Ready for Alaska's ultimate lodge-based hiking, kayaking, rafting, and glacier adventure? Welcome to Alaska Alpine Adventures Source to Sea Multsport! Alaska's greatest asset may be its astounding diversity, and the state’s superlatives simply defy the imagination. Alaska is home to Prince William Sound – a diverse maritime complex of tidewater glaciers and deep fjords; Wrangell-St. Elias – America's largest National Park and home to nine of the 16 highest peaks on the continent; Denali – the highest peak in North America at 20,320’; and to countless treasures that fill the pages of coffee table books around the world.
Our popular Source to Sea Multisport adventure will allow you to sample the wonders of Alaska by hiking, kayaking, rafting, cruising and flying through it’s vast wilderness all while enjoying the comfort of nightly accommodations in some of Alaska’s most famous lodges and B&B’s. If you want to actively experience and participate in the “real” Alaska but would prefer not to camp, then this 12-day itinerary is the quintessential adventure.
Our trip will begin in Anchorage – Alaska’s largest city. On day two we’ll hit the road and head to Seward, a quaint fishing town located on the shore of Resurrection Bay. Along the way, we'll stop for a hike in Chugach State Park. That evening, we’ll check into our hotel and spend the evening reveling in the beauty that is our surroundings. The next day will be spent exploring Exit Glacier and the Harding Icefield before enjoying an evening cruise among whales, porpoises and sea lions in the spectacular waters of Kenai Fjords National Park.
Our next adventure along the journey includes a seven hour cruise across Prince William Sound past the Columbia Glacier – Alaska’s largest tidewater glacier – and finally to Valdez, terminus of the Alaska pipeline. The following morning, we’ll boat to Shoup Bay and will spend the day sea kayaking among the icebergs of the stunning tidewater Shoup Glacier. We’ll then follow the Richardson Highway across Thompson Pass, the snowiest place in Alaska, and on to Chitina.
Airplanes will then whisk us through the Wrangell Mountains to the historic town of McCarthy, our home for two nights, where we’ll enjoy views of the 16,000’ peaks from the porch of the world famous Kennicott Glacier Lodge. After a day of hiking on a glacier and enjoying the rich mining history of the region with our experienced guides, we’ll return by air to Chitina and continue on our journey. We’ll cross the Glenn Highway and will spend the night in the historic Sheep Mountain Lodge’s log cabins as views of the mighty Chugach range dominate the horizon to the south.
Finally, we’ll make our way north to Denali National Park for three days of wonder that will include hiking, river rafting, wildlife viewing and, if the weather is kind, views of America’s highest peak. On day 12, we’ll return to Anchorage via the Alaska Railroad - a fitting finale to this wonderfully comprehensive introduction to adventuring in the “real” Alaska.