Welcome to the Dartmouth Outing Club and Outdoor Programs Office Cabins!
Please use the links below to make cabin reservations:
Reservations are open on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that the Grant is closed for mud season starting mid-March and opens again Memorial Day weekend.
For more specific information on each Cabin, see the Cabin Descriptions before clicking through to the online portal to make your booking.
See our Rates page for more details on pricing.
There is also Titcomb Cabin, on Gilman Island in the Connecticut River, which is reserved through the Ledyard Canoe Club (by anybody).
Finally, it’s not really a cabin, but the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge accepts room and meal reservations as well — or you might be thinking of the shelters on the Appalachian Trail which are all first-come, first-serve, no reservations possible.
The DOC cabins are primarily intended for students (whose planning tends to be somewhat short-term) so we allow Dartmouth students to reserve DOC cabins up to six weeks in advance, and everyone else can reserve them four weeks in advance (effectively giving students first crack at them). But we know alums and employees need to be able to plan their excursions with more notice, so OPO cabins can be reserved up to six months in advance (and wow, do they go quickly six months before hunting season!).
All of the cabins are available year-round, except that we close the Grant down around the month of April for mud season. Also, we don’t plow all the roads in the Grant every year (it depends on where logging operations are going on), so some cabins may be far from parking in the winter.
Plowing Information - Winter 2024/25
When coming to the Grant in winter months, please be aware of the plowing information below:
The road from the Main Gate will be plowed to Sam's and Management Center then over to Loomis Valley Road to Stoddard cabin and up Lamb Valley. A parking spot will be plowed on the corner by Stoddard for those who want to park there and ski to Merrill Brook Cabin. There will also be a parking spot on the corner of the Swift Diamond Road and Loomis Valley Road for people that want to ski to Alder Brook or Johnson Brook.
The only cabins that will be accessible by vehicle are Lorraine's Gate Camp, Peaks, Management Center, Sam's and Stoddard. Any renters looking to stay in Hellgate Hilton, Pete Blodgett, Merrill Brook, Johnson Brook, or Alder Brook will have to stop at the end of the plowed section and ski seeral miles in.
Roads will be highly dependent upon weather conditions, and it isn't guaranteed that plowing will happen every day (for example, snow from a winter storm may not be plowed until the storm ends, and plowing may not occur on weekends). Renters should pack extra food in preparation for potentially being snowed in and having to spend an extra couple of days in their cabins.
They vary. Dartmouth’s cabins were constructed or acquired over many decades, and philosophies of cabin design and construction have varied over time. Sometimes folks want to build cabins with modern amenities, and sometimes folks want a cabin to provide the greatest possible escape from modern life.
Most of the cabins are log structures, one or two rooms, usually with a porch. Most of the cabins are heated by woodstoves (with wood provided to burn), have bunks with mattresses (but no linens, pillows, or blankets), and have an inventory of basic cooking gear: pots, pans and utensils, plates, bowls, glasses and silverware, etc. Most have only outhouses for facilities. See the cabin descriptions for more details on each cabin.
You will receive an email with instructions particular to the cabin where you'll be staying. You should take time to read it carefully. Each cabin also has instructional and regulatory signage - please pay close attention to those signs as they will help make sure both you and the facility are safe.
