About Section House & Ken's Cabin
Section House and Ken's Cabin are unique in that they are historic cabins that were renovated to accomodate backcountry users. Despite the longer ski (or snowshoe) in, Section House and Ken's Cabin are popular with snowshoers and skiers alike because of the gentle slope of Boreas Pass Road. Section House sleeps 12 people in three bedrooms. Ken's Cabin is a single room, intimate hut experience for 2-3 people. Section House and Ken's Cabin are booked separately. Both huts are equipped with wood burning stoves for heat, firewood, propane cook tops, solar and wind powered lights, antique furnishings, mattresses & pillows, cooking and eating utensils (pots/pans/plates/flatware/mugs/glasses) toilet paper, paper towels and cleaning supplies. In addition, the Section House has an oven. The outhouse is shared by guests of Section House and Ken's Cabin. Section House has an upstairs "Hutmasters' Quarters" that is used by Summit Huts maintenance staff and volunteers.
Please see How to Plan a Hut Trip for more information on what to expect and how to make reservations for Section House or Ken's Cabin. Reservations for all Summit Huts are made through 10th Mountain Division Hut Association.
We recently discovered some hut trip footage on YouTube and the links are shared here to give people who have never been a better idea what it's like up at and around the hut.
Section House & Ken's Cabin Fast Facts
- Hut Elevation: 11,481 feet
- GPS: 39 24.39’ N, 106 58.08’ W
- General Location: Located on Continental Divide at the top of Boreas Pass, 10 miles east of Breckenridge, CO.
- Map: SHA Map: Boreas Pass or USGS 7.5 min. Quad: Boreas Pass
- Miles from Trailhead: Boreas Pass, elevation 10,360’ Total Mileage: 6.5; Peabody, elevation 10,096’ Total Mileage: 7.1; Gold Dust, elevation 10,330’ Total Mileage: 4.9
- Date Built: Section House 1882, restored from 1992 - 1997, Ken's/Wagon Cabin 1860’s, restored from 1992 - 1997
- Owned By: Owned by U.S Forest Service, under special use permit to Summit Hut Association
- Dates open: Thankgiving - April
- Capacity: 12 Section House, 3 Ken's Cabin
- Cost per night: $30/person Section House, $69/night Ken's Cabin (2010/2011 season) Advanced reservations only.
- Ski Terrain: Skiing above the hut, conditions can be windblown. Great touring on Boreas Pass Road. Low angle skiing to the South West plus a wide variety of more challenging terrain both to the North East and across the cabin to the west.
- Section House Hut Layout: Downstairs: Kitchen, Living/Main Room and one bunk room with two sets of single bunks. Upstairs: two bedrooms with one double bed and two single beds each, Hutmasters' Quarters.
- Ken's Cabin Hut Layout: 1 small room with a double bed and a single day bed.
- Amenities: Woodstove for heat, wood burning cook stove, propane cook tops, solar powered lights, outdoor vault toilet, period furnishings, museum displays.
- Water: Snow is melted and boiled for water.
- Wood burning Oven: Yes (Section House) No (Ken's Cabin)
