Whether you live in Alaska ... glacier from the road. A little farther down the road, Portage Pass trail is a 4-mile round-trip hike with glacier views. During the winter, frozen Portage Lake ...

Destinations are diverse — ranging from Denali, backcountry lodges, bear and wildlife viewing areas, glacier landings, wilderness fishing spots and national parks.

While you could do the drive down to Valdez or the ... head over to the Portage Glacier Cruise to set sail on Portage Lake and get your first up-close taste of the Alaska wilderness.

A cruise vacation to Alaska ... Fly-In Norris Glacier Hike and Packraft. The first 5.5-hour outing takes place in Juneau, where you'll paddle a 12-person canoe across Mendenhall Lake to reach ...

Nizina Glacier became ... an expedition to Alaska in 1866). Everything to build the Bonanza Mine, which is nearly 4,000 feet above Kennecott, was shipped from Seattle to Valdez and later Cordova ...

Practically all of Alaska is a natural wonder ... and is interesting because it is both fed by runoff from a glacier (Nugget Glacier feeds into Nugget Creek) and lands in Mendenhall Lake (which is fed ...

VALDEZ, Alaska, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WNC & Associates (WNC), a family-owned business known as both a pioneer and leader in the affordable housing industry, Alaska Corporation for ...

Glacier National Park has voluntarily withdrawn plans for a multi-phase conservation strategy to replenish a remote alpine basin with genetically pure strains of westslope cutthroat trout, bull trout ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A pilot rescued with two ... Ward said it appeared that the plane had landed near a glacier on the partially frozen lake, broke through the ice as it rolled to a stop and ...

Tustumena Lake is notorious for its sudden and powerful winds. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game warns that the area, surrounded by mountains and a glacier, can be treacherous for both boats ...

Anchorage, Alaska — A pilot and his two young ... Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake, near the toe of a glacier, and spotted what he thought was a wreckage. "It kind of broke my heart to see ...