Coldfoot Camp

Coldfoot Camp sits at Mile 175 of the Dalton Highway, roughly halfway between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay, near Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The modern camp traces to 1981, when Iditarod champion Dick Mackey set up an old school bus and began selling hamburgers to truckers; the truckers themselves helped build the permanent building from repurposed materials, an effort commemorated on an engraved center pole behind the front desk.

Open year-round, the camp offers rustic but clean overnight rooms, a truckers' cafe and saloon, fuel, and guided trips — flightseeing, hiking, rafting and fishing in summer, aurora viewing and dog mushing in winter. The staff describe themselves as a close-knit team who want visitors to fall in love with the Arctic and the Brooks Range the way they have.