Yukon River Camp          Coldfoot Camp          Deadhorse Camp

Alaska's 416 mile Dalton Highway hosts a myriad of visitor and local traffic alike.  The journey of work in Alaska's Arctic begins in Fairbanks.  Heading north from Fairbanks, Alaska's "Gold" road, the Elliot Highway winds 75 miles north through the Yukon-Tanana Uplands toward mile one of Alaska's famous Haul Road, the Dalton Highway.  From here we continue another 56 miles to the Yukon River.  Just north of the famed Yukon River Bridge along the banks of the Yukon River sits Yukon River Camp, 140 miles north of Fairbanks.  Continuing north through tussock and taiga, 60 miles north of the Yukon at mile 115 of the Dalton Highway, we cross the Arctic Circle and head into the southern foothills of the Brooks Mountain Range.  Nestled in the Koyukuk River Valley at mile 175 of the Dalton Highway is Coldfoot Camp.  From Coldfoot Camp we wind through Atigun Pass of the Brooks Mountain and into the treeless tundra of Alaska's arctic coast.  260 miles north of Coldfoot and 500 miles north of Fairbanks, the journey is complete at Deadhorse Camp. 

Y U K O N   R I V E R   C A M P

Spend your summer living and working on the banks of Alaska's famed Yukon River!

In mid-may, eight-foot thick ice on the world's fifth largest river will grunt, groan and crack before breaking  free and beginning the long journey downriver towards the Bering Sea. By mid-June, both commercial and subsistence fishers ply the Yukon's water as they work to set up seasonal fish camps in preparation for a season of netting the legendary Yukon River King Salmon as they pass by on their 2,000-mile long spawning run. By late-July, adventurers in canoes and rafts pass, retracing the route of gold seekers who rode the waters of the mighty Yukon on their way to gold fields 100 years prior. By early-September, hunters and their boats descend on the Yukon River en masse, using its extended waterways to full advantage in an intense search for the mighty Yukon moose and the critical food source it will provide for the long winter ahead. By early-November, cold temperatures have once again formed a thick icy cap over the Yukon's now frigid waters, signaling that winter has settled in once again.

At the center of all this activity is Yukon River Camp, providing food, lodging, fuel and other services to both visitors and residents of the region. Yukon River Camp is a summer seasonal operation located at mile 56 on the Dalton Highway [Alaska's wilderness highway to the Arctic Ocean] at the north end of the only bridge to cross the Yukon River in Alaska and just 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

The focal point of Yukon River Camp is a popular and busy restaurant open from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.  The diverse menu caters both to the tastes of those guests satisfied by a juicy flame-broiled burger, and to the tastes of those guests who instead wish to indulge in a meal of grilled salmon with melon salsa and three-pepper risotto or horseradish-encrusted halibut with mango salsa and soft polenta [a dish recently featured along with Yukon River Camp in the National Culinary Review]. The top-notch menu items and friendly service makes Yukon River Café a travelers oasis along the Dalton Highway.

The small coworker population and seasonal status of Yukon River Camp is ideal for a person looking to enjoy the profound simplicity of summer along the banks of Alaska's Yukon River.

www.yukonrivercamp.com

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Experience Alaska's Arctic in the Brooks Mountain Range!

Two hundred sixty miles north of the nearest traffic light in Fairbanks --- two hundred forty miles south of the Arctic Ocean --- sixty miles north of the Arctic Circle --- sixty miles south of the northernmost extent of the tree line --- adjacent to the 8.2 million acre Gates of the Arctic National Park, wilderness jewel of the National Park System --- surrounded by the remote wilderness and unpeopled distances that are Alaska's Brooks Mountain Range --- blessed with 24 hours of summer daylight and magical winter nightscapes --- directly under the aurora oval, one of the best places in the world to view the mysterious and awe-inspiring aurora borealis (from late-August through mid-April).  Sound like a great place to live and work?

In addition to the breathtaking scenery, Coldfoot Camp's convenient roadside location at Dalton Highway mile 175 helps make it THE legendary base camp offering food, lodging, fuel, outdoor adventure activities, and other services for those working, living or recreating in the region.

Central to the authentic hospitality found at Coldfoot Camp is the legendary café, open year-round, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (serving food from 6am to midnight). During the summer months, Coldfoot Camp offers delectable breakfast and dinner buffet service in addition to the year-round traditional truckstop-style fare. A Dalton highway refuge, Coldfoot plays host to truckers, hunters, hikers, visitors and locals alike --- a place for the community of travelers to meet on Alaska's wilderness highway.  

Coldfoot Camp exists amid an awe-inspiring arctic backdrop. Winter, summer, spring and fall Coldfoot Camp is a great place to live and work: a vacation paradise in Alaska's vast Brooks Mountain Range.

www.coldfootcamp.com

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Live and work Arctic on Alaska's Coastal Plain!

Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain during the winter reveals the undeniable power of the white season --- a season that inspires awe and humility --- a time when and a place where the most adaptable of humans, plants and animals sustain life. The brown season of spring in Alaska's Arctic is a short but welcome reminder that summer quickly approaches --- a glimpse of brown through the white snow begins to animate a frozen landscape. Summer's green season rules supreme as life flourishes in 24-hour arctic sunlight --- summer is a time of hurried excitement in a harrowing attempt to harness enough energy for the year's remaining nine months. The red season falls quickly on the tundra pulling a blanket of red over the land just weeks before a blanket of white covers Alaska's Arctic once again --- fall is a time to lay the groundwork for a healthy sustainable year ahead. White, brown, green and red, the seasons of life in Alaska's Arctic makes it an icon of America's vast and distant wilderness. Alaska's North Coast is a place of simple splendor and passionate inspiration for those intrepid travelers who venture off-the-beaten-path.

Deadhorse camp, located at mile 415 of the Dalton Highway, sits atop a 7.5 acre gravel pad accompanied by unlimited tundra to the west, east and south.  Directly north of Deadhorse camp is the contractor community of Deadhorse, the Prudhoe Bay oil fields and the Arctic Ocean at the Beaufort Sea.

Deadhorse Camp offers camp-style accommodations for the traveler to Prudhoe Bay in a cozy 17-room camp. With true to the region camp-style accommodations, Deadhorse Camp has just what the traveler to this region is looking for --- a clean, comfortable place to stay and good food. Deadhorse Camp is open from 9am to 9pm, 7 days a week. It is open year-round, offering visitor accommodations during summer months and pipeline worker housing during winter months. Quaint and remote, Deadhorse camp is sure to offer surprises at every turn.

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www.deadhorsecamp.com