Ultima Thule Lodge
The Claus family's wilderness lodge on the Chitina River inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, a hundred miles from paved roads, where the family has homesteaded since 1960. Guests fly in from McCarthy on the lodge's own bush planes, and there is no set itinerary: each day the weather decides, and a pilot and guide fly your group out to a sandbar at the edge of the forest, a mountain valley or a glacier to hike and explore. Moose, bears, bison, Dall sheep and mountain goats are regular sightings. Handcrafted cabins with private bathrooms and 24-hour electricity for no more than 14 guests, a wood-fired cedar sauna and bathhouse, and meals from the lodge's own gardens and greenhouses. Booked for you by an affiliated travel advisor.
- Location: Wrangell-St. Elias, Alaska
- Country: USA
At the lodge
- All-inclusive
- Field library
- Restaurant
- All meals
- Spa
- Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Transfers
Rooms
- Cabin: King feather bed, Chitina River and mountain view
Target species
- Moose: Alces alces
- Dall Sheep: Ovis dalli
- Caribou: Rangifer tarandus
- Gray Wolf: Canis lupus
- American Bison: Bison bison
- Coyote: Canis latrans
- Wolverine: Gulo gulo
- Canada Lynx: Lynx canadensis
- Mountain Goat: Oreamnos americanus