A visit to Skagway, a historic town on the Alaska Panhandle and home to Westmark Inn Skagway, is about as close as you can get to a trip back to the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. Skagway was the place where thousands of hopeful prospectors poured off steamships arriving from Seattle in hopes of…
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Denali Denali is the highest peak in North America, 20,320 feet above sea level. The mountain is surrounded by beautiful Denali National Park, and in this picture from the north you see Wonder Lake in the foreground. Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis The natural phenomenon in the skies above the arctic region is called the…
Continue ReadingIf you are traveling through Alaska to celebrate Independence Day, look for a Westmark nearby. Endless hours of daylight and warmer temperatures bring out the cheer in everyone, not to mention all the festivities and events July brings with it. And July Fourth features some of the biggest celebrations of all. Just because the sun…
Continue ReadingThe sun is shining strong and bright in Anchorage these days. Today, the sun outside the Westmark Anchorage Hotel will rise at 4:20 a.m. and set at 11:42 p.m., providing 11 hours and 22 minutes of glorious daylight. With such long days and temperatures hovering in the 60s and 70s, there is no better time…
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On June 22, Canadian Chris Greig, 25, from Oakville, Ontario, will embark on an 8,000-kilometer self-funded bicycle tour from Fairbanks, Alaska to Miami, Fla. The bike tour, which Greig has named the “Campaign for Good News,” is an effort to bring some much needed positive and uplifting news stories to the public. Campaign for Good…
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Anchorage Population: 272,687 Anchorage is by far the biggest city in Alaska in terms of population, with more than eight times as many people as the next biggest town, Fairbanks. Explore the Westmark Anchorage Hotel & Conference Center. Fairbanks Population: 31,324 Fairbanks, located in central Alaska, is just 198 miles south of the Arctic Circle…
Continue ReadingPerhaps no other book is as synonymous with Alaska and the Yukon as Jack London’s seminal work The Call of the Wild. This timeless story about the journey of Buck, an Alaskan sled dog during the time of the Klondike gold rush, still attracts visitors to the Last Frontier despite being written over 100 years…
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