The Backwoods Lodge is located 27 miles south of Denali National Park in the scenic Alaska Mountain Range in the small community of Cantwell. We are located 4 hours north of Anchorage and 2 ½ hours south of Fairbanks. The lodge is at the intersection of the Parks Highway and the Denali Highway. The lodge is located in a quiet wooded area and the vast majority of our guests are here to enjoy the solitude away from the hustle and bustle just outside Denali National Park.

When visiting Alaska, experiencing solitude is important to gain an understanding of the land and place.   Independence, a quality which defines the state, reflects upon this understanding.  Visitors to Denali National Park who are equipped with local knowledge and the appropriate gear will be rewarded with a richer and more fulfilling experience.  At Bike Denali, our goal is to assist our customers with insight and resources that heighten the Denali Experience.

Driving your own 4-wheel ATV machine is as close as you can get to being in the Wilds of Alaska. Join your guide on a very person tour of the Alaskan Wilderness. This adventure has spectacular scenery and you are in control of your own journey. Stop whenever you want, take pictures of the beautiful scenery, laugh as you experience Alaska as it was meant to be, rough and wild! The ultimate back country exploration tour awaits! Join your guide as you drive your own 4-wheel All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on a truly exciting journey! Your adventure begins with a safety training and information course. All functions of the machine are thoroughly explained and you have a chance to drive the machine and make sure you are completely comfortable. You will be fitted with all the proper gear. We provide a helmet, safety goggles, gloves, and rain gear if you would like it. Then you are on your way! If you are not comfortable driving the machine, our guide drives an ATV that a passenger can ride with him/her that is equally as exciting as driving your own machine! This experience takes you back on old coal mining trails and spills you out onto the Dry Creek River Bed where Athabascan Indian artifacts have been found in archaeological digs! Across the river is an authentic broken down abandoned cabin that is very interesting! You will travel past local vegetation while soaking in the breath taking mountain scenery. Your trek takes you high up on Black Diamond Peak where you can view the entire Healy Valley. Photo opportunities abound and you have a great chance of viewing wildlife in their natural habitat.

To get a real sense of old time Alaska, travel like the original pioneers did-by horse-drawn wagon. Climb into Black Diamond’s Covered Wagon Adventure and you’ll be in for a trip through time. While guides fill you in on the area’s history and natural treasurer, you’ll be pulled through the Alaskan tundra with the mountains of nearby Denali National Park hovering overhead. Join us for an exciting, yet relaxing, journey into the wilds of Alaska. Our custom built Covered Wagon Ride is pulled by two beautiful Draft horses. Your tour begins at your hotel where our guide and driver pick you up. You will travel north to a beautiful mountain lake with panoramic mountain views! From here you have a chance to stretch your legs before getting onto the wagon. The relaxing ride out to our pavilion takes about 45 minutes. Once you arrive, enjoy a relaxing meal freshly prepared with only the finest ingredients and served by our staff family style! After you have finished your feast you have a chance to meet the horses that brought you to this remote location, take a picture, and then head back to civilization via your covered wagon. Your horse guide and your entertainer along with two wonderful horses will take you on a photographic adventure back along the North side of the Denali National Park Boundary. Learn about the history of this Mining area as you pass through the wilderness. Your guide will share with you local folklore, facts, and more! You also pass a few real and rustic old Alaskan Cabins and have a chance to see how some Alaskans still live! Don’t miss this total wilderness ride that has something to offer the entire family!

Golfing in Alaska has never been easier or more fun! Imagine relaxing on a unique Alaskan Golf Course, stretching your legs while Beautiful Mountains Tower over you. The view is one of the best and the Golf course is one of the farthest North that there is. Our hazards include such things as moose footprints and a local fox that steals your ball off of green number two. Experience a unique golfing excursion high in the mountains of Alaska! Black Diamond Golf Course offers an unbelievable opportunity to truly golf at a different style course than anything you have ever experienced! Our rugged grass is challenging to say the least but is still designed so it is easy to walk or drive the course with a power cart. Some said we would never be able to grow grass at all. With the ground being frozen all year long, sometimes it is hard to even push your tee into the ground. The fairways are full of fun hazards and the greens are real grass but are hard to put on. The course was built in 1995 right on top of the Alaskan Tundra with little to no Top Soil! The surrounding mountains tower over your game and wildflowers spring up all over the wild course. Black Diamond is located right next to a serene mountain lake and wildlife abounds at the links-like 9 hole golf course.

