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ATA Lodge announces the release of a brand-new video, filmed and produced by wild river documentary filmmaker extraordinaire, Shane Anderson.   Shane came to visit ATA Lodge last summer. He chose to visit ATA Lodge because of its reputation as being situated on one of Alaska’s most fabled and renowned Wild and Scenic River systems.  ATA’s unique location, situated on banks of one of Alaska's most prolific, crystal clear salmon and trout rivers means that each year millions of all 5 species of Pacific Salmon return to the headwaters of the Alagnak River to spawn.  This in turn supports a huge number of Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears that feast on these salmon.  ATA Lodge wants to share with the world what an amazing...

ATA Lodge announces Idube Photo Safaris' annual Bear Photography Workshop on the Alagnak Wild River for next season. The dates are July 18-25, 2021.  This wildlife photography workshop is hosted by renowned wildlife photographer Kevin Dooley who has chosen once again, ATA Lodge as the venue because of its unique location, situated on banks of one of Alaska's most scenic and prolific, crystal clear salmon rivers.  Each year in July, millions of Sockeye Salmon return to the headwaters of the Alagnak River to spawn, attracting huge numbers of Alaskan Coastal Brown Bears to feast on these salmon.  Participants will stay at ATA Lodge and go out daily on guided, river-based excursions to access sites where they will have the chance to...

4K HD Video "flyin' the Gorge" - Here's the story of Johnny, Armour, and Wells... three close childhood friends on their first-ever visit to Alaska who experienced just that!  Their plans fell through and someone "shared a secret", and directed them to ATA Lodge.  And there they discovered magic....

We have had a late start due to Covid19, but we are happy to announce that we are Open for Business As Not So Usual!   And what a great time to be here at ATA Lodge on the Alagnak Wild River!! Normally we would have an opening week starting June 8th with a lodge full of guests here for the great trout fishing that we have at the beginning of the season before the salmon start to arrive.  But this year we were forced to close for the whole month of June because of complications related to the Covid19 pandemic.   What that meant for us, is that our staff got to do a little fishing between opening up projects and...

As of June 5th, 2020, ATA Lodge has been given a green light to open this season by the State of Alaska - albeit with all associated risks and challenges. We have offered our guests the option to come as planned or reschedule given the potential threat of COVID19. Most have chosen to reschedule leaving weeks that were full two years in advance almost empty this season.  This offers an unprecedented opportunity to come up this year for the intrepid angler who has assessed the risks and would still like to come.   We have: Great Sockeye Salmon weeks open,  Great Bear Viewing weeks open, Great King Salmon weeks open, Great Chum and Pink Salmon weeks open, Great Multi-Species weeks open, Great Silver...