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Peter Grubb Hut
Peter Grubb Hut is three miles north of I-80 at Donner Summit. It was built in 1938-39 by friends and family as a memorial to Peter Grubb, who had just graduated from Galileo High School in San Francisco and was on a bicycling tour of Europe when he died at the age of 18.
The hut has a main room with a wood-burning stove, tables, and a kitchen area. An upstairs sleeping loft accommodates 15. A single-story annex on the east side is sometimes preferred by smaller parties. A two-story outhouse is 75' WNW of the cabin.
Overnight parking is available at a California Sno-Park on the I-80 frontage road east of the Boreal Inn. From I-80 there is 800' of elevation gain over the first two miles to Castle Pass, then a descent of 250' to the cabin in Round Valley at 7,800' (see USGS Norden 7-1/2' topo map). The route is poorly marked by orange triangles mounted obscurely in trees at 100-200 yard intervals. The cabin is just off the Pacific Crest Trail and is a popular day trip destination.
From the hut there are day trip possibilities to Paradise Valley, Basin Peak, Castle Peak, and Sand Ridge Lake. Round Valley is a good instructional and practice area for skiers.