Let’s Ride Alaska Style! Hop on an ATV Side by Side machine with a friend and strap in for this exciting back country Adventure! This polaris ATV is a two passenger machine and is great for couples or parents with children. The ATV is equiped with seat belts and a windshield. We will pick you up at your hotel and drive you approximately 10-15 miles (depending on your hotel location) to the North Side of Denali National Park near Otto Lake. Your adventure begins with saftey training and information. Next, your guide will fit you with a helmet, saftey glasses and gloves and you are on your way. Next stop: Wilderness Alaska! Our guides will lead you along the Alaska Range, through valleys and streams, up foothills, on Tundra and offers breathtaking mountain scenery. Make sure to bring your camera with multiple scenic view points and stops you will be sure to get the perfect spot to snap a unique photo! Your trek takes you high up on Black Diamond Peak where you can view the entire Healy Valley and spills you out into the Dry Creek river bed. Seek out animals and action on this exciting tour geared to the more experienced ATV adventurer. This tour includes a full service back country meal. Come hungry and leave satisfied! Our, all you can eat, lumberjack breakfast offers fresh baked biscuits and gravy, thick cut bacon, reindeer sausage, fresh fruit, home style flapjacks, fresh scrambled eggs and more. For our afternoon and evening tours, sink your teeth into mouth watering ribs, chicken, steak, salmon fresh from the coastal waters of Alaska, baked beans, and potato salad. Plus, be sure to satisfy your sweet tooth with our delicious cobbler for dessert. Adult beverages are provides as well as juice, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. This once in a lifetime tour into the wild has speeds of 5 -25 miles per hour with roads that are rough and speeds excel. The ultimate back country tour awaits! Book your tour today.

Take a trip into the wilds of Alaska with your personal guide. Experience a fantastic family friendly adventure that has something to offer all ages. Your off road vehicle is a special Polaris Ranger geared with seatbelts, a windshield, and cover similar to a small open air Jeep but still with the exciting flair of an ATV. You will be navigating the back country trails and each destination will get you closer to finding a rustic pavilion in the woods where a full service camp style meal is served to satisfy any adventurer’s appetite! Come hungry and leave satisfied! Our, all you can eat, lumberjack breakfast offers fresh baked biscuits and gravy, thick cut bacon, reindeer sausage, fresh fruit, home style flapjacks, fresh scrambled eggs and more. For our afternoon and evening tours, sink your teeth into mouth watering ribs, chicken, steak, salmon fresh from the coastal waters of Alaska, baked beans, and potato salad. Plus, be sure to satisfy your sweet tooth with our delicious cobbler for dessert. Adult beverages are provides as well as juice, coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Feel exhilarated while working together to find hidden views, secret sights, quartz and granite rocks, coal and much more! Leave a treasure in the geocache and pick one out for yourself to take home! Join your guide on a very personal tour of the Alaskan Wilderness. This adventure has spectacular scenery and you are in control of your own journey. Stop whenever you want, take pictures of the beautiful scenery, walk on the tundra and laugh as you experience Alaska as it was meant to be, rough and wild! The ultimate back country exploration tour awaits! This experience takes you back on old mining trails and spills you out onto the Dry Creek River Bed where Athabascan Indian artifacts have been found in archaeological digs! You will have a great adventure strategizing, planning, thinking and just having some down home fun while traveling past local vegetation, looking for real Alaskan Wildlife, soaking in the breath taking mountain scenery, learning some of the local history and Alaskan Culture, and exploring the geography. Your trek takes you high up on Black Diamond Peak where you can view the entire Healy Valley. Photo opportunities abound and you have a great chance of viewing wildlife while you travel through their natural habitat. Become a part of the great place that we call Alaska! No experience necessary. Tour Highlights: -All Polaris All Terrain Vehicles which you ride in -Views of surrounding mountains and the Alaska Range -Learn about local history, flora and fauna as well as see real abandoned cabins -Wildlife-viewing opportunities -Ride on actual tundra and old coal mining trails -Guides are professionally trained -1-person minimum -Established in 1995 by local Alaskans and still run by the original Family

