Gate Creek Cabins
21800 South Towns Place Road, turn right at Mile 10.5 Petersville Rd P.O. Box 13390, Trapper Creek, AK 99683
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#1 of 6 Specialty lodging in Trapper Creek
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4.8
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4.8
Value
4.7
Delivering the "Alaska Experience" with all the comforts of home. Open all year, with road access 10.5 Scenic miles off Parks Hwy 3. Large furnished 1-4 bedroom cabins, full kitchens and baths. Decks have charcoal grills. View of MT. Denali. Beautiful gardens, fishing in stocked trout lakes, wildlife viewing with gold panning in the area. Snowmobile rental and trail rides in winter. Access to 100s of miles of groomed snowmobile trails.
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21800 South Towns Place Road, turn right at Mile 10.5 Petersville Rd P.O. Box 13390, Trapper Creek, AK 99683
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Susie and Rod are phenomenal! Their cabins are quaint and stocked with everything you could need! Trapper creek is a great area and the set up for our friends wedding was perfect! Another shout out to Rod for helping us when we got a flat tire! He was so great about it and we couldn’t have been more appreciative!! 100/10 recommend staying here !
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Response from Susie Seibert, General Manager at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Jul 3, 2022
Thank you, Amber! Boy, you guys were all on the go the entire time you were here. I am sorry I personally missed the wedding day. Rod said it was just beautiful! Thank you so very much for spending some of your precious vacation time with us here at Gate Creek Cabins. Susie and Rod
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Gate Creek Cabins is a perfect setup for rest, relaxation, adventure or in our case, a remote refuge where we took the opportunity to work on our business models. Susie was very accommodating upon arrival and the best resource for information on things we wanted to do. We chose to stay in the Trap Line cabin which was very cozy and supplied everything we wanted or needed as a couple. We were able to tap into the internet through their WiFi connection so that made our business planning go smoothly. Outside of our own personal work we were able to enjoy the outdoors and view Denali from the back porch deck. There is a grill on the deck but we chose all of our cooking inside. The kitchen is loaded with all the accoutrements including a stockpile of herbs and spices. This is a very peaceful getaway and a great place to find wildlife if that is of interest. In the four days during our stay we have encountered moose, black bear, caribou, porcupine, jack rabbit, ptarmigan bird, great sunsets and views of Denali. These were all found not too far from the property during our driving escapades. I highly recommend these accommodations. Next time we come it will be for snowmobiles and the Norther lights.…
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Date of stay: May 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded May 19, 2020
Oh my goodness, we loved having you as our guests. I loved listening to your escapades! You certainly made the most of your trip and I am pleased you stayed with us to do your business planning. I am especially pleased our Alaska wildlife showed up everyday for you. Please come see us again and bring your family. Warm Regards, Susie
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So much fun for anyone! Love our time at Gate Creek!! We’ve made so many memories here over the years. It’s a magical place! Very relaxing and fun people to hang out with. Winter snow machine tours are epic!
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Date of stay: November 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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We were so fortunate to find and book part of our Alaskan vacation at this place. We had a wonderful time with Susie, the host! So friendly! The cabins are so clean and cozy! Setting is remote and beautiful! We got a great view of Denali the first day there! We also saw a moose and baby about 50 yards from our cabin! Fishing was great, caught a ~30 inch rainbow trout. We released him so someone else could enjoy catching him. We would love to return to this charming place!
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Date of stay: September 2019Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Sep 12, 2019
Oh My Goodness, we had so much fun with you two! Please come see us again. Thank you for releasing Walter back in the lake for the next guest. Thank you for spending some of your valuable vacation time with us! Our warmest regards, Susie and Rod
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This is a must stay when on the Parks Highway. Lovely charming property and grounds. The attention to every little detail is incredible. Even the sheets and towels smell like they were washed in my home. We don’t visit Alaska without staying here.
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Date of stay: August 2019Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Aug 25, 2019
Thank you for your very kind review! We are so pleased you liked the property. Please come see us again soon!
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We stayed in the "Denali" cabin (which did not disappoint, we had just a few hours of being able to see the mountain!) with three kids and three adults - it was just perfect, well-stocked amenities, full kitchen, lake with kayaks provided. Just a nice place to relax. We went fishing nearby at a very popular spot with lots of salmon. This is, like many other reviewers have noted, a remote place, but a rather convenient stop between the more busy Anchorage and Denali, and perfect if you want a more remote experience without having to fly. One day, when it rained, we drove into Talkeetna (about 40 minutes each way) which was a very cool (but pretty touristy) little town.
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Date of stay: July 2019
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Gate Creek Cabins was the perfect location for our family vacation. We had a group of 10 ages 2 to 81 in the Denali and Forget Me Not cabins. This is a great destination if you want to avoid resorts but have a comfortable home base between day trips. The cabins are only 45 minutes from Denali State Park (not the national park) and 40 minutes from Talkeetna. The cabins were clean, quiet and very comfortable with everything we needed need for cooking. They do a great job maintaining the grounds and the lake was a big attraction. The owner was a wonderful host and made sure we had everything we needed. Oliver the yellow lab was a great ambassador.
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Date of stay: July 2019
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Jul 13, 2019
Thank you for your kind review. We absolutely loved having your family with us! It was fun to watch you with your drone and Oliver trying to figure out what it was. You have a lovely family, please come see us again when you can!
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Susie is a great host who made us feel welcome the moment we arrived. Our cabin (the Moose Nugget) was delightful, and the setting is gorgeous. We spent two nights here on our way from Fairbanks to Willow. The drive out Petersville Road is pretty with several places to see Denali on the south side. If we make it back to this area, we will DEFINITELY stay here again.
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Date of stay: September 2018Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Oct 25, 2018
Thank you for your very kind review. We appreciate our customers so very much. Please come see us again! Warm regards, Susie
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Family of six, four teens. We picked this location because it is half way between Denali and Anchorage. 2 1/2 hours to either. Very affordable, clean, comfortable and roomy cabins. Susie the owner is very helpful and friendly. Of note, it IS a remote location. Nothing nearby really. We saw moose, and did some fishing in the pond out back but the mosquitoes were in a frenzy, even with bug spray! so our outdoor time was limited. Not anything anyone can do about that.....just take that into account! Overall excellent accommodations! Susie is wonderful!!
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Date of stay: July 2018Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Jul 8, 2018
Thank you for your review. I am not sure what to do about the bugs this year. I have personally fed them at least a quart of blood. They seem to be the worst they have been in years all over the state. Please come see us again, we did enjoy meeting your family. Warm Regards, Susie
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From the second we got there to the second we left, Susie (owner) was so wonderfully welcoming and accommodating. The cabin we stayed at was so quaint and lovely and the moose we saw were cool! The views were peaceful and spectacular. Such a fun stay!!! Didn’t want to leave
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Date of stay: July 2018Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Susie S, Owner at Gate Creek Cabins
Responded Jul 4, 2018
Thank you for your very kind review. I hope that your trip to the Peninsula was wonderful and that you guys finally caught your fish for dinner! Please come see us again, I promise our projects will be done:) Warm Regards, Susie
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