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Currant Ridge Cabins

Our New Log Guest Houses

Our spacious, non-smoking guest houses offer the "creature comforts" that will help you relax after a day of exploring in the Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

Check out our floor plan to see how the cabins are laid out.

Four of our log guest houses were built in the summer of 2004 and the last two were finished in the spring of 2006. The guest houses are arranged along a ridge, with a buffer zone of vegetation between each unit to ensure your privacy.

Each guest house is a short walk from our parking area. We will provide any needed assistance with your luggage.

If you travel with your pets, we ask that you keep them on a leash while visiting us. (Please contact us in advance to see if we can accommodate your specific animal companions.)

cabin with family on the front porch

fully appointed guest house kitchen

The kitchen comes complete with a standard stove, oven and refrigerator. In addition, you'll find all the necessary pots, pans, and utensils to whip up a gourmet meal. Complimentary coffee and tea are provided.

spectacular mountain view out living room window

Each guest house features contemporary furnishings, large windows, and easy access to a private deck with expansive mountain views.

handcrafted queen-size bed

The private bedroom has a queen-size bed. A queen sleeper sofa in the main room provides additional sleeping space.

full bathroom with bathrub, shower, toilet, and sink

The private bathroom has a full-sized bathtub, toilet, sink, and shower, with unlimited hot and cold running water.

Guest House Floor Plan

currant ridge cabin floor plan

Our "Green" Practices

Electricity

We live "off-the-grid" here in McCarthy. All of our electrical power is produced, stored, and used on site. We have installed a state-of-the-art electrical system to ensure an uninterrupted power supply for your convenience and comfort. By using a combination of solar panels and an 8kw diesel generator to charge our Surette Battery bank, we can provide electricity on a continuous basis. All of our cabins are wired "to-code", so there is little difference between our accommodations and the conveniences of your own home.

The one difference between our cabins and your home is that we don’t have electric clocks, toasters, coffee makers, heaters, hair dryers or other heat producing electrical appliances in our units. Despite the fact that our system is robust and able to provide all the electricity you need, we do ask that you respect our need to conserve power by giving your hair dryers, irons or toasters a vacation as well.

Waste Disposal

We try to minimize our trash production by purchasing bulk items when possible and otherwise trying to consider packaging when making purchases. Our nearest landfill for solid waste disposal is 130 miles away in Glennallen. We prefer to sort out the garbage here and compost or burn as much trash as possible. We can reduce our use of the Glennallen landfill with your help.

We have provided separate containers in the cabins to help you sort your trash more conveniently. We will collect food waste from the provided container every day (if necessary) and feed it to our chickens or compost pile. Your organic wastes can provide us with eggs and fertilizer for our gardens. We ask that any burnable items - cardboard and paper - be separated into the burnable container. Non-burnable items like glass, tin cans, aluminum foil, plastic containers of all types, and Styrofoam should all be washed, crushed and put into the non-burnable container.