Destinations
Alaska
Tidewater glaciers, bear-jammed salmon rivers, and the largest park on earth.
Season
June - September
Terrain
snow · mountains
Fly into
ANC
Missions
1
The briefing
Alaska operates at a scale that makes the rest of the continental United States feel compact. Wrangell-St. Elias alone is larger than Switzerland. Season still decides the trip - June - September.
The Brooks Falls experience at Katmai National Park is one of the most concentrated wildlife spectacles in the world during August - brown bears standing in the falls catching sockeye salmon mid-leap. The viewing platforms have limited permits; the bears are entirely unconcerned by your presence.
Kenai Fjords by sea kayak adds the marine dimension - tidewater glaciers calving directly into the water around you, sea otters wrapping themselves in kelp, and Steller sea lions on exposed rocks. Combine with a Denali park bus day for the scale of the tundra corridor, and you have an Alaska that covers its three distinct landscapes properly.
How to get there
Gateway airports: ANC. Build the rest of the trip around the arrival.
Book first
Flights - ANC → Stay on the snow - a village base, not a city hotel in Alaska → Operator - ski or hut desk; do not book the rest first
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