Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

• Alaska Overview
• Alaska Hotels
• Alaska Attractions
• Alaska Feature Articles
• Alaska Airports
• Alaska Flights

Other Guides for Alaska

• Alaska Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Road Biking
  • Ice Climbing
  • Mountaineering
  • Day Hiking
  • Trekking and Backpacking
  • Canoeing
  • Rafting
  • Sea Kayaking
  • Dog Sledding
  • Snowmobiling
• Beach Guide
  • Scuba Diving
  • Surfing
• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fly-fishing
  • Freshwater Fishing
  • Saltwater Fishing
  • Birdwatching
  • Whale Watching
  • Rail Trips
  • Scenic Drives

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Alaska

• Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, AK
  
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK
  
• Denali National Park & Preserve, AK
  
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
  
• Talkeetna, AK
  
• Kenai Fjords National Park, AK
  

Travel Guides In Alaska

• Anchorage, AK
  • Family Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Denali National Park & Preserve, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Fairbanks, AK
• Glacier Bay National Park, AK
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Barrow, AK

Pacific Coast Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

• Alaska
• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon
• Washington

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

On This Page:

• Top Destinations
• Photos
• Feature Articles
• Trip Ideas
• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Kenai Fjords National Park		Hotels
Denali National Park & Preserve		Hotels
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park		Hotels
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve		Hotels
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park		Hotels
Talkeetna		Hotels

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Photos

Feature Articles

• Alaska
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  Trekking with Yaks
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
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  Trek Alaska's Monster Backcountry
• Rush Redux
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  On the fly: heli-hiking the St. Elias Mountians
• GORP - White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska - Big Bend Trail
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• GORP - White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska - Cache Mountain Loop Trail
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Trip Ideas

• Go Green in Alaska: Ecotours in the 49th State
  
• Multisport Mayhem in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Prince William Sound
  
• On the Fly: Classic Fly-In Adventure Lodges
  
• Back to Nature in Denali National Park
  
• Alaska Realized: Exploring the Kenai Peninsula
  

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 - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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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 mountain ridges and temperate rainforest. ......
  
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  Savanoski Loop Canoe Trip - Katmai National Park
  Arctic Wild
  from $3700, 9 days
  Katmai National Park is among the richest ecosystems on earth. The National Park is on the Alaska Peninsula, a long, volcano-studded finger pointing...
  
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  Alaska National Park Safari
  Great Alaska Adventure Lodge
  from $5995, 10 days
  This trip combines the very best of Alaska wildlife viewing, sightseeing and touring activities with all nights (except for an overnight at bear camp...
  
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  All Alaska Interior & Coastal Tour
  Adventure Alaska Tours
  from $2680, 7 days
  Enjoy a combination of highlights and discovery on this Alaska Interior & Coastal Tour. ...
  
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  50+ Adventures - Alaska - Sailing in the Majestic Fjords
  ElderTreks
  from $3850, 7 days
  This cruise offers a diverse experience of Southeast Alaska, from fishing towns to wilderness solitude, from islands to glacial fjords. Our goal is...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• 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.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Discovery Hikes and Mountaineering

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Denali National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9
Denali National Park, Alaska 99755-9998

Description: Denali's National Park Service rangers lead five-hour Discovery Hikes in the backcountry... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Chugach State Park

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Mile 115 Seward Highway
Anchorage, Alaska 99587

Description: *This information provided by The Alaska Department of Natural Resources*

Those of... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Alaska Discovery

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Juneau, Alaska

Description: Alaska Discovery offers overnight sea kayaking expeditions in Glacier Bay National Park and leads... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Hotels

Kennicott Glacier Lodge

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

Hotel Class:

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Expert Rated & Recommended

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Valdez Harbor Inn

100 Fildago Drive
Valdez, AK 99686 Map

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Expert Rated & Recommended

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Holiday Inn Express SEWARD HARBOR

1412 4TH AVE.
Seward, AK Map

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