- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shelters, Winter Sports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Conservation and Public Lands, National Park Service (NPS)
- Started:
- 1941
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Ostrander Ski Hut in 1941. The ski hut is a two-story stone structure, in the classic National Park rustic style. It was built for cross-country skiers, meant to be part of a larger system of winter trails and huts along the Sierra Crest that never were developed.
The hut sits in a small glacial cirque at the edge of Ostrander Lake. Very basic overnight accommodations and cooking facilities are available at the hut. It sleeps 25 people and has bunks, mattresses, wood stove, a kitchen with a gas stove for cooking and assorted pots and pans available for the visitor’s use. Drinking and wash water are hauled from the lake in buckets; treatment is the individual visitor’s responsibility. Light is from solar powered lights.
The ski hut is still intact and pretty much in its original condition. It has been placed on the National Trust registry of historic places.
Source notes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrander_Lake
https://www.sierrastar.com/2014/11/25/71069_anytime-of-year-ostrander-lake.html
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 27, 2014.
At this Location:
- General Improvements - Yosemite National Park CA
- Trail Improvement and Restoration - Yosemite National Park CA
- Seasonal and Stub CCC Camps - Yosemite National Park CA
- Yosemite Valley (Pines) Campgrounds Reconstruction - Yosemite National Park CA
- Fern Spring - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne River Bridge - Yosemite National Park CA
- CCC Camp Cascades (demolished) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Big Oak Flat Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- Badger Pass Ski Area Development - Yosemite National Park CA
- Mariposa Grove Road Paving - Yosemite National Park CA
- Henness Ridge Fire Tower - Yosemite National Park CA
- Wawona Road Completion - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tioga Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- Main Utility Building - Yosemite National Park CA
- Glacier Point Road - Yosemite National Park CA
Site Details
Federal Cost | Total Cost |
---|---|
$153,251.03 | $153,251.03 |
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