Valdez-Cordova Active and Adventure Travel Guide

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Panoramic of mist-covered mountains in Valdez-Cordova, Alaska
Misty mountain reflections, Valdez, Alaska (Robin Hood/courtesy, Alaska Travel Industry Association)
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By Karen Kefauver
  • International Mountain Guides hosts a six-day ice climbing seminar in Valdez, which is surrounded by the heavily glaciated Chugach Mountains. The combination of moist air coming off the ocean and rising abruptly over the mountains and the cool, but not arctic, climate makes for incredible ice climbing and downhill skiing.
  • If you are an experienced climber and want to go it on your own, try Mineral Creek. You can get to Mineral Creek from Valdez by driving or walking up Hazelet Street, making a left on Hanagita and a right on Mineral Creek Drive. You might need to wear knee-high rubber boots, although sometimes the stream is frozen over.
  • Aventuras Patagonicas runs expeditions of guided ice climbs and ice climbing seminars in Valdez, Alaska. A mecca for ice climbing, Valdez offers a paradise for multi-pitch climbing on water ice. Valdez often has been described as the "best ice climbing place in America," with hundreds of ice climbs in its vicinity.

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Hotels

Valdez Harbor Inn

100 Fildago Drive
Valdez, AK 99686 Map

Distance: 0.4 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Expert Rated & Recommended
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Totem Inn

144 E. Egan
Valdez, AK 99686 Map

Distance: 0.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0

Glacier Sound Inn

210 Egan Drive
Valdez, AK 99686 Map

Distance: 0.1 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
3.0
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Attractions

Sound Eco Adventures

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1210 Begich Towers
Whittier, Alaska 99693

Distance: 25.4 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

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

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Honey Charters

On the Whittier waterfront
Whittier, Alaska 99693

Distance: 25.4 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

A family runs three sturdy aluminum boats built for these waters, specializing in personal... Read More

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The Solomon Gulch Hatchery

On Dayville Rd. on the way to the tanker terminal
Valdez, Alaska

Distance: 0.2 mi. (from destination center)

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When the pink salmon return from late June to early August, they swarm on the hatchery in a... Read More

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Airports

Major Airports near Valdez-Cordova

Distance (mi.)
Anchorage International Airport 121.2 map

Other Smaller Airports near Valdez-Cordova

Distance (mi.)
Valdez Municipal Airport 4.0 map
Cordova Mudhole Smith Airport 53.5 map
Chisana Field 156.1 map

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Salt Lake City (SLC) to Anchorage (ANC) $671

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