Six Mile roared beneath our raft, While Alaska's beauty left…read moreus awestruck. JP and the Nova guides were outstanding--skilled, encouraging, and fun every step of the way. From the thrilling rapids to the unforgettable scenery, it was an adventure we'll be talking about for years to come.

We did the 3 hour Matanuska Glacier tour Saturday 6/13/2026. It was amazing. For me it was the…read morefirst time I have been on a glacier. Our guides were amazing and we would do it again and again! Highly recommend!

This place is SPECIAL! The accommodations are amazing and the service is something very unique…read more From the coffee, to the breakfast and the fresh linens. All the details have been covered and it's truly a one of a kind experience. You can't understand until you stay here and experience it for yourself. Thank you to the wonderful Alpenglow staff for making this a vacation to always remember.

What a fun little local getaway! Mandy is a joy to work with too! Upon arrival, Mandy met us to…read morewelcome us to the location and give us a brief, but thorough tour of the grounds. All spaces were clean and easy to get to. We stayed in one of the Forrest Tents that is a short walk away, but still felt completely isolated from other tents. Breakfast is served (with French press coffee) every morning and it's DELICIOUS! Freshly made breakfast casserole and homemade granola with yogurt! There's a sign up sheet for the hot tub. The hot tub is great for relaxing with a great view. The showers are HOT HOT HOT! There's an outhouse - flushing toilets a short walk away too.

This is one of the best and bucket list experiences of my lifetime!! Here's a quick breakdown of…read moreour tour: What we booked: Private ice fall tour with a tour guide as we had a toddler with us. Pricing: Their website is very transparent about pricing of the tour and also mentions about the extra glacier access fee ($55 adult, $44 kid in year 2026) because the only access to glacier via land is on privately owned land. Also, I loved that they never insisted on tipping, just mentioned that if one would like to, they may refer a board they had for Venmo QR codes. Check in: 30 mins prior. Waiver signs. Easy breezy and good dos and donts. You also do your hiking boot fitting if you don't have one and your spike and helmet fitting and pick up. Our guide: CASSIDY, YOU WERE BEST THING ABOUT OUR TOUR!! To the person reading this review, if you get Cassidy, you can be rest assured you will be super well taken care of. I was initially nervous having a young kiddo in tow but having Cassidy by our side, I immediately relaxed into it. She is also soooooooo good with kids, I kid you not!! My little one is a talker and tends to get distracted a bit but Cassidy always had her eye on kiddo all the time! She is also so knowledgeable and was able to answer all our queries. Even the endless questions coming from our little one! Bottom line, Cassidy is a wonderful guide and we consider ourselves very lucky to land her. It shows in her dedication and efforts that she absolutely loves what she does and definitely enjoys it and makes it a point to educate herself really well. We love her! Tour: Bus takes you to the point where you need to put on your spikes and helmet. You walk a little on the mud flats, the floating bridges before you land on ice. Once on the ice, it's a wonder trip!! We went through ups and downs of the ice, the bends, black ice, blue ice and we crossed several crevices. Cassidy was so fun helping us with some glacier water and ice pieces, my kids were stoked!! The trail we did is like a loop trail before we head back to the check in and gear hut. Facilities & equipments: Very well kept facility and very good and reliable equipments. They are quality ones! Finally, the coffee shop opposite is a wonderful way to end your trek with a hot cuppa made with love by Lucy! Thanks Lucy! All in all, stellar! If I could give more than 10 stars I would! Highly recommend, sign up with them right now for a lifetime memory. Cheers! Happy trails!

Highly recommend MICA's Advanced Trek to someone who wants to hike on the glacier for a closer look…read moreand experience some ice climbing. Our guide Quinn is passionate, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable. We really like him and it was fun and exciting going on the tour following his lead! My friend and I (both female in our late 30s) went on the Advanced Trek in late-June. It was a sunny day, around low to mid-60 degree Fahrenheit on the glacier. The entire tour including the gear-up time was about 6.5 hours. We arrived 30 minutes prior to the start time to check in (sign the waivers and pay the glacier access fee). The participants to guide ratio was 3:1 in our group, allowing us to move efficiently and have all our questions and needs taken care of throughout the tour. Before heading to the field, Quinn brought us to the gear room and thoroughly walked us through the gears: microspikes, crampons, harness, and helmet... etc. Next we took a 10-minute car ride to the glacier trailhead. We first hiked for about 2 miles on the moraine which didn't feel like a long walk probably due to our quick pace. During the time on the ice we saw a beautiful blue glacier lake, walked on a shallow glacier stream, climbed an ice slope about 3 or 4-story high, and hung on a slope to see a moulin (vertical well-like shaft) from above. It was incredibly fun to get the close look and feel of the glacier! There were also snack breaks when Quinn was building the rope system and stairs. Kudos to him for working so hard while we were on breaks. During our time in Alaska, we had seen glaciers from an overlook on a trail and from a cruise in Seward, and they were both really great experience. However, going out and actually stepping on the glacier is another level and a very unique, memorable experience. I recommend doing it if you feel adventurous and have the energy to explore in the wild!

