Some hotels have fancy restaurants, olympic size
pools, and well equipped fitness centers.
Some have a view. Such is the case
at the Kennicott Glacier Lodge in McCarthy, AK.
The lodge overlooks the old mill buildings from the
now defunct Kennicott copper mine. In
the distance, spread out around you, is Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Wrangell-St Elias is the largest national
park in the U.S. and offers opportunities for hiking, fishing, and
mountaineering. The Old mill buildings
offer wonderful photographic opportunities.
In the end the best thing about this fabulous lodge is the view from the front porch.
Thanks to Debbie of Delicious Baby for organizing
Photo Friday and spreading such wonderful images across the Web.
Visit here Monday for a look at the Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao.
© Tim Marks 2009 all right reserved
Wow. That's beautiful!
Posted by: Linda | July 10, 2009 at 09:03 AM
That is a magnificent view. I would never want to leave.
Posted by: Cate | July 10, 2009 at 12:50 PM
That place entailed some effort to reach...but the trip was well worth it, wasn't it?
Posted by: Dominique | July 10, 2009 at 01:06 PM
I would give up the fancy fitness room and pool for this view. Wow!
Posted by: Jen | July 10, 2009 at 03:05 PM
It was well worth thew effort. We had to drive several hundred miles from Anchorage, then 65 miles down a fairly rough dirt road. At the end of the road was a parking lot, a phone to call the hotel and a foot-bridge across the river. The hotel picked you up on the other-side of the river and drove you 5 miles back to the lodge. Yep worth it.
Posted by: Tim | July 10, 2009 at 05:56 PM
What an unbelievable hotel! I was in alaska, but never made it to the main land. However Juneu didnt have anything like this!
Posted by: marina k. villatoro | July 10, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Ok. I could imagine myself waking up to that view everyday! Beautiful!
Posted by: Amy @ The Q Family | July 11, 2009 at 02:53 PM
We were able to hike the glacier and spend time exploring the Mill building while we were there.
Great out of the way place we would never have known about except we used an Anchorage Travel agent to book our trip instead of one local to us.
Posted by: Tim | July 12, 2009 at 07:28 PM
That would be a fabulous view to wake up to!
Posted by: amida | July 12, 2009 at 09:00 PM