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THE CABIN Part log cabin at the edge of woods, near the brook that follows the trail down from Brown's Notch. It's the oldest, the original camp (built 1946). CLICK & GO! (On this page.)   On Halsey Straight's old farm . . . (Description.)   Amenities Summary.   Safety First! & Guest Information   About access to The Cabin.   Meet our guests at The Cabin.   The Cabin Story--How it go that way.  Guest Notes:  "At The Cabin everything was just right. We got engaged while we were there!"   "Enjoyed our Honeymoon at Fourpeaks! The Cabin was wonderful!"   "Our kids had a great time running from the Shed to the Cabin and to the Screen House. Very rustic--the furnishings are very lux."   More about The Cabin (on the next page).   Activities: Twenty-one things to do at The Cabin.   The Cabin: What it's like? & NOT LIKE.   Does The Cabin offer what you most value in an Adirondack Vacation?

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On Halsey Straight's old farm, at the end of Stonehouse Road, it's just a short way through big Camp Field, down past the brook by a stone wall that marks the edge of cultivated land. In big pines and spruce at the edge of a small meadow with views of Clement's Mountain, The Sag and the old farmhouse field beyond, "The Cabin" is where Fourpeaks all started. For location see Fourpeaks Trail Map label [TC] and CLICK HERE for the kind of secluded living offered at The Cabin.

The main building is "The Cabin" (living room and complete kitchen/dining room, 600 sq. ft.), rented as part of a three-building complex along with "The Shed" (two bedrooms and washroom, 280 sq. ft.) and "The Screen House" (a Summer dining room under the pines, 260 sq.ft.). There's a big stone fireplace at The Cabin, a covered porch and a fenced-in yard. A privy (outhouse). Three buildings, five rooms, Non-smoking, Pets welcome, 880 sq.ft. in all, max. 6 persons. Single or Double occupancy from $625/3days, $1250/week. 11% Sales/Occupancy Tax applies to all rentals of less than one week duration. A Deposit Payment is required to secure reservation. Cancellation fees apply.  See Guest Information for occupancy limitations and financial arrangements.

"The Cabin" Amenities Summary
Bedrooms/beds: Bedroom with handmade birch log double bed plus Kid's bedroom with two cots at "The Shed." Foldout double sofa by the fireplace at "The Cabin." Blankets and pillows supplied. [CLICK HERE for Frequently Asked Questions about what to bring, including linens and towels.]
Full Kitchen:  Sink, full size cooking range with oven, 7 cubic foot refrigerator, dining service for 8 persons and a complete selection of utensils, dishes, silverware, pots and pans, including a toaster, a tea pot and 3 kinds of coffee makers.
Toilet: Outside Privy (outhouse).
Water/washing:  Hand pumps both at the kitchen sink and in the washroom in The Shed with bathtub and gas stove for heating water. [CLICK HERE for Frequently Asked Questions about limited water at Fourpeaks Backcountry Camps. CLICK HERE for fun bathing ideas.]
Lighting: Gas lighting. No electricity. (Bring electric reading lamps, extra candles, if you like. No kerosene, gasoline or other lighting permitted.)
Fireplace/heating: Stone fireplace built in, Jotul 18in. woodstove at "The Cabin." Firewood supplied. Vermont Castings fireplace propane (gas) heater at "The Shed."
Porches: Covered porch with Adirondack chairs and table.
Additional: Furnished "Screen House" for Summer dining. Outside picnic table. Hammock. Charcoal barbeque grill.
Miscellaneous: Dish soap, hand soap, sponge/pot scrubber, Comet cleaner, firewood, dish towels, toilet paper, trash bags, matches, candles, biscuit mix, honey, salt, pepper, sugar, etc. are all supplied.

Complete Amenities Summary and Room Plans.
Need some help deciding which Fourpeaks Camp is right for you? Use our complete Graphic Amenities Summary to compare fireplace, kitchen, water, showers, toilet, views and other amenities. For sleeping and dining capacities at each Fourpeaks place look at our Room Plans page.

