Anchorage Guided Hiking Tours

Walk in the wild places of Alas­ka with world-class guides who will reveal the won­ders of our local lakes, glac­i­ers, alpine moun­tains, rain­forests or the far back­coun­try. Trust­ed by locals, Hol­ly­wood pro­duc­ers, and even the White House, Ascend­ing Path guides you expert­ly to select areas just min­utes from Anchorage.

Take off in a heli­copter for the thrilling expe­ri­ence of heli-flight­see­ing, land­ing on a glac­i­er, don­ning cram­pons and a hel­met to explore blue ice with world-class guides. Expe­ri­ence crevass­es, blue pools and ice caves up close or try ice climb­ing to get ver­ti­cal. Offer­ing fam­i­ly friend­ly mem­o­ries of a lifetime!

Hik­ing in the Alas­ka wilder­ness — with its some­times loose def­i­n­i­tion of trails, and the ever-present pos­si­bil­i­ty of bear encoun­ters — can intim­i­date a lot of trav­el­ers. This hik­ing tour oper­a­tor, based in Anchor­age, loves to take both first-time hik­ers and vet­er­an explor­ers into the best scenery of Chugach State Park — a col­or­ful cross-sec­tion of Alaska’s wilds, right out­side the city. 

For Anchor­age vis­i­tors with­out rental cars who want to hike Alaska’s most fre­quent­ly climbed moun­tain, here’s your ride to and from the trail­head. In a nut­shell, this ser­vice pro­vides a 30-mile (low key) cir­cuit tour of Anchor­age and an unguid­ed moun­tain hike.