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Alaska bear viewing looks different from place to place. You might watch brown bears fish from a platform above a waterfall or scan a coastline where they dig for clams at low tide. The right destination depends on timing, access, and whether bears are the whole trip or one part of it. Brown bears and […]
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Alaska bear viewing looks different from place to place. You might watch brown bears fish from a platform above a waterfall or scan a coastline where they dig for clams at low tide. The right destination depends on timing, access, and whether bears are the whole trip or one part of it. Brown bears and […]
Nobody can tell you exactly when the aurora will appear. You need darkness, clear skies, and enough activity overhead, and even then, there are no guarantees. Northern latitude and distance from city lights simply improve your chances. For the best mix of access and viewing potential, Fairbanks is the practical base. Travel between September and […]
A groomed track near Anchorage, Alaska, and a fly-in trip onto an Alaska Range glacier share a word and almost nothing else. That is the first thing to understand about Alaska skiing. Before deciding where to go, work out what kind of trip suits your group’s skills. Then check whether the terrain, season, and access […]
Most of what goes wrong with Alaska photography has nothing to do with the camera. It starts earlier, when someone books a July trip expecting to photograph the northern lights. The photos you bring home depend on when you go, where you go, the light, how you reach the location, and whether the conditions are […]
Most people get into Alaska mountaineering through hiking. You climb enough steep trails, start looking at the snow above them, and eventually want to know what it takes to get up there. The honest answer starts with self-assessment. Mountaineering takes you beyond the trail and onto steep snow, ice, and crevassed glaciers, often with rope […]
Many Alaska fishing trips are planned in the wrong order. You read about a famous river, book the week your work can spare, and only later find out what’s swimming through it then. Start with the fish and work outward. Decide what you want to catch, find out when and where it runs, then choose […]
Alaska gives you paved glacier-view loops, river valleys, and ridgelines you can only reach by boat. That range is the appeal. It’s also the problem, because a trail rating covers walking difficulty and nothing else. A 3.2-mile route rated easy can still require a water taxi, a scheduled pickup, and a plan for the afternoon […]
Fifty miles south of Anchorage, at the end of a five mile road off the Seward Highway, sits a visitor center built to frame a glacier that is no longer there. The Begich, Boggs Visitor Center opened in 1986 on the shore of Portage Lake with its windows aimed straight at Portage Glacier. Within about […]
Some towns happen by accident. Homer happened because people kept arriving at Kachemak Bay, looking around, and deciding to stay. It is easy to see why. The bay runs 39 miles inland, framed by the Kenai Mountains and the glaciers behind them, with a 28 foot tidal range that turns the shoreline into one of […]