Safety First!  & Guest Information. The buildings at Fourpeaks are spread out on a 700-acre property, 2-1/2 miles end to end. To maintain an orderly, clean and safe place to live, the good will and cooperation of our guests are essential. Prospective visitors must familiarize themselves with propane (gas) safety, fireplace/woodstove safety, water safety, housekeeping responsibilities, arrival arrangements, and other matters that will affect their personal safety and comfort at Fourpeaks. If you're considering a Fourpeaks vacation rental,  CLICK HERE  for our Safety First!  & Guest Information pages.

 Access to our Backcountry Camps. There's year-round auto access to The Cabin, Sugar Camp, New Camp, Gypsy Camp and Thoreau House. CLICK HERE for driving directions right to camp!
Spring, Summer and Fall, guests at our two remote camps, Wolf's Nest and Ridge Camp, meet us at our Camp Barn Office. There, we take their food and gear and jeep it up to camp. And we take it back down when they leave. There's no need for them to pack it themselves.
In Winter, and other times when road conditions are unfavorable, guests at Wolf's Nest and Ridge Camp must carry their stuff on their own (Wolf's Nest, 5/8 mile or Ridge Camp 1-1/2 miles). Firewood plus propane for lighting and cooking are already in place at camp. Wash water is at the Well House at Ridge, but wash water must be carried up for Wolf. A full orientation to camp precedes the visit. Extra backpacks and a cargo sled are available for loan. Visitors to Ridge and Wolf's Nest are not required to pack out trash on departure.
No guest vehicles. Except for short access roads off Stonehouse Road (to Thoreau House, Gypsy Camp, Sugar Camp, New Camp and The Cabin), the use of guest vehicles on Fourpeaks roads and trails is strictly forbidden.
[More about access at Frequently Asked Questions.]

 Meet Our Guests! at "The Cabin." The Fourpeaks Photo Guest Book. is a fun way to learn about our Adirondack backcountry vacations. Who came. Where they're from. Where they stayed. The Season. What they did here. Photos. Letters and Guest Book entries. CLICK HERE for Fourpeaks Photo Guest Book pages. Find Paul's beautiful winter photos of the The Cabin. The Russell kids take a cowboy bath. And more.
Pet-friendly vacations.   Romantic getaways.   Solo Guests    Families with Kids.

Discount Prices. We love to see guests come back. To make it easier, guests earn Frequent Flyers Points they can use toward Year-round Discounts. CLICK HERE to see our Reduced Rate Plans for Returning Guests.   Fourpeaks (almost) for free. Work here part-time on the trails or cleaning to pay your way. CLICK HERE  to learn about our Fourpeaks Work-Stay Program. Fourpeaks for free. Have a home or apartment in New York City? Plan your ideal Fourpeaks getaway and let us know what you have to offer in exchange. CLICK HERE to learn about a Fourpeaks Home Exchange.

The Story.   Jim Melvin's Camp.
A ski weekend at Whiteface with my first wife in '67. I can't remember if the kids were there or not. I wanted a wilderness place, lots of trees and space, to get away to whenever I wanted.
I figured out this would be cheap land--not suitable for building development, and I started asking around for land, focusing on the lower priced offerings. Talking with the old couple who ran the Golden Arrow, or whatever it was called in those days, they pointed the way to Wilmington.
A few days later Dan Deighan, the land-savvy real estate man from Placid, was driving us up Stonehouse Road in his four-wheeler through a foot of snow. We walked in from the farmhouse site along the woods road through the Back Field. I remember the pine boughs were heavy with snow.
When we got there it was love at first sight. I peeked in the window. The way Dan explained it, the 90-acre lot was $14,000, which worked out to be $100 per acre for the land as the building was valued at $5,000. I never thought about not paying full price.
She made brown curtains with a deer hunting theme for the windows that Winter and we broke up in the Spring. I moved into the Chelsea Hotel and for a while "camp" was my only real home.
I met Jim Melvin, the former owner, and we got friendly. He was born in the lot across the road and his grandad owned the 90 acres. He built the camp at the edge of the field by the old stone fence that separated the cultivated land from the woodlot.
I learned he used to "guide" people from Placid during hunting season and used "The Cabin" as a bunk house. Dan said he got disgusted with poachers, decided to sell the place in an angry mood and never changed his mind. Years later he built the Camp Barn for me with his son, who became a building contractor and a chiropractor in Poughkeepsie. I wrote about this in a poem, "Camp."
The story about The Cabin, especially about the furnishings, is continued on the next page.
(CLICK HERE to hear the whole story.)

