Guided Alaska backpacking trips:

The experience of a backpacking trip into the backcountry of Alaska is an unforgettable adventure; the soaring, jagged peaks, the primordial feel of a true wilderness, its rolling tundra, teeming wildlife and majestic terrains. We guide small, customized backpacking trips into remote Alaska, where our knowledge and experience allow us to provide clients with an unparalleled adventure. We offer guided backpacking, hiking, camping and nature photography trips in Alaska, specifically Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Denali National Park, and the Kenai Peninsula. Browse our website and find the trip that's right for you. We can also provide custom backpacking trips for you and your group, so feel free to contact us and discuss making arrangements.

Flexibility: We offer a diversity of adventures, from the perfect family basecamping vacation, to more adventurous rugged backpacking trips in the heart of Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. Regardless of your skill and experience, what kind of trip you seek, from basecamping and dayhiking, to more strenuous remote backpacking, to glacial traverses, to rafting, photography trips and more, we're absolutely positive that we can accommodate you.

Complete Tours: Door to door service! We pick you up in Anchorage, drive to the Park, and provide 2 nights accomodations. No hassling with rental cars or shuttles, plus a great night's sleep before AND after your backpacking trip. Plus, you get an epic hike!

Owner-Operated: Alaskan Alpine Treks is an owner-operated business. You won't be backpacking with an intern or other inexperienced guide who doesn't know the area. Experience counts in the backcountry, and owner Carl Donohue, Wilderness First Responder certified, has spent an inordinate number of years exploring, backpacking and photographing the backcountry of Alaska.

Our slide shows for each particular trip are sure to whet your appetite for a summer backpacking trip. In the meantime here are a few favorite images from the summer of 2008.

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-> Visit the 'blog' for the most recent news, trip reviews, gear, hiking, photos and whatever else comes to mind. Check out "Ramblings".

-> We had a great summer for 2008, with some really nice trips, and are planning for 2009 already. If you'd like to schedule something you don't see on the itinerary, drop us an email.

-> 2008 in Review! Take a look at this automated presentation of the 12 photos that were Images of the Month for 2008!

Selected Trips:

1) The new Bremner Mines to Tebay Trip is a 14 day backpacking adventure for the hardy soul. The scenery on this rarely hiked trek is simply awe-inspiring. Not for the beginner, this backpacking trip will test even intermediate to experienced hikers.

2) Another backcountry photo tour to Skolai Pass, in Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. 6 nights in the backcountry, basecamping and hiking in some of the most spectacular mountain country in North America. Photography is the primary aim of this trip, and we'll concentrate on catching the great light of the Alaskan summer, shooting incredible scenery at the peak of the wildflower bloom.

3) Upper Sanford to Dadina River Trip is another exploratory trip for us this coming year. One of the few commercial trips available on the rarely visited north side of Wrangell St. Elias National Park, this one passes through some absolutely SPECTACULAR country in the heart of the Wrangell Mountains. Few people have hiked in this area, yet the views from the Sanford Plateau are absolutely the equal of any. It's also one of the very few places in Alaska that backpackers might see bison.

3) The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a classic trip. Rafting and hiking 3 different rivers, the Marsh Fork, the Canning and the Staines Rivers, to the Beaufort Sea and the arctic ocean! This is a fantastic trip that will book quickly, so plan ahead.

4) Icy Bay Sea Kayaking is an AMAZING trip. Sea kayaking and hiking in Icy Bay, we depart out of the small coastal village of Yakutat, fly to Icy Bay, and paddle and hike in a place National Geographic call one of the Ten Treasures of the World. You gotta check out Icy Bay.

Photo Galleries:

Carl is an accomplished and professional nature photographer - be sure to browse the various stock photo galleries on the site. Elk and Elk 2 photo galleries are a small portofolio of Carl's extensive collection of elk images. 3 landscape galleries, Landscape 1, Landscapes 2 and Landscapes 3 Gallery, 2 pages of Bear photos and Bear 2 photos. We have 3 pages of bald eagle photos, Bald Eagles 1, Bald Eagles 2 and Bald Eagles 3, Whitetail deer, Moose, and 3 pages of wildlife, Wildlife 1, Wildlife 2 and wildlife 3. Carl also has a gallery of Bird Photos. Carl has put together 2 artistic displays in the "Eye of the Beholder" Gallery and the recent project, the "For The Eye" Gallery. Be sure to visit these pages. We've most recently began an Image of the Month page. For a complete look at the wildlife and landscape photos from Alaskan Alpine Treks owner/guide Carl Donohue, visit his new stock photography website, Skolai Images, an ever-increasing presentation of photos bears, bison, pronghorn, moose, foxes, coyotes, wolves and birds, along with landscapes from the Canadian Rockies, Glacier National Park in Montana and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska.

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Alaskan Alpine Treks * Office: Anchorage, Alaska - 99507 * Phone: (770) 952 4549.

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