Great place to stay for two old geezers who wanted to hike Mt. Rainier (Tahoma!). Very close to the Nisqually entrance. Everything you need is in the cabin. Nice watching tv after hikes, and i was able to cook a full meal in the kitchen. The stairs to the loft aren't really stairs, it's more of a ladder, and very steep. I slept on the very comfortable bunk bed so i wasnt coming down those steps groggily. My husband did just fine though, and he's 67. (Plus i didn't have to hear him snore. Lol)
Very nice front porch too, enjoyed going over the maps to find good trails. There were books and brochures about that there that really came in handy for us, as we live in N.Y. and didn't know much about the mountain. It was a glorious trip. Stay here, you'll be glad you did. We were.