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#0388 "What a wonderful time we had last December at the Cabin. Everything was just right. We got engaged while we were there!"

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Subject: A Chickadee Story
From: Barbara Fr*** bkfr***@hotmail.com
To: "Your Adirondack Guide." Martin@4peaks.com
Hi Martin,
Thanks for the newsletter. It helped me remember that we never wrote you to
tell you what a wonderful time we had last December at the Cabin. Everything
was just right. We got engaged while we were there! (Sorry we didn't tell
you then -- we were enjoying having a secret for a few days.) Unfortunately
our pictures (taken on a disposable camera) are pretty pitiful, but we were
just thrilled to see ourselves on George's website! Have you decided whether
he has a Buddhist nature? Seems like a safe bet.
Enjoy the spring, and we hope to see you again soon. Barbara and Danny
A footnote from Your Fourpeaks Host.
Never got any pictures from them, but CLICK HERE to see the photos I took of Barbara and Danny with George at The Cabin and the Office while they were here at Fourpeaks.

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#1580 "John and I enjoyed our Honeymoon at Fourpeaks! The Cabin was wonderful!"

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Subject: THANK YOU!
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000
From: "P***, Donna J, BMSLS" donna**@att.com
To: Martin@4peaks.com
Dear Martin, Just wanted to send a note to let you know how very much John and I enjoyed
our Honeymoon at Fourpeaks! The Cabin was wonderful! We loved getting back
more to the basics of life, so to speak. We were plenty warm, impressed with
the excellent array of cookware available [we love to cook and made some
great meals there!], and how sweet it was that you brought us the biscuit
fixin's. We made those right up the next morning and enjoyed them with that
homemade jam!
Being there made our Honeymoon the kind we REALLY wanted. Relaxing with no
phones or TVs, trails to hike (what a great view from the Lookout trail),
and just general all-around enjoyment of our surroundings.
We will definitely be return guests, and are just dying to bring our
favorite couple there with us. They will also enjoy Fourpeaks!
Thank you again for a wonderful place to be together on our Honeymoon!
Sincerely, Donna Pertgen
More about this. (Keep reading.)
Guestbook Entry
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000
Name : Donna P*** Email : donna**@ems.att.com
Location : Cicero, NY
Comments : Our honeymoon ther
e was wonderful! Our Chocolate Lab, Jeremiah, enjoyed it as much as we did! We will definitely return to your wonderful resort!
More about this. (Keep reading.)
Subject: RE: A Barn Swallow Story.
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001
From: "P***, Donna J, NNCER" donna@att.com
To: VisitUs@4peaks.com
Martin, Last year we honeymooned at your wonderful Four Peaks the week of 10/8. We
planned on returning this year for our first anniversary on 10/7, but I was
quite pregnant and due the day before (10/6). Our little son was born on
10/2. We plan on brining our son, Jacob, to Four Peaks--maybe as early as
next year. We so much enjoyed our stay there. It was, for us, the perfect
honeymoon! And we want our son to appreciate the beauty of it all as well.
You can bet he will grow up knowing all about Four Peaks.
Thank you for continuing to send us your e-mails!
Sincerely, Donna (and John) Pertgen

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#0986 "Our kids had a great time running from the Shed to the Cabin and to the Screen House. Very rustic--the furnishings are very lux."

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Subject: Guestbook Entry
Name : L.& E. Bene
Email : esh***@home.com
Location : New Jersey
Comments : Martin, sorry it took us so long to reply! We had an
absolutely wonderful time in mid-August at The Cabin. Our kids had a great
time running from the Shed to the Cabin and to the Screen House. It was the most unusual place we have ever stayed. Very rustic--the furnishings are very lux. Did a lot of hiking,
outdoor cooking and biking. We loved going down to the river and sunning on
the rocks while the kids played--we even had a BBQ lunch there one day. The
kids loved heating water and taking a bath by candlelight.
We really enjoyed ourselves and you shouldn't change a thing!
Many thanks from the Bene family!

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