accommodation profile

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Out-camp Adventures

Adventures include exploring our vast and intriguing neighborhood with our Robinson R-44 helicopter. We can go glacier trekking, wildlife viewing, river rafting, sportfishing for salmon and rainbow trout, and exploring for gold within minutes from the lodge.

Winterlake Lodge is located 198 trail miles northwest of Anchorage along Alaska’s historic Iditarod Trail. The lodge sits on 15 acres, overlooking a finger-shaped 2-mile lake where we land by floatplane in the summer and ski plane in the winter. Behind the lodge, Wolverine Mountain offers intriguing hiking, helicopter-assisted trekking, and wildlife viewing. We have many species of Alaska birds, wildflowers and berries that are difficult to see in other locales. Winterlake Lodge is also the starting point for neighboring adventures. We float the Happy River, fish the Canyon Creek area, and explore the Upper Skwentna River and scenic Red Creek. We offer daily exploration opportunities.

 

The lodge offers five guest cabins, nestled along a mile-long lake that is home to nesting loons and swans. A main lodge sits near the middle of the property. Kayaks and boats are available to explore the lake.

The lodge also offers a wellness program featuring complimentary massage and yoga classes, daily cooking classes, cheese tastings, and more.

The Main Lodge:

where guests socialize and take meals, sits near the middle of the property. There is a comfortable main room for relaxing by the fire and viewing the lake from our large picture windows, a dining area and large kitchen for the preparation of our award-winning Alaskan regional cuisine.

In addition, the main lodge has:

• A spacious bar where we offer wine tastings and evening appetizers.
• A wellness room, where our wellness instructor offers daily yoga, meditation and stretching classes.
• A hot tub on the deck with a view of the Tordrillo Mountains in the summer and northern lights in winter.
• A game area with Ping-Pong and darts.

This cabin sits at the far-east end of our property and is connected to the main lodge by a rolling path. It is the old homestead site of Mr. Gene Leonard, whom you’ll learn plenty about! The log construction is representative of most old Alaskan bush homes, and much of the furniture is handmade in the Alaska style. Imagine what life was like as a trapper here in the far north at the turn of the century.

This log cabin sits near the lodge on the west side of the property. The cabin accommodates seven people in three separate bedrooms, each with a queen bed, two with additional single beds.  There is a simple private bath and a small living room in this cabin.

The view of the lake is lovely, particularly at sunset. This is an original log cabin to the property and it will be renovated in the fall for 2011.

The Iditarod Cabin-

We cut dead standing trees, peeled the logs, and built the cabin on site together when our daughters were young girls. Large picture windows look over the lake and the small deck is the place to be at sunrise. The cabin offers a queen bed and one twin in a loft area. This cabin offers a roomy private bath. 

 

This cabin is situated closest to the main lodge. It offers a log queen bed, roomy private bath, comfy open-style living room and a rocker on the deck.

 

Why name a cabin after a river? It’s one of our favorite places to go to from the lodge. This cabin offers a nice lake view, artisan log bed and open-style living room area, and roomy private bath. This cabin sits next to our hiking trail to go see the swans on Red Lake.