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Alaska's Denali Park Resorts

All-New McKinley Chalet Resort with Restaurant,
Retail Area and Exhibits

Denali Park Resorts, which celebrates its 25th anniversary at Alaska's Denali National Park & Preserve this year, has announced the May 15 opening of an all-new guest lodge at the McKinley Chalet Resort and the unveiling of extensive property and room renovations.

The new McKinley Chalet Resort guest lodge, which will be the most modern building in the Denali area, features an upscale restaurant and bar with views of the Nenana River, and an expanded retail area and interpretive exhibits for guests. In the new Nenana View Grille, guests can enjoy rustic regional cuisine and wines next to a two-sided rock fireplace, while the new Nenana View Bar will offer spirits and a wide variety of microbrews. Lobby displays in the lodge will include a custom-built model of the park road corridor depicting tour routes and unique park features.

In addition to the new lodge, all 345 guest rooms at the McKinley Chalet Resort have been renovated to compliment the new building, and the entire resort will be newly landscaped by mid-June.

With more than six million acres of wilderness located about 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Denali National Park & Preserve in Alaska has more than 21 hours of sunlight at the summer solstice. An internationally designated bio-sphere preserve, the park is home to abundant populations of moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bears and wolves, as well as a diverse variety of rare plant life.

Managed by ARAMARK, an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Denali Park Resorts owns and operates two lodging facilities near the entrance to the park. Set on the banks of the Nenana River in a serene forest setting eight miles south of the park entrance, the McKinley Village Lodge features 150 guest rooms and in several intimate lodges. Less than a mile from the park entrance, the McKinley Chalet Resort features 345 pine-paneled two-room suites in cedar lodges along the river. Denali Park Resorts, along with Doyon Limited, offers shuttle services and tours throughout the park.,  Denali Parks Resorts also provides raft trips on the Nenana River, and hosts a spirited dinner theater in an authentic roadhouse at the McKinley Chalet Resort.

Make your reservations today, by calling Denali Park Resorts toll free at 1-800-276-7234

http://www.denalinationalpark.com/

Edited by Dave Shultz

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