Above Alaska
It is a deep love of the Alaska wilderness that drives us to keep exploring the remote and undeveloped areas that we call our backyard. The sky’s the limit, above Alaska.
Read more »The Crystal Creek Lodge Blog
Hello, Dan Michels here. It's been said that after 27 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.
Salmon Persistence
Despite all that is going on in the world, salmon will continue to thrive this year in Bristol Bay just as they have for thousands of years. Salmon will run and navigate back to their natal streams, the place of their birth. Bears will fish and a wonderfully complex ecosystem supported by salmon will flourish….
Read more »Life is Beautiful
A reminder that life, indeed, is beautiful, and the best is yet to come. In the meantime; hunker-down, take care of yourself and your fellow humans. We will be adventuring and fishing together again, soon enough.
Read more »What Makes You Smile
We could all use something to make us smile right about now. This is a kindly reminder that the best is yet to come and to hang on to what we love & brings us joy in life. Enjoy this minute then, as you go through your days ahead, remember a smile is one of…
Read more »We’re Going to have a Good Day
What’s the secret to a good day? Big smiles? Laughter? Great company? Doing something out of the ordinary? All of these things? There are many ways to have a good day – at Crystal Creek Lodge you’ll have the opportunity to combine all of the above plus more. Come with us to explore wild, beautiful Alaska. Witness the landscape from a…
Read more »Food is Love
This month’s edition of our One Minute Alaska Vacation highlights a special ingredient to the Crystal Creek Lodge experience – how great food brings us together. Food is love. When we experience exceptional food with exceptional people, all our senses are embedded into that time shared together. At Crystal Creek Lodge we love our guests and hope our food…
Read more »Beaver Fever
“More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination.” –Wilbur Wright The hard-working quintessential Alaska bush plane, the DeHavilland Beaver occupies a well-deserved seat of honor in the annals of aviation history – especially bush flying….
Read more »The Calling
Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us; Let us journey to a lonely land I know. There’s a whisper on the night-wind, there’s a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go. – Robert William Service We love Alaska and…
Read more »2019 Orvis Endorsed Lodge of the Year | Crystal Creek Lodge
We are excited and humbled to have been given the Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge of the Year award for 2019. Our long-standing partnership with Orvis (since 1991) has been a phenomenal experience for us. Their commitment to service, respect for natural resources, and unparalleled quality fits our own mission at Crystal Creek Lodge, as…
Read more »Pebble Mine – Wrong Mine, Wrong Place
Take action now! bit.ly/stoppebble2019 The One Minute Alaska Vacation is usually about inspiration, relaxation and enjoyment. Today, we bring a message to inspire a call to action: It’s about The Pebble Mine. Again. Pebble, the proposed mega-mine at the headwaters of the two richest Bristol Bay salmon rivers, which we have been fighting for 20…
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