluded fishing spot or simply pull off the side of the road and cast a line. 

Hundreds of guide services are available in the area.

The Kenai, Kasilof, Russian, Ninilchik and Anchor are just some of the rivers near by.

Check out Homer, the halibut capital of the world.  

WHAT’S THE CATCH?

Fresh water: all five species of salmon (King, Sockeye, Coho, Chum, Pink), steelhead, rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, Northern pike, arctic grayling and others

Salt water: halibut, lingcod, Dungeness crab and others

Note: Mermaids are catch and release only

SALMON AND STEELHEAD RUNS

King Salmon Early Run: Mid-May through late June

Late Run: Early July through end of July

Coho Salmon Late July through mid-October

Pink Salmon Mid-July through August (even numbered years)

Sockeye Salmon Early run: mid-June through end of June

Late Run: mid-July through mid-August

Steelhead Mid-August through end of October

FUN FACTS ABOUT ALASKA

• Alaska is home to 3,197 officially named natural lakes, 3,000,000 unnamed natural lakes, over 3,000 rivers, 100,000 glaciers and 80% of all active volcanos in the US

• The word Alaska is from the Aleut Indian word "Alaxsxaq" or "Agunalaksh" that mean the mainland or shore. 

• Alaska was originally purchased from Russia 1867 for under 2 cents an acre

• Alaska is the largest US State by area, twice the size of Texas

• The largest King salmon ever caught was 97 LBS- 4 oz on the Kenai River

• The largest Halibut ever caught was 459 LBS 

• The lowest temperature ever recorded was -79.96 F (-62.2 C) in Prospect Creek, AK

State nickname: “The Last Frontier” 

State motto: "North to the Future”

State bird: Willow Ptarmigan

State flower: Forget-Me-Not

State fish: King Salmon

State fossil: Wooly Mammoth

State gem: Jade

State land mammal: Moose 

State marine mammal: Bowhead Whale

State dog: Alaskan Malamute

State sport: Dog Mushing