Travel: Tsaina Lodge: fun, food and high-flying services.

AuthorAnderson, Tasha
PositionALASKA THIS MONTH - Brief article

Thompson Pass, located just outside of Valdez, has long been known for its brilliant vistas during any Alaskan season. The Tsaina Lodge is the only privately owned property in the Thompson Pass area and grants access to both winter and summer activities.

Such activities drew owners Jeff and Ingrid Fraser to Alaska in the first place. "Ingrid and I lived in Jackson Hole and migrated to Valdez annually to ski after the Jackson Hole Ski area closed--for many years," Jeff Fraser says. "When we visited during the summer, we knew this was the place we had to be."

The Tsaina has housed the Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, Alaska's oldest hell-ski guide service, for 20 years. In March and April these guides provide skiers and snowboarders with access to "long adventurous ski runs with as much as 5,000 vertical feet and the Chugach's legendary deep powder," Marketing Director David Hudacsko wrote in an email.

This summer the Tsaina will be the first and exclusive...

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