Winter 2009-10 Rates & Tours



Denali Highway Cabins is open year-round. Our location along the Richardson Highway ensures easy driving access; our presence on the Denali Highway means we can provide you the magnificent snows, trails, bowls and vistas of the Alaska Range right out your cabin door. The Denali Highway Trail Club keeps the unplowed Denali Highway in great shape for snowmachining, cross-country skiing, dogmushing, skijoring, snowshoeing - whatever your pleasure. Leave the city ice fog and light pollution to enjoy the aurora amidst the blackest skies in Alaska!

We can provide winter access and fun for all snowmachining and skiing skill levels:

BEGINNER: over 20 miles of groomed, gentle boreal forest trails

INTERMEDIATE: groomed, incomparably beautiful wide Denali Highway

EXPERT: access to the unlimited deep powder of the endless bowls of the Alaska Range; Arctic Man
Race locale and more.


We offer two weekend packages, our Winterful Wilderness Weekends
For standard (no package) rates, please scroll down.
Both "weekends" are available midweek by request.

Romantic Couple's Hideaway

 Looking for a romantic winter escape from the city? Regenerate your relationship beneath the charging influence of the Aurora Borealis.

Fully plumbed and heated, with easy to operate Toyostove heaters, our log cabins are warm and cozy, with complete maid service.

Bring your own or rent our cross-country skis, snowmachines, dogteams, ice-fishing equipment, or snowshoes. Or just bring a relaxing book and enjoy the snow-covered vistas and quiet by day, and the aurora viewing and stargazing at night.

Package includes the following amenities:

Gourmet food from our B&B's kitchen - the finest there is. Imagine breakfast in bed in your private log cabin!
Unlimited hot chocolate
Complimentary champagne
Candles
Ipod player available for your favorite romantic music
Range of romantic movies available for the DVD player
And romance is not complete without chocolate: our complimentary homemade fudge!
Guests will also have access to our Great Room, with all its wonderful views and amenities.

Activities with extra cost: three hour tour in Snowcoach; dogmushing adventure.

$185 per night per couple, minimum two night stay, includes all above. Please contact us for information on lunch and dinner options. Please specify the "Romantic Couple's Hideaway" when making your reservation.

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Arctic Adventurers Weekend

Want to test your winter mettle? Want to experience the solitude and peace of the Arctic winter, amidst the dramatic backdrop of the Alaska Range and the shimmering Northern Lights?

We will set up our Arctic Oven, the tent of choice for all Polar expeditions, in one of the most beautiful camping sites along the Denali Highway.

Experience the Alaska winter the way few people ever do: in a tent, beneath the stars and the Aurora Borealis.
Have a favorite spot along the Denali where you'd like to camp? We will set up the tent in your preferred location for a minimal hauling fee.

Tent supplied with Coleman lanterns, sleeping pads, heater, pillows, hot water bottles, extra blankets, and campfire wood. Guests must bring own sleeping bags. Tent can accommodate up to family of four.

Package includes:

Economy cabin first night, tent second night.
Round-trip Snowcoach transport, or opt to wend your way homeward on skis

$185 for two nights, for two persons. $20 each additional person. Breakfast option available. Extended camping option available. Bare Arctic Oven rental, with no amenities, also available. Please inquire.

Don't want to sleep outside? We also offer Aurora Viewing with tent: $40/person/3 hours or $60/person/5 hours; two-person minimum.



We offer a weekly cabin rental option, our Writer's Retreat

Want to get inspired by nature? Find your inner Thoreau...Basho...Abbey...Nansen....

Private cabin in the boreal forest, with only the sounds of the Gulkana River that never freezes. Cabin's writing desk overlooks Paxson Mountain. Fully plumbed and heated. Guests will also have access to our Great Room, with all its wonderful views and amenities.

Includes unlimited coffee, tea, or cocoa all day and continental breakfast. Complete maid service. Please contact us for information on lunch and dinner options. Minimum stay one week (seven nights).

Offered only in spring, fall, and winter:
Spring: April 13 to May 17, $700 per week
Fall: September 15 to October 31, $700 per week
Winter: November 1 to April 5, $600 per week

Prices are for one person. Additional persons $20 per night.
Christmas/New Year's week will incur an extra $100.

Regular Nightly Rates

Standard Cabin:
Fully plumbed and heated, queen and full beds, drive-up access. Two night minimum.
Weekends (Friday-Saturday, and holidays) - $120 per night for one or two persons. Add $20 for each additional person per night.
Weekdays (Sunday-Thursday, minus holidays) - $100 per night for one or two persons. Add $20 for each additional person per night.

Economy Cabin:
As with standard, but flush toilet only - NO OTHER running water, hot or cold. Full linens (blankets, sheets, pillows, towels) included.
Weekends - $80 per night, or $150 for two nights, for one or two persons. Add $20 for each additional person per night.
Weekdays - $75 per night, or $65 per night for multiple nights, for one or two persons. Add $20 for each additional person per night.
Holidays: add $20 per night.

