Call (907) 822-5444 or Email us for additional information.

Note! to snowmobilers coming from Cantwell. Parking is available at the Cantwell-Lodge with electrical hookups, food and lodging. See our LINKS page. If you are coming in  from Paxson Lake check with the new Paxson Lodge managers Wiley, Tony or Kenney Peterson for available parking.

    The lodge has a full service restaurant, (wine & beer) bar. Check out our hand-carved bar of traditional Alaskan totems We offer comfortable, clean, rustic lodging for individuals or groups. There is a common relaxation area with satellite TV and wireless internet connection available in the lodge. Via snowmobile, we are just an hours ride over the highway route from Paxson. Experience some of the best riding conditions available for the experienced or novice riders. Fuel and limited amounts of 2 cycle oil ( you should count on bringing oil enough for your trip in and out) is available at the lodge. Aurora Borealis, view the "Northern Lights" as they are often called. Our sky's are unencumbered by city lights!, present spectacular fall and winter light shows. Limited mechanical, tire and welding repairs. Jet boat service to the face of Maclaren Glacier, canoe pickup and drop off. Hunting, the area offers a wide variety of hunting ranging from Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Moose, Ducks , Geese and our state bird the Ptarmigan. Fishing for lake trout and graying fishing in the river, stream system. We can transport you to one of several premier river fishing spots. Try your luck at ice fishing during the winter months in the nearby lakes. Photographers will enjoy the area with its exceptional photographic opportunities. Bird watchers, many varieties of birds can be seen, Bald Eagles, Gyrfalcons, Say's Phoebe's, Arctic Warblers, Common Loons and the Grey checked Thrush. Blue berries are thick in the late summer and fall. Trails, hundreds of square miles of unrestricted area offer the adventurer unforgettable bicycling, hiking and camping. There are several BLM hiking trailheads nearby. If 4wheeling is your interest there are trails to be explored. Some area restrictions apply along the Denali Highway corridor.

    We are beyond regular phone and cell phone services. There is spotty cell service at higher elevations nearby for travelers. July of 2005 phone service at the lodge was upgraded to a new highly reliable VHF radio phone, (907) 822-5444.

Our Guest  accommodations
include the

"River View"
Duplex

with handicapped accessible baths.
Satellite TV and a  shared deck   for  BBQing overlook the river.


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Thinking about
next summers vacation!

Let Maclaren be your destination

Fishing Trips

Drop-offs
you provide fishing gear
$45 per person

Alan accompanies you or your party
and provides the fishing gear
$75 per person