Glacier Bay's Bear Track Inn

Frommer's Review

Six miles from Gustavus, this extraordinary log building faces its own field of wildflowers, which, if you walk half a mile across it, leads to the shore. You look out on this scene from a lobby with a huge fireplace, a ceiling 28 feet high, and a wall of windows. The immense logs of the walls and the isolation give the place the feeling of a wilderness lodge, but the rooms are as good as those of any upscale hotel, and have the advantage of large dormer windows with sweeping views. Objectively, it's the best place in Gustavus, and one of the best remote lodges in Alaska, but which place you prefer depends on your taste: what the Bear Track gains from perfection it loses in the funky, quaint atmosphere I like about the area. Another difference compared to other lodges and inns: Meals here are cooked to order from a menu. Those not staying here can buy dinner, too. The inn serves beer and wine.

Facilities:
Restaurant; free bike loan; concierge; tour desk; courtesy van; business center; limited room service; massage; babysitting; laundry service

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