About Cloudberry Cabins

Alaska has been in our blood for a long time. Deb came up during college to work at Denali National Park as a park ranger, and it stole her heart. She spent 4 seasons there and at Talkeetna before moving to Tok permanently in 2010. Jonathan was born in Alaska and started commercial fishing as a teen with his Grandpa in Southeast Alaska in the late 80's. He has been a charter fishing guide for over 20 years and is currently a bush pilot flying for 40 Mile Air in Tok. Deb has the best job in the world, teaching kindergarten at the K-12 school here.

We enjoy the challenge of raising fresh food during Alaska's short growing season. Our family works together in the fall to preserve the fruits of the garden, as well as berries and meat that we harvest from the land (you might be here when the smokehouse is full of fillets…and are welcome to join us in a salmon bake around the fire pit!).

You can often (not) find us off the grid; on river trips or fly-in adventures, hunting, fishing, hiking, berry picking, rafting, canoeing, and cross country skiing. 

We look forward to meeting you on YOUR adventure!

Cloudberries have a raspberry-like leaf, but grow low to the forest floor in sunny boggy areas with acidic soil. Tok’s soil is an ancient rocky river bed, and is very well drained, so more cloudberries are found south of Tok along the Tok Cutoff Highway.
Fun Cloudberry Tidbits
~The berries are initially bright red, ripening into a light orange color
~Natives mix them with seal oil, reindeer or caribou fat and sugar to make “Eskimo Ice Cream”
~They are a cousin to the raspberry
~High in Vitamin C, this fruit was an important remedy for scurvy among hunters in the Arctic

What is a Cloudberry?