Intro to Alaska Backpacking
🏔 2-days/1-night 🥾 The perfect introduction to Alaska backcountry travel 🏔
About
During our Intro to Alaska Backpacking, you and a local Wilderness First Responder trained guide will head into the backcountry for a uniquely Alaska experience. Immerse yourself in the wilderness during this overnight trip perfect for new backpackers or skilled hikers looking to acclimate with Alaska's dynamic terrain.
We'll customize the trip to suit your learning objectives.
Things we love to help travelers with: Route planning Off-trail navigation in Alaska Meal planning Backcountry etiquette and Leave No trace
Most backpacking trips are a total of 5-15 miles of hiking on a combination of trails, old mining roads, tundra, and off-trail adventure. Our trips meet in downtown Palmer for a gear review. From there we will travel 1-3 hours to a local trailhead. Our adventure starts from there.
Elevation gain for this trip varies depending on your desired activity level. You can expect most backpacking trips to include at least 1,000 feet of elevation gain.
Guests can expect to hike for over 5 hours on both days.
At camp, visitors will sleep 2 guests per 3 person tent. Meals, tents and sleeping bags are included.
Guests can expect to carry 25-35 lbs over uneven terrain.
Trip Fees
- Total trip fees are $975 per person.
- A non-refundable $50 deposit (per person) is taken now in order to secure your reservation.
- The remaining balance owed will be sent via invoice and due at 90 days prior to your trip departure
- If you would prefer to pay in installments, please let us know.
Highlights
This overnight trip is your perfect introduction to backpacking in Alaska. Planning to hike and backpack during your last frontier adventure? Let our local guides help set you up for success! You’ll be involved in everything from route planning to wilderness medicine. We’ll share our risk mitigation plan with you to be able to use on future trips in Alaska and beyond. This custom adventure is designed to suit your adventure objectives.
Want a longer Alaska backpacking experience? Or have a group? Contact us to extend your adventure or discuss group trip options.
What's included
- A local guide with Wilderness First Responder training
- Round-trip transportation from the location you selected
- All snacks and meals
- Bear spray
- Bear-proof food storage container
- Water filtration system
- Camp stove
- Tents
- Sleeping pads
- Sleeping bags
- Trekking poles (as needed)
- Emergency communication device
- Trip photos
What to bring
- Comfortable, worn in hiking boots
- Comfortable attire (long hiking pants and a breathable shirt). No cotton or denim if possible, as it gets very heavy and cold when wet.
- 45-60 liter backpack (we have gear available for rent if needed)
- Additional layers (hat, liner gloves, light jacket)
- Rain gear - If you have it, carrying both rain pants and a rain jacket is recommended
- Water (1-2 liters recommended)
- Light snacks
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