Currant Ridge
6 Cabins
Currant Ridge near McCarthy, Alaska, offers six custom-built log guest houses at the edge of the Wrangell-St. Elias wilderness, with restrooms, showers, and WiFi. One requirement is essential: guests must be driving to McCarthy themselves, not flying or taking the shuttle.
Six log cabins make up the accommodations — custom-built guest houses rather than a campground, and the quality is the point at this distance from anywhere. Restrooms, showers, and WiFi serve the property. If you have already booked flights or shuttle transportation and still want to stay, call the property first, because the access requirement is genuine rather than a formality. Pets are welcome.
Planned activities run through the season, with mountains, a river, and a lake all nearby and a national park immediately at hand.
The access is part of the experience. McCarthy sits at the end of 60 miles of gravel road from Chitina, which filters out casual visitors entirely. What waits at the end is the gateway to the Kennicott copper mining district, the Root and Kennicott Glaciers, and the vast interior of Wrangell-St. Elias — at 13.2 million acres, the largest national park in the United States and six times the size of Yellowstone.
For travelers who make the drive, the quality of the accommodations here is the difference between a rough expedition and a genuinely comfortable base in extraordinary country.
The Alaska season is short and concentrated. Summer is the only practical window for the McCarthy Road — reserve as far ahead as possible.
from $295/night
