Alaska Active and Adventure Travel Guide

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Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska (Robert Glusic/Photodisc/Getty)

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Top Active and Adventure Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Glacier Bay National Park		Hotels
Kenai Fjords National Park		Hotels
Denali National Park & Preserve		Hotels
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park		Hotels
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge		Hotels
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve		Hotels
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park		Hotels
Kachemak Bay State Park		Hotels
Valdez-Cordova		Hotels
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve		Hotels

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Feature Articles

• Hot Water
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  Chena Hot Springs Resort, Fairbanks, Alaska
• Alaska
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  Trekking with Yaks
• Dogsledding
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  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
• Find Your Flow
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  Alaska and West Virginia
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
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  Trek Alaska's Monster Backcountry

Trip Ideas

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

Practical Advice

• Suite Digs
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  How to construct a bombproof winter campsite to keep you warm and comfortable
• Rising to the Challenge
  How do you learn to conquer a snow-covered mountain—and your fears? Simple. Go with Wyoming's Exum Mountain Guides, the leaders in mountaineering training.
• How to Build a Snow Cave
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  Ask ten people how to make a snow cave and you'll get ten different answers. Winter-survival expert Greg Davenport, 49, ends the debate. Here's his definitive guide to making a bomber backcountry bunker.
• What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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  McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.
• Playing It Safe
  Tout, scam, trickery, pickpockets, or downright theft—any one of 'em can turn a trip of a lifetime into a lifelong lesson. Here's how to avoid bad experiences.

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Alaska's Inside Passage Bicycle Tour
  Alaska Bicycle Tours
  from $3225, 9 days
  For the soft adventurer this tour combines scenic cruising of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage on the State ferry with active stops and comfortable accommodations in the coastal communities of Juneau, Haines and Skagway. ......
  
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  Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Multisport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2998, 6 days
  The Kenai is Alaska distilled. Tundra- clad mountains, tidewater glaciers, mist-shrouded coastlines, primeval forests and enough wildlife to fill a...
  
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  Alaska Winter Ecotourism Adventure
  Tikchik Adventures
  from $3800, 5 days
  The choice for the true outdoor enthusiast - our seven day winter wilderness adventure package will put your backcountry skills to the ultimate test....
  
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  Alaska Wilderness Multi-Sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2998, 6 days
  Experience the majestic beauty of Alaska as we immerse ourselves in a land of crystal glaciers, endless coastline, and abundant wildlife. Exploring...
  
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  Klondike Canoe and Bike
  Alaska Bicycle Tours
  from $1995, 11 days
  The best of the Yukon! Spend the weekend in historic Dawson City enjoying the annual Dawson Music Festival (in Canada). The day after the festival...
  

Gear

• The 10 Best Adventure Vehicles
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  The best thing about the auto-industry shake-up? A sudden glut of well-priced, fuel-efficient, and adventure-ready cars and trucks.
• Ice Climbing
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  Backcountry
• Be a Hero: Get Sponsorship
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• What You Need: Ski Mountaineering
  The gear you need to strap on, pack up, wear, and shed to get up—and back down—a serious mountain.
• Gear of the Year
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  Wilier Triestina Izoard

Fitness

• Into Teen Air
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  He's 13 years old, and he'­s headed up to 29,000 feet. As a new generation of adventurous kids post monster feats at younger and younger ages, Jordan Romero has his elders asking: Just how young is too young?
• It's the Dog In You
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  An Oklahoma veterinary scientist named Mike Davis says there's no doubt about it: The world's greatest athletes, of any species, are the canines who pull sleds at the Iditarod. Now, in a project funded by the Pentagon's research arm, he's coming up with ways to make us more like them.
• This Month in Outside
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  Live the Active Life
• Health Myth: Skin
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  SPF 30 sunscreen is twice as effective as SPF 15.
• Man vs. Food
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  Exercise enough and you can eat whatever you want...Right? Wrong. Trust me, I spent a full year dieting. What I learned could change your life.

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Attractions

Norman Lowell Studio & Gallery

 

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Mile 160.9 New Sterling Hwy; Norman Lowell Dr
Homer, Alaska 99556

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Lowell built his own huge gallery on his homestead to show his life's work. The immense oils... Read More

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Discovery Hikes and Mountaineering

 

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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

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Sound Eco Adventures

 

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1210 Begich Towers
Whittier, Alaska 99693

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Beloved Gerry Sanger is a retired wildlife biologist who spent years researching the waterfowl... Read More

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Kennicott Glacier Lodge

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

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Valdez Harbor Inn

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Valdez, AK 99686 Map

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Holiday Inn Express SEWARD HARBOR

1412 4TH AVE.,P.O. BOX 9
SEWARD, AK 99664 Map

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