Real Fyre Mountain Birch: pale birch logs with a weathered lodge look
The Real Fyre Mountain Birch is a vented gas log set. It copies high country birch, with pale papery bark, curling edges, dark knots, and gray undertones. The lighter look suits a lodge style room. It is a vented set, so it needs a real fireplace with a working chimney and burns with the damper open. You get the tallest and most natural flames, and most of the heat goes up the chimney. It comes in five sizes, from 18 to 42 inches. Measure your firebox at the front, at the back, and front to back, and if you land between two sizes, take the smaller set.
Each log is molded from a real piece of wood, cast in a ceramic made for high heat with a steel rod inside, and painted by hand. The price is for the logs only. On the page you pick natural gas or propane and add the burner. The choices are the G45, the G45 in stainless steel for an outdoor fireplace, or the G46, which hides its controls. You also pick how it lights: by hand with a match on natural gas, with a knob and a pilot light that stays lit, or with a remote. A Fyreback, a steel panel that stands behind the fire, is optional. Want brighter bark? See the Real Fyre White Birch vented gas log set. The Real Fyre Mountain Birch ships free from My Cozy Outdoors with No Sales Tax (except WY) and the full manufacturer warranty.
Specifications
SKU: MBW-18 | MBW-24 | MBW-30 | MBW-36 | MBW-42
Burner Styles
- G4 Burner System
- G45 Burner System
- G45 Stainless Steel
- G46 Burner System
Product Sizes
- 18 Inches
- 24 Inches
- 30 Inches
- 36 Inches
- 42 Inches
Vented Burner Sizes and BTU Ratings
BTU Rating = BTU x 1000
BTU Rating = BTU x 1000 (G4-12″ = 25,000 BTUs)
** Check your local codes for your area requirements.
* For use with CHMJ-60, CHMJ-72, & RDP-60
FAQ
What is distinctive about Mountain Birch as a log style?
The MBW captures high-country birch: pale, papery bark with curling edges, dark knots, and weathered gray undertones, hand-painted from real samples. It is airier and more textural than the oak sets that anchor the Real Fyre Designer Series, giving a fireplace a lighter, lodge-like presence.
What are my options for lighting the fire?
They follow the burner you pair with the MBW. The G4, G45, G45 stainless, and G46 systems can each be configured match-lit for simplicity, with a standing safety pilot, or with electronic ignition for push-button starts. The logs themselves need nothing; they sit above whichever flame system you choose.
How does Mountain Birch differ from Real Fyre’s White Birch?
Mountain Birch is the weathered, rugged reading of the species: grayer bark, heavier texture, more visible aging. White Birch is cleaner and brighter, closer to fresh-peeled bark. The MBW also runs larger, reaching 42 inches, while White Birch tops out at 30. Choose by mood, rustic versus crisp.
Does the MBW come in oversized widths?
Yes, this is one of the longer runs in the vented line: 18, 24, 30, 36, and 42-inch sets, MBW-18 through MBW-42. The two largest handle wide masonry fireboxes that most three-size log families simply cannot fill convincingly.
How well do these logs hold up over years of fires?
The MBW is cast in refractory ceramic that keeps its strength at operating temperature, with a steel reinforcement rod inside each log, and the painted bark detail is made to endure direct flame. Treat the logs gently when cold and leave them alone when hot; unlike firewood, nothing in them is consumed by the fire.
Will an evening fire go through a lot of gas?
Gas draw depends on which burner runs beneath the MBW and how high you set the flame, not on the logs. Larger 36 and 42-inch installations usually carry higher-output burners, so they use proportionally more. Running the flame at half height for most of the evening trims consumption noticeably.
Are birch logs only for modern rooms?
Not at all. The MBW’s weathered, mountain-lodge character sits comfortably in rustic cabins, traditional dens, and farmhouse-style rooms; it reads as wood you gathered, not a design statement. If you want birch tuned for sleek contemporary spaces, the cleaner White Birch set plays that role better.