I'm going to keep this short as I have a second post still to write and it's already late. However, I do want to mention that Girdwood and Alyeska almost perfectly fit my image for what a snowy village should look like. This was especially true as we arrived between snowstorms. At night, the lights along the road and walking paths as well as those that decorated the trees only heightened what was--for me, at least, a very romantic setting.