Skier's Special:
Same as Economy, but no linens included. Guests must bring own sleeping bags, or sheets, etc. Prices are for one or two persons.
Weekends - $70 per night, or $125 for two nights. Add $10 for each additional person per night.
Weekdays - $60 per night, or $50 per night for multiple nights. Add $10 for each additional person per night.
Holidays: add $20 per night.

Electricity is extremely expensive here in Paxson, therefore plug-ins are an extra $10 per night.


Winter Tours & Activities

Snowcoach Tours & Transport

Vising Alaska only in the winter? No snowmachine? Spouse riding but you're not? Too windy?

We have the answer to these and other common winter problems!

Denali Highway Cabins & Paxson Alpine Tours is the proud owner of one of the few Snowcoaches in Alaska (we know of no others). This roomy, enclosed and heated sleigh can transport up to four persons anywhere our big working snowmobile - a quiet fourstroke Arctic Cat Bearcat - can travel.

Turn on the heater, turn off its light, snuggle into warm blankets we provide and enjoy the view as you are ferried to your own exclusive snow camp, where you can ski, snowshoe, or enjoy the fantastic winter photography. Ride includes thermos of hot chocolate or hot apple cider.

We'll drive you back to your cabin, or you can return by snowshoe (most leisurely), by cross-country ski (faster), or by snowbike (fastest).

There is no easier way to access the remote winter landscape of the Alaska Range.

Fare is $1.25/mile for one person; 25 cents per person per mile for additional riders. Minimum fare is $40.





Snowbike
Ride a Winner!
Our snowbike is one of Alaska's own "Fat Bikes", crafted in Palmer. Fat Bikes have been created to permit Alaskan bicycle enthusiasts to continue their riding in winter, and have oversized frames to fit very oversized tires.

Anchorage racing legend, the indomitable Pete Basinger, rode our bike to victory in the 2006 Iditarod Trail Invitational, formerly the Iditasport Extreme. Run along the first 350 miles of the Iditarod dog sled course, prior to mushers traversing it, this is called by many the single toughest race on the planet.

Now you can experience it too - on the far less extreme, groomed winter Denali Highway.

Rental from cabins, for trails and hwy: $50 day use
Multi-day rental: $40 per day
Snowbike transport with Snowcoach: add $25 fee to Snowcoach price

Arctic Man

Once a year the otherwise almost unpopulated Paxson area turns into the state's third- or fourth-largest town. Join in the fun of the world's largest snowmachine festival, and come up, come down, come on over to participate in Arctic Man! Centered around the Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic - a uniquely Alaskan race that truly is one of the world's most extreme sports events, this multi-day end of winter blowout provides a way for Alaskans to enjoy the world's best snow in the continent's tallest mountains, all in the warm sun of mid-April.
Well, warm-ish. Are you one of those who still yearn for fun during the day but are tired of the cold motorhomes, of the dribbling or non-existent showers, and perhaps even of all those endless nights? Denali Highway Cabins is the quiet alternative to the glacier party: our guests are those who participate in everything the glacier and the Denali Highway have to offer, but then can get away from it all at the evening's end and return to a warm, peaceful, comfortable, fully plumbed cabin.We are a ten minute drive or a ten-mile ride to Arctic Man, but a world away.

We do NOT allow any raucous behavior on our compound. If you want to party and drink til the wee hours, you may be more comfortable renting a spot at the glacier.

Cabins book out quickly. Minimum reservation is for three nights. Maximum guests in regular cabins: 4 persons; Guest House: eight persons.
2010 rates are provided in the following table. All rates include all taxes. A 50% deposit is due at time of reservation, refundable minus $100 through Feb 1, 2010. Balance due by March 1, 2010. This balance is refundable through April 1, 2010 only if we subsequently can rent the cabin. Early bird rates apply to reservations made before November 1.

As of March 12, we have VERY limited availability still remaining for Arctic Man 2010. Call now!

Note that rates are independent of the number of guests; for your convenience, the bottom half of the table shows the per-person rates assuming the cabin or house maximum.

Arctic Man Rates
Cost per unit:
Regular Cabin
Regular Cabin
"Early Bird"
Guest House
Guest House
"Early Bird"
3 nights
$675
  
$1050
  
4 nights
$900
$800
$1400
$1300
5 nights
$1125
$950
$1750
$1600
6 nights
$1200
$1125
$2100
$1900
Cost per person per night:        
3 nights
$56
$44
4 nights
$56
$50
$44
$41
5 nights
$56
$48
$44
$40
6 nights
$50
$47
$44
$40

Magnificent Accommodations
Spectacular Scenery
Outstanding Tours and Activities
Denali Highway Cabins & Tours
(incorporating Paxson Alpine Tours)

HC02 Box 7292 Paxson (Gakona), Alaska 99586-9205
907 822 5972
cabins@denalihwy.com