Alaska Snowmachining Adventures
Just south of Anchorage, Glacier City Snowmobile Tours in Girdwood offers travelers the chance to navigate their own snowmachine into the Alaska backcountry. Cruise through the Chugach Mountains and into a blue ice cave where hundreds of icebergs await. These half-day tours are exceptional for families or small groups, and children as young as six can ride along with an adult. The experience is designed for riders new to the machines (or new to snow), and a “slow and easy” tour offers a gentler option for the timid rider. All tours provide stunning photo opportunities of open fields of powder, beautiful rivers, frozen waterfalls and wildlife. Tours run daily from December through April.
Alaska Snow Safaris offers snowmobile rentals and guided adventures from mild to wild in some of Alaska’s most remote and scenic backcountry. With tours available November through April in Girdwood, Valdez, Denali National Park and Preserve and Summit Lake, this one of a kind thrill ride is accessible no matter where your trip originates. Choose from a variety of full- and half-day trips of varying skill levels, as well as multi-day excursions for sled lovers who can’t get enough. Experienced guides provide a complete orientation to the machines and can customize trips to suit travelers’ and groups’ desires. For more information, visit www.snowmobile-alaska.com.
If you’re looking to “go it alone” with a machine into Alaska’s backcountry, sign-up for a weekend educational seminar with Alaska Snow in Valdez and learn how to recognize avalanche terrain and hazards, apply rescue techniques and prepare for travel in the backcountry. Female travelers can learn and practice backcountry skills with Women’s Backcountry Travel Adventures. Outings will be catered to the skill and pace of each participant.
For more information on these companies or traveling to Alaska in the winter, visit; http://www.travelalaska.com/Activities/Winter/index.aspx
