Frommer's Review
This is the largest and most comfortable accommodation in the Kennecott-McCarthy area, taking the edges off the isolation. The lodge accurately re-creates an old Kennecott building, with the same red-and-white color scheme, and stands among the historic structures of the ghost town. You can't get any closer to what you want to see. Guests can sip drinks on a long, flower-hung front porch overlooking the glacier, or relax on a lawn with play equipment and the same view. Rooms in the main lodge building are not large and have bathrooms down the hall (six shower rooms and eight bathrooms, all clean but small). The 10 rooms in a newer south wing are larger, with two queen-size beds and private bathrooms. All the bedrooms are remarkably clean and decorated with interesting mine artifacts and papers -- telegrams, blueprints, and the like. All but eight overlook the glacier and ghost town, and those on the main floor have second entrances on the veranda. A brief evening tour of the ghost town is included.
Filling dinners are served family style at 7pm on long tables, with a fixed menu in the $28 to $35 range, available to nonguests by prior reservation. The food is excellent and portions are generous: One night we had Copper River salmon with sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts, the next night prime rib; both those evenings, the bill was $30 per person. Guests linger long after dessert; it's a friendly social occasion. A large breakfast buffet is $16, continental breakfast $10. Lunch is by menu service, with sandwiches, salads, and specials ranging from $9 to $15. Sack lunches are available, too. There's nowhere else to eat right in Kennecott, so it makes sense to book the inclusive meal package, which is $295 double in the shared-bathroom units, $355 in the newer units; a third person is $80 with the meal package, children ages 4 to 12 half price.
Facilities:
Restaurant; tour desk; courtesy van
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