We love Chilkoot Lake State Park and spend lots of time here, but a really special way to experience both the beauty of the lake and the wildlife is by doing a guided kayaking tour on Chilkoot Lake.

The wrinkled Blackstone Glacier absorbs every color of the spectrum except blue, so the crevasses are a brilliant, Gatorade-like aquamarine. Megan Gambino Foamy salt water sloshes up onto the little ...

Another double rumble of thunder rips the air. It’s the sound of a nearby glacier calving, shucking huge slabs of ice into the sea and throwing a wake that ripples under my kayak. We’ve been paddling ...

Even though Anchorage is a big city and serves as the hub for many people’s Alaska trip, I feel like a lot of travelers I talk to don’t spend a lot of time exploring the area, let alone get out on the ...

It's one of the most vertical, not to mention evocatively named, places in Alaska. A place with granite walls reminiscent of Yosemite -- if Yosemite plunged down to seawater, with sprays of fragrant ...

My daughter has been a guide these past eight summers in Alaska, and for her to be this excited convinced me: Tracy Arm must be very special indeed. A quick phone call from my wilderness guide ...

WINDFALL HARBOR, Alaska — My brother Chip and his girlfriend, Carrie, were visiting from the East Coast, so we treated them to a true Southeast Alaska adventure: bear-watching by kayak. The area ...

Paddlng the Katmai Coast 1992, photo by Paul Twardock. Alaska has thousands of world-class outdoor men and women. Most have gone about their business without fanfare or notice, sharing their ...