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  • View the northern lights in the spring or fall from our incredible Belvedere lookout!
  • Overlooks the famous Black Rapids Glacier
  • Highway & air accessible
  • Private Baths
  • Heavenly Beds
  • Home Style Meals
  • Private party rates available
  • Retreat, wedding and small conference availability

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  A unique Alaskan property that combines accessibility with unspoiled wilderness in the heart of the Alaska Range. The Lodge at Black Rapids promises the outdoor enthusiasts everything they hope to experience—glaciers, mountains, wildlife in a fresh, clean environment.

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• We Were Selected For National Geographic Traveler Magazine’s 129 Hotels We Love!

  

Articles & Links

Articles:

Dermot Cole’s column on February 21,2013 in the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer!

Washington Post on February 21, 2013 by Kate Siber!

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/surrounded-by-serenity-in-frozen-fairbanks-alaska/2013/02/21/92b6d482-7a33-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html

• http://news.deltanewsweb.com/news/2012/03/27/arctic-man-art-opener-april-7
• Outside Magazine! http://whttp://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/north-america/Out-of-Bounds.html
• ww.greersoc.com/index.php/blogs/travel/rustic_roadhouse_luxury  By:  Joanne Tucker
• Daily News-Miner Article: “Real Wood Work” page 1 | page 2 | insert – by Mary Beth Smetzer (August 23, 2003)
• THEORIES TESTED: Open Alaska countryside easily showed path of shaking by Dan Joling, (Associated Press: January 7, 2004)
• The Rapids is Rising! by Michael Hopper
• The Black Rapids Timber Framing School (342 KB – PDF file) from The Alaska Architect (April, 2003)
• Back to full glory (369 KB jpeg) from the Daily News Miner (May 20, 2002)
• Stage stops here (157 KB jpeg) from the Heartland Magazine (August 11, 2002)
• Finding Gold Rush Tales and Roadhouse Comforts on the Richardson Highway from the L.A. Times (July 28, 2002)
• Black Rapids Glacier Galloped to Fame in 1937 from the Alaska Science Forum (June 19, 1997)
• http://www.vimeo.com/28721603 Switzer and the Oceans

Links:Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic

http://en.wikipedia.o/wiki/Alaska_Mountain_Wilderness_Classic#Gerstle_River_to_McKinley_Village.2C_.28Alaska_Range.29.2C_180.C2.A0miles_.28290.C2.A0km.29

Other racer reports:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzI_tDJBRp4

• National Register of Historic Places: The Rapids Roadhouse
• Alaska Office of History and Archaeology: Alaska Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1310, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3565Phone: 907-269-8721 Fax: 907-269-8908 E-mail: oha
• International Ecotourism Society: Ecotourism Explorer – Research
• Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association: AWRTA.org
• Info on the Recent 7.9 Earthquake in Alaska: USGS.gov
• Alaska Division of Community and Economic Development: Office ofTourism
• TravelAlaska.com
• Alaska Small Business Development Center
• Copper Valley Economic Development Council
• Alaska Division of Investments
• Alaska Natural History Association
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Rogues-Garden/
• http://www.valdezartscouncil.org/

Recommended Businesses and Services across the State of Alaska

Tour Operations

All Alaska Tours          www.allalaskatours.com

Explore Tours www.exploretours.com

Wilderness Birding Adventures

Homer, Alaska

Bear Viewing: http://baldmountainair.com/

Valdez, Alaska

• http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Rogues-Garden/
• http://www.valdezartscouncil.org/

Bettles, Alaska

Kurber Wedding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMn_xXpQVohttp://rebeccakurberphotography.com/blog/monika-carder-i-do/