Guest User
September 26, 2023
We stayed in 24 different properties during August 2023 on a driving trip from Minnesota to Alaska. Our primary criteria for evaluating a lodging property include cleanliness, sleep quality, price given the season, ease of luggage transfer and use, and wireless speed and security. Other plusses would include location and view, breakfasts, and availability of restaurants close by. We don’t watch TV so can’t tell you about the quality of service. Any that I rate a 4 is one I would definitely choose to stay in again. Arctic Divide Lodge has very comfortable rooms and beds and well-equipped bathrooms. There are a couple of common areas in the building where you can cook and eat meals and sit with other guests and talk. Our room was on the second floor and, to my knowledge, there is no elevator, although the stairs are easy to navigate. I stayed here in 2022 and rated it a 5. I’d do the same again for the lodging itself, but Dease Lake is a food desert, and a property that has rates equal to Arctic Divide Lodge should bear some responsibility for its guests eating needs. This is an issue that will become increasingly important to lodging hosts in more remote locations since my experience suggests that hospitality workers are increasingly difficult to recruit and retain.