Well, Ginny has far more experience than me, but I did do a drive-by of the Alyeska ski resort back in July 2000 on my first cruise on the Navigator. We had rented a car to drive to Seward, came in to Anchorage a day early, and I was trying to make the most of the drive to the ship in Seward the next day, so we went off course a bit to explore. You certainly should not expect to see an "Aspen in the summer" type thing. It sort of looked to me like a closed up beach resort in the winter, but perhaps that beautiful hotel has changed it all. Aleyeska I would compare more to a ski place in the Poconos than the Rockies from what I saw back then. Things change however, and perhaps I am way off base.