Hello, Dan Michels here. It's been said that after 36 seasons at Crystal Creek Lodge, I am the only constant. Yet, that being said, it's not about me. It's about our guests, and the staff, of Crystal Creek Lodge. Our guests dedicate their free time to experience what we do and our staff dedicate their careers to serving our guests. This blog series is about snippets of insight as to what we do, and how our guests experience Crystal Creek Lodge. Enjoy.
Take a few minutes to enjoy some fun images and video provided by guests during this past 2017 season at Crystal Creek Lodge. This year we added a media station in the bar with an Apple iMac set up for guests to upload their recent images and video. What we came away with was…
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The bar at Crystal Creek Lodge has been rechristened as “The Beaver Bar”, a tribute to the hard working DeHavilland Beaver aircraft that have served us and the north country since 1947. Have a sneak preview of the modifications at the album at our Facebook page, or, better yet, be our guest and enjoy…
Read more »Giant Rainbow Trout lurk in the wide-open Naknek River and the air is stone silent, save the occasional whistling wingbeat of diving ducks as they trade amongst their flocks. Crystal Creek Lodge awaits the throng of staff to arrive late May to begin another season.
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In a stunning announcement on September 16, international mining giant Anglo American said it was abandoning its claim to the Pebble deposit in order to pursue projects with less risk and more value. While that is a huge victory for those of us who desire to protect the wild salmon runs of Bristol Bay from…
Read more »A day of magic with guests Jack and Brad from Connecticut and guests Shari and Judith from Washington. Jack and Brad have been guests of Crystal Creek for over 15 years, and they usually bird hunt and do a little fishing. Shari and Judith love to fish and this is their first visit. We all…
Read more »A guest favorite at our dinner table is always Wednesday’s surf and turf night. Last night Chefs Joe and Brian served up the surf course as claw of King Crab aside a bowl of gazpacho soup garnished with mellon. The turf course was Prime Angus Beef fillet set…
Read more »Gentleman suitors, this is Miss Mary Ann Peters, of Palo Alto, CA and Sun Valley ID. While many of you may know of our coveted Death March Survivor Award (for walking to the fishing across the tundra) Mary Ann proved herself a champion. She just won our Death March Survivor Award with Trout Clusters (a…
Read more »The King Salmon are in the Naknek and Nushagak Rivers, the Sockeye Salmon have been streaming by our dock on the Naknek River and the Rainbow Trout have been feeding aggressively on the salmon smolt running downstream. Even after so many years of witnessing it I am constantly amazed by the sight of it all….
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