Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Vacations

Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Alaska

• Denali National Park, AK
  
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
  
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK
  
• Kenai Fjords National Park, AK
  

Travel Guides In Alaska

• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Glacier Bay National Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Juneau, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Sitka, AK
  • Beach Guide
• Talkeetna, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Yakutat, AK
  • Beach Guide

Pacific Coast Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

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• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon
• Washington

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Top Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Destinations

• Denali National Park
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

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Feature Articles

• Alaska
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  Trekking with Yaks
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
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  Trek Alaska's Monster Backcountry
• Worldwide Wild
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  California, Maine, Alaska, British Columbia, Montana/Alberta
• A National Park for All Seasons
  Winter
• Rush Redux
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  On the fly: heli-hiking the St. Elias Mountians

Trip Ideas

• Multisport Mayhem in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Prince William Sound
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
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• A Trekking Primer
  

GORPTravel Trips

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  Alaska Day Hiker Adventure
  Adventure Alaska Tours
  from $2290, 9 days
  Discover Alaska on foot on this 9-day adventure with day hikes in a wide variety of terrain - ranging from trail-less tundra and alpine lakes to...
  
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  Winterlake Lodge Culinary Weekend
  Within the Wild
  from $2070, 2-3 days
  The Winterlake Lodge lies 198 trail miles northwest of Anchorage along Alaska's historic Iditarod Trail. The lodge sits on 15 acres overlooking...
  
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  Alaska's Inside Passage Adventure Cruise
  AdventureSmith Explorations
  from $3500, 7 days
  AdventureSmith Explorations is proud this trip was featured in National Geographic Magazine's October 2006 Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime. ...
  
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  Alaska - Best of the Greatland
  Austin Lehman Adventures
  from $2898, 6 days
  Experience the best of Alaska in 6 days on our Alaska Kenai Peninsula adventure. Watch as Holgate Glacier calves into an ice-studded sea on a Kenai...
  
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  Alaska Coastal Adventure
  Wildland Adventures
  from $3095, 8 days
  Watch Orcas and Humpback whales, Sea lions and Sea otter as they cavort in the rich Alaskan waters. Stand in awe in a dense rainforest viewing the...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.
• Women’s Running Gear Essentials
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• Waterproofing Innovations
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  A new way to waterproof
• Mountain Sense
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  Some helpful backcountry tips from mountaineering guru Conrad Anker
• The Goods: Hiking
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Fitness

• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

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Hotels

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Kennicott Glacier Lodge
Kennicott Wrangell-St. Elias N.P.
Kennicott, AK 99588 Map

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Holiday Inn Express SEWARD HARBOR
1412 4TH AVE.
Seward, AK Map

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Valdez Harbor Inn
100 Fildago Drive
Valdez, AK 99686 Map

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