Saturday, July 13, 2024 - Sunday, July 21, 2024
Kenai,
Other U.S.,
AK
Enjoy a week of day hiking in South Central Alaska with approximately 18 hours of daylight. This region offers the greatest natural diversity in the state, including coastal, interior and transitional forests, fjords, tidewater glaciers, great rivers and impressive mountain ranges. The trip starts and ends in Anchorage. Hikes on the nearby Kenai Peninsula and Chugach State Park will reward participants with stunning views of rocky, snow-capped peaks, glaciers and ocean inlets, and possible sightings of bears, moose and bald eagles. Trails will take hikers through cottonwood, spruce and alder forests, beautiful alpine meadows and waterfalls. A day off from hiking for a boat tour of Resurrection Bay will provide a coastal perspective, where participants may see calving glaciers, seabirds and marine mammals, including whales and sea lions. Travel times and distances to trailheads will be kept manageable by staying in three different accommodations in small towns on the peninsula-a hostel in Girdwood, cabins in Hope and a hotel in Seward. On the last night of our trip, we will stay at a motel near Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. Hikers will make their own breakfasts (except in Seward) and lunches. Dinners will be enjoyed in local restaurants. At the end of the trip, participants may fly home or extend their time in Alaska to explore other places such as Anchorage, Denali National Park, Juneau and the Inside Passage.