Camp Denali is a fly-in wilderness lodge in the heart of Denali National Park. Nineteen guest cabins are privately nestled along a tundra and boreal forest ridgeline, each with a picture-window view of Denali. An uphill stroll leads to our timber frame dining room and historic log lodge. Daily naturalist-led hikes immerse you in the wilderness and wildlife of Denali. Gathering at long tables for meals fosters community and camaraderie. Camp Denali remains what our founders envisioned 70 years ago, a place that doesn’t insulate you from the wilderness you came to explore.

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BBQ and Sandwich food trailer.  Offering smoked meats and homemade soups, sides, and desserts.

Carlo Creek Cabins were homesteaded in 1959 by the Stoepler family. Since then it has been locally owned and operated. Carlo Creek runs right though the property and we have have Panarama Mountain in front of the property and Fang Mountain in the back. Wow, what a view! We have 10 private log cabins and 6 lodge rooms. If you want to experience real Alaska, this is the place for you. Come and join us and enjoy 11 acres of wilderness. Sincerely Dan and Tammie Miller

Chelatna Lake Lodge sits at the foot of Denali National Park on it's southern border. Nestled a hundred miles northwest of Anchorage, and within a one hour flight, our lodge provides breathtaking vistas of Mount Denali.

With a maximum capacity of 16 guests nightly, we have a wide variety of trip packages with over a dozen adventure activities. Including fishing, wildlife viewing, flightseeing, helicopter adventures, hiking, raft trips, birding, kayaking, paddleboarding, swimming and more!

This long time Alaskan restaurant is best known for its steaks, cooked on an indoor grill, just how you order it!
With weekly specials, and classic favorites - there is something for everyone!

Take a flight of a lifetime with the original flightseeing company in Denali and see Denali face to face. This premier flying adventure is the highlight of any Alaska vacation. Your climb out from our private airstrip will take you through rugged canyons and valleys as you rise past the stunning snowy peaks of the Alaska Range on your way to intimate viewing of Denali (The Great One). Flexible routing and our unique location on the eastern boundary of the park, just south of the road entrance into Denali, allow your pilot to provide the best possible viewing opportunities in Denali National Park. Our 200-mile flight gives you the best odds to witness the glory of the Denali Massif and also the most comprehensive aerial tour of Denali National Park and its many spectacular features. We are the original flightseeing company in Denali and have been flying in the area for more than 40 years. Let our highly experienced and knowledgeable pilots fly you in the rugged beauty of Denali in the comfort of twin engine aircraft with individual window seats.

We are a guiding service in the Denali Park National Park area providing Heli-hike trips, interpretive hikes, walking tours and overnight trips that offer the best of Alaska wilderness travel. Our overnight trips are custom designed to fit travelers time frame and experience.

Denali Backcountry Lodge will be like nothing you’ve ever experienced before. With the partial closure of Denali Park Road, our all-inclusive lodge is now only accessible by helicopter, providing a limited number of guests with the rare opportunity to experience this incredible part of the world in true seclusion.


Once you’ve reached the lodge — located at the historic settlement of Kantishna — you’ll be fully immersed in one of the world’s most spectacular natural landscapes where wildlife roams free. Warm hospitality, private cabins, cozy fires and seasonal cuisine ensure absolute comfort, so you focus on simply soaking up all the tranquility, adventure and awe-inspiring views Denali National Park has to offer.