No state in the Union has more public space than Alaska; nearly 90% of the land is owned by the state or federal government, and amongst the vast, untamed lands are eight national parks. Lake Clark National Park, about 120 miles southwest of Anchorage, is one of the most remote. It’s also where one man spent three-plus decades living as one with the wilderness in a small log cabin he built himself on the shore of a magnificent mountain lake. In this episode we talk about our experience in the park and visiting Dick Proenneke’s cabin; the man who documented his wilderness experience and became an advocate for preserving Alaska’s pristine natural places.

Some of the topics we discuss in this episode:

Where Lake Clark National Park is located

How to get to the park

Where we stayed when we visited the park

How we got to Twin Lakes, the site of Dick’s cabin

What it was like to see the cabin in its restored condition

Meeting the volunteer rangers who now care for Dick’s cabin


Links to more information:


One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey book on Amazon


Alone in the Wilderness video on Amazon


Click here to see photos from our visit to Lake Clark NP and Dick’s cabin


NPS site about Dick Proenneke

One Man’s Alaska documentary


No Place Like Twin Lakes video



Sign hanging in Dick’s cabin


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