I don't typically write negative reviews on places I stay, but these guys have earned it…read more Gunsight Mountain Lodge, Eureka, AK. The rooms were ok, although the smell of glade was beyond intense, the lack of restrooms or water in the rooms was tolerable, the guest restrooms outback were a little gross and made my eyes burn, but I wasn't expecting much.. The owners however were super unprofessional. From double charging me, to making it my problem to fix, to complaining to me about everything in their life under the sun, to badmouthing hotels.com, other guests etc. etc. I just didn't need any of that on our stay there, and should have been a sign to go somewhere else, but I knuckled through it. The icing on the cake however, was being Attacked by her dog outside my room while using the guest restrooms... Yes, attacked. As in, I'm a fully grown man, dog owner/lover myself, and ended up having to drive to urgent care to stem the blood flowing from open wounds on my leg deep enough to stick your fingers in. Hey, stuff happens right...I'm a big boy. You try to put yourself in other people's shoes and do the right thing, but its also all about the people you're dealing with.. What was the owners response? Denial, even though it happened feet from their door, and I'm bleeding all over their floor. The dog evidently was also super aggressive to another person who was staying there that we spoke with, and then I found out it bit someone else. Did they comp any part of my stay? No. In fact, I was double charged. Have they made good on their promise to get me some shot records on the dog? Nope. Have they bothered to call me back a single time to check on me? No. It's a week and a half later folks, and I'm done trying. My wife and I have left messages until their machine was full, have left a message with their front desk / family member who runs the store, have facebook messaged them, and they haven't called me back once. Great customer service. An apology would have gone a long way here. Not only did I find out that she lied to me when she said the dog has never bitten anyone before, but they're completely ghosting me? The customer? I'm not a tourist, I'm in Eureka A LOT and so are lots of my snowmachine friends. I am pursuing this now that they've decided to do nothing, and I am recommending anyone who knows me boycott this place. Gunsight Mountain Lodge is TRASH. Stay at the Eureka Lodge or Sheep Mountain Lodge, or anywhere else but here. This place is owned by people who lack any semblance of character, or decency, and as much as I like to root for local business owners; they deserve to lose their business.

Such a beautiful place to go. Away from the hustle and bustle of town. Rooms are so clean and…read moreAlaskan. Great place to stay! If you have to shower everyday and cannot do a small walk to the bathroom. This is not the place for you. We loved all the mountains and the owners were just wonderful! So accommodating. We will definitely stay here again. We give them a 5 star review for a 5 star lodge.

We had two dinners and two breakfasts here while staying two nights at one of their premium cabins…read more The cabin was spacious, clean, and thoughtfully furnished, with warm lighting and cozy furniture that created an inviting atmosphere. We loved the peaceful setting, the comfortable beds, and the beautiful mountain views from both the windows and the front porch. Breakfast was excellent and well worth the price. We tried the Palmer Farmers Omelet, Solstice Scramble, Breakfast Burrito, Halibut Benedict, and Sheep Mountain Pancakes. Everything was good, but the standouts were the Solstice Scramble and the Halibut Benedict. The breakfast potatoes were crispy and flavorful. The only downside was that their espresso machine was down, and the drip coffee was just okay. Dinner was decent but felt a bit overpriced. We had the smoked salmon spread, Olympia halibut cakes, meatloaf, grilled halibut, grilled salmon, and roast chicken. Everything was cooked well, just not particularly memorable. Service was friendly and attentive, and we never waited long to be seated for dinner.

