Cedar Breaks is excited to share with you the new Winter Ranger Station! Get out and explore! Your hike to the Yurt is just over a mile. Enjoy the view! Please stay on the trail.

What is a Yurt?

A Yurt is a portable structure that has good insulation in the summer and keeps the heat in during the winter. The Yurt was originally invented to be a portable dwelling for nomads. The original Yurt was made out of wooden frame, tied with rope to help keep it the round circle. The cover was felt made from wool, sometimes it took six layers to keep the Yurt well insulated. A Yurt can be warm in a temperature of -40 degrees and stay cool in 100 degree Fahrenheit.

Yurt at Cedar Breaks

The Yurt at Cedar Breaks acts as a small visitor center for those traveling through Cedar Breaks during the winter months. The Yurt is manned on a volunteer basis on the weekends only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stop at the Yurt and enjoy friendly company, a cup of hot chocolate, and ask questions before you head back out to the cold trail.

To get to the Yurt, drive on Highway 143 until road stops. The Yurt is located about one mile on the trail, up two small hills. You can cross country ski, snow shoe, or snowmobile a mile from Highway 143.

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GPS Coordinates

N37 38'31.00 by W112 49'20.07
37.641944 -112.822242
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