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Alaska Backpacking continues to be one of our most popular activities and is one of the best ways to see the unexplored Alaska.  Set yourself on a ridge top and survey the remote majesty of Alaska's unclimbed peaks, clear streams, verdant tundra, and cobalt lakes.  We have itineraries for the experienced backpacker and even for those who have never been on a backpacking trip.  We pioneered many of our award-winning backpacking trips, some of which are now considered Alaska classics!  Seek the challenge and savor the wonder - join us for the Alaska backpacking adventure of a lifetime.

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Arrigetch-Alatna Pack Raft - Gates of the Arctic National Park
Duration: 12 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
Our exciting 12-day combination adventure will take us backpacking amongst the Arrigetch range and rafting down the Alatna River. "As I walked for hours beneath the stupendous grandeur of these colossal mountains, I felt humble and insignificant."...
Denali Unexplored - Backpacking Denali National Park
Duration: 10-days   Intensity: Level 3+   Season: Summer   
For well over a decade, Alaska Alpine Adventures has been pioneering new backpacking routes through Alaska’s spectacular national parks and wildlife refuges, and while we’ve explored some of the most wild and remote parks the state has to offer, ...
Exploring the North Wrangells - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Duration: 12 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
Are you looking to test your off-trail backpacking skills in America’s largest national park? This rarely seen area of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is arguably Alaska’s most dramatic wilderness and offers one of the few places on earth where...
Exploring the Northern Revelation Mountains - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 12 days   Intensity: Level 3+   Season: Summer   
With more guided backpacking expeditions into this area than anyone, it's easy for us to say that the Revelations are likely one of the least visited and most spectacular mountain ranges in Alaska. Stretching for over 100 miles, the Revelation Range ...
Kesugi Ridge - Denali State Park
Duration: 5 days   Intensity: Level 2   Season: Summer   
Do you want to go backpacking in Denali? With its jaw-dropping view of Mt. McKinley, its inexpensive access, broad array of flora and fauna and tremendous ecological diversity, the tundra-covered Kesugi Ridge in Denali State Park offers backpackers ...
Kontrashibuna/Gladiator Combination - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 10 days   Intensity: Level 2+   Season: Summer   
It wouldn't be a complete season if we didn't offer our favorite combination Alaska kayaking and backpacking adventure! The secret alpine basin we will be exploring has seen very little visitation and remains one of our favorite places to roam.
Revelation Range Circuit - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 10 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
Are you ready for a backpacking trip in one of North America’s most remote mountain ranges? There are many under-explored places in Alaska, and then there are places that remain almost completely unexplored. The Revelation Range is one such place...
The Goat Trail - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Duration: 7 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
Take a backpacking trip on Alaska’s Goat Trail and experience Wrangell-St. Elias National Park! And Alaska Alpine Adventures does it in style. Our trip includes round transportation from Anchorage, including a flight on day one from Chitina to McC...
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The Valley Experience - Katmai National Park
Duration: 10 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
Backpacking in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park is a trip of a lifetime. Near the end of the Alaska Peninsula and along the crest of the Pacific Rim of fire there sits a National Park of legend and lore. This park, Katmai, i...
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Turquoise Glacier High Route - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 10 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
We pioneered this route in 2006 and found it to be perhaps Alaska’s most quintessential backpacking trip. In addition to the magical solitude and intimate beauty of Lake Clark National Park, this traverse also gives a comprehensive introduction to ...
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Turquoise to Twin Traverse - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 7 days   Intensity: Level 2   Season: Summer   
Join Alaska Alpine Adventures on our signature backpacking trip through this most amazing region of Lake Clark National Park! After an incredible evening at the lodge and a thorough introduction to Lake Clark, we’ll load up the Cessna floatplane a...
Upper Kijik Headwaters - Lake Clark National Park
Duration: 10 days   Intensity: Level 3   Season: Summer   
This backpacking trip in Lake Clark National Park is both breathtaking and challenging. Though each and every Alaska Alpine Adventure is spectacular, there are some that effectively combine the best components of a real Alaska adventure – inspiring...

"The trip was awesome. The food was way above expectations and the guide was knowledgeable and professional. It was the trip of a lifetime."
Greg Edgar

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