Alaska plans to limit advance reservations for public cabins, update system

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 221

Last Updated: 2 days, 4 hours ago

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If you use Alaska’s public cabins, get ready for a change.

On Oct. 1, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources will begin limiting how far in advance reservations can be made to three months, down from six months.

The only exceptions to the three-month reservation window will include the Wood-Tikchik Region and cabins on Afognak and Shuyak Islands in the Kodiak region, which will continue to allow reservations up to six months …

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