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This full-service resort is located in pristine wilderness just 64 km south of Anchorage. It is surrounded by towering spruce trees, mountains and hanging glaciers. The Girdwood city centre is around 3 km from the resort and guests have direct access to public transport.||This 304-room luxury chateau-style resort is completely non-smoking. All rooms have a simple, elegant decor.||All rooms offer cable TV with pay movies and are equipped with a safe, locking ventilated ski boot storage, heated towel rack, hairdryer, make-up mirror, bathrobe and slippers. Further amenities include fridge, coffee makers and irons with ironing boards. Complimentary in-room DSL is available. All rooms are non-smoking.||A full-service spa is open 7 days a week. An indoor swimming pool awaits guest with vaulted wood beam ceiling. There is also a 16-person hot tub with bay windows overlooking the north face of Mount Alyeska. Guided nature walks and hikes leave daily from the hotel during the summer season. Group ski lessons are held twice daily at the day lodge in the winter months. Other activities include midnight sun golfing, a 60-person aerial tram, gold panning, fishing, bicycling (fees apply), kayaking, canoeing, rafting, horse-drawn carriage rides, flightseeing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, Nordic skiing, dog sledding, snow mobiling, rentals and year-round glacier and wildlife cruises.||There are several restaurants on the property, with something to suit everyone's tastes.||From Anchorage International Airport: exit the airport via International Airport Road. Turn right onto Minnesota. Turn right onto New Seward Highway (Hwy). Proceed south along the Turnagain Arm for approximately 64 km. Turn left onto the Alyeska Hwy at mile 90 along the Seward Hwy. Turn left at the sign for the resort onto Arlberg. Arlberg winds around for 1.6 km and ends up at the resort.