Sheep Mountain Lodge is situated in Glacierview, on the Glenn Hwy. If you're heading to Valdez,…read moreyou'll pass it, on your left. It's very imposing yet inviting, and has wonderful mountain views As we had decided that our normal place to eat in Glennallan is no longer "on the menu" so to speak, we decided to try Sheep Mountain Lodge, on the way home from Valdez. It's a beautifully situated Lodge, nestling in the mountains. There's cabins too, and some RV sites. It looks like somewhere I'd love to stay to be honest. The main building where you go for dinner is pretty classy, i have to say, and fortunately, it's not crammed with tons of stuff on the walls. Less is more, in my opinion. Our server seated us at the far end away from the bar, and we had a good view of the mountains. I honestly wasn't feeling super hungry, so i decided to go for a couple of appetizers. I ordered the Crab, Spinach, and Artichoke dip with bread, and the Fry Basket. Blake got a Burger entree. I was presented with a medium skillet of dip, and eight pieces of bread, and an enormous tray/basket of fries. I ordered appetizers, as I thought they'd be smaller bites but these were enormous, and i admit to feeling somewhat daunted by the amount of food. The Dip was beautifully creamy, and the bread nicely toasted. Very moreish. Blake says I'm gonna get gout. The fries were wonderfully crispy. I was putting them between the slices of bread (What us English call a "chip butty") and smearing crab, spinach, artichoke dip all over it. I was pretty disgusting, i admit it. But the meager amount that i was able to eat, i did enjoy it. This would easily feed 2 people. I don;t know about the rest of the appetizers, but these 2 are definitely sharing plates - so a word to the wise. His Burger entree wasn't nearly so large as my 2 appetizers lol. But anyway, I would definitely come back, and in hindsight, I'd order differently than i did this time, because we had an enormous amount of food, and not an enormous amount of appetite. But it was delicious. I'd love to see the cabins, they look stunning on the website.

A couple hours northeast of Anchorage lies a stretch of highway that has become one of our happy…read moreplaces! Majestic Valley Wilderness Lodge has become another reason for this! Nestled in the trees, you turn off the road into a little slice of Eden. The lodge is a spectacular log cabin style building with a huge deck overlooking the valley below - one that houses a spectacular river flowing from the Matanuska glacier. The days included sleeping in very comfortable beds, first in a solo cabin and then in one of the rooms within one of the larger lodges which have a few room inside. The lodge was nicer, but we liked the solo cabin a bit better. The common area in the lodge was nicer however. Very potato/potahto. They have a dining area and a full service restaurant/bar in the main building and it's a delight! Many meals are buffet style, and they have single to order items available as well. The Cioppino one evening was spectacular! In addition to the comfortable beds, they have a massive hot tub available for adults to use, a huge deck off the back of the main building and a rec room type building with a large TV and a big table for meeting up. The small refrigerators are located in the rec building and the lodges. It's enough room for snacks and a night of leftovers. One evening we were all sitting outside of the deck chatting around 10:30/11:00 and because the sun never sets, we saw a lovely rainbow just before heading to bed. Staff are great, there are tons of hiking/walking trails in the area and the place is even graced a couple dogs who love to keep you company! We'll be here again! In their little slice of the wilderness, it's a big piece of heaven!

Terribly noisy in the basement of the main lodge. Owners should try to sleep in room 9 when the…read morelodge is full. It's like a megaphone from guests upstairs. Sounded like thumping furniture, past midnight. If you stay here book a cabin or try the adventure lodge rooms.

This was the greatest chicken fried steak not even an exaggeration. I was tempted to order the PBJ…read morebut my cheapness got the best of me. Do not leave without a slice of pie. The service is amazing even in a crowded restaurant. Also 25¢ coffee is a nice touch like a soft memory of a time long long gone.

This is a fascinating place. It's in a building all by itself off the Glenn Highway in between the…read moreGlacierview community and Glennallen. It's a combination of a gas station, lodge, and old-fashioned All-American comfort food restaurant. The kind of restaurant where they bring you water when you sit down, pay at the register, and have a candy counter there. I had the chicken fried steak with fries, salad, and garlic toast. Homemade banana cream pie for dessert. It was very good, not outstanding, but for Alaska I'm grateful there is a place. Anyway, I'd recommend this as a roadside diner for breakfast or lunch if you're traveling in the state on the Glenn Hwy.

Very nice room, the bed was very comfortable, friendly staff. Good burger at the dinner. Old school…read morelodge feeling.

Hate to say, but the place has gone downhill some. A couple of years ago, I had homemade chicken…read morefried steak from scratch, homemade cream gravy, and homemade french fries with it. Last time I ate there, I had a frozen fritter with canned sausage, gravy (every other restaurant uses that now. I don't know why, it's not rocket science making a good gravy!), and frozen french fries on the side. But the desserts are absolutely delicious, pies made from scratch! And service always nice and efficient