Ak Trail Guides

Baird Mountains Traverse

📍 Kobuk Valley National Park, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Strenuous 📏 8.0 cross-country

The Baird Mountains form the northern wall of Kobuk Valley, an ancient range of sharply folded Paleozoic sedimentary and…

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Byers Lake Loop

📍 Talkeetna, AK

Easy 📏 4.9 Loop

The Byers Lake Loop circles one of Denali State Park's most scenic and accessible lakes, offering an easy flat circ…

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Coastal Glacier Viewpoint

📍 Kenai Fjords National Park, Northwestern Fjord, Alaska

Moderate 📏 2.0 Out-and-Back

The Coastal Glacier Viewpoint is accessible only via the tour boat and water taxi services operating out of Seward, plac…

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Eagle River Nature Center Trail

📍 Eagle River, AK

Easy 📏 4.0 Loop

The Eagle River Nature Center Trail loops through a spectacular glacial valley in the heart of Chugach State Park, begin…

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Flattop Mountain Trail

📍 Anchorage, AK

Strenuous 📏 3.5 Out-and-Back

Flattop Mountain Trail climbs to the summit of the most-climbed peak in all of Alaska, a distinction that speaks both to…

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Geographic Harbor Approach

📍 Katmai National Park and Preserve, Shelikof Strait Coast, Alaska

Moderate 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

Geographic Harbor on Katmai's remote Pacific coast is accessible only by floatplane or boat and represents the park's wi…

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Glacier View Loop

📍 Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Easy 📏 1.0 Loop

The Glacier View Loop at the Exit Glacier area of Kenai Fjords National Park provides the closest accessible view of an …

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Kennicott Glacier Moraine Walk

📍 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Moderate 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

The Kennicott Glacier Moraine Walk begins in the extraordinarily preserved ghost town of Kennicott, a National Historic …

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Kobuk Valley Dunes Approach

📍 Kobuk Valley National Park, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Moderate 📏 4.0 cross-country

The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes form the largest active sand dune field in the Arctic, covering 25 square miles of the Kobuk …

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Little Coal Creek Trail

📍 Talkeetna, AK

Strenuous 📏 5.0 Out-and-Back

The Little Coal Creek Trail is among the finest alpine ridge hikes in all of Denali State Park, climbing rapidly from th…

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Lower Brooks River Trail

📍 Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska

Easy 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

The Lower Brooks River Trail follows the south bank of the Brooks River from Brooks Camp to the world-famous Brooks Fall…

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McCarthy Creek Trail

📍 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Easy 📏 8.0 Out-and-Back

The McCarthy Creek Trail follows the path of an old wagon road along the creek drainage from the historic town of McCart…

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Port Alsworth Nature Walk

📍 Lake Clark National Park, Port Alsworth

Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

Port Alsworth is the gateway community to Lake Clark National Park, reachable only by small plane from Anchorage or Kena…

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Powerline Pass Trail

📍 Anchorage, AK

Strenuous 📏 11.0 Out-and-Back

The Powerline Pass Trail is one of the premier long-distance hiking routes in Chugach State Park, following a broad vall…

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Resurrection River Trail

📍 Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Strenuous 📏 16.0 Out-and-Back

The Resurrection River Trail climbs from the Exit Glacier area into the alpine zone at the edge of the Harding Icefield,…

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Root Glacier to Stairway Icefall

📍 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Moderate 📏 9.0 Out-and-Back

The Root Glacier trail from Kennicott is among the most accessible glacier walks in Alaska, allowing hikers to travel mi…

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Salmon River Gorge Route

📍 Kobuk Valley National Park, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Strenuous 📏 6.0 cross-country

The Salmon River Gorge route in Kobuk Valley National Park follows one of the most spectacular limestone canyon systems …

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Silver Salmon Creek Beach Walk

📍 Lake Clark National Park, Silver Salmon Creek

Easy 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

Silver Salmon Creek is one of Alaska's premier brown bear viewing destinations, accessible only by floatplane from Homer…

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Tanalian Falls Trail

📍 Lake Clark National Park, Port Alsworth

Moderate 📏 4.0 Out-and-Back

The Tanalian Falls Trail departs from Port Alsworth and climbs through mixed spruce-birch forest to one of the park's mo…

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Troublesome Creek Trail

📍 Talkeetna, AK

Strenuous 📏 8.0 Out-and-Back

The Troublesome Creek Trail earns its name in more ways than one, climbing through classic Alaska bear country to reach …

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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Trail

📍 Katmai National Park and Preserve, Katmai Wilderness, Alaska

Moderate 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes preserves the largest 20th-century volcanic landscape in North America, produced by th…

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