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Alaska Snowmobile Day Tours

Want to explore Alaska’s winter backcountry in warm clothing while riding a swift machine? Encounter browsing moose in the forest or spy wolf tracks on the tundra? Or maybe travel to the face of a glacier riddled with stunning blue caves and crevasses? Book an Alaska snowmobile tour! Jump to our list of recommended guides below

What's it Like?

Alaska snowmobile guides specialize in introducing newcomers to the sport and love to host out-of-state visitors. Trips range from a few hours on local trails to all-day rides to multi-day excursions where you'll ride to local remote lodges to stay the night.

The tour companies listed below provide full winter gear that includes boots, clothing and helmets, ensuring that you will be warm and comfortable while underway. The snowmobiles are usually luxury models with heated handlebars and secure seats, both powerful and reliable. You will be fully checked out before you embark. It’s fun—and family friendly! Depending on the company kids ages 6-7+ can ride as a passenger.

And it’s also authentically Alaskan. Snowmachines serve as essential tools for transportation in hundreds of off-road communities all winter, used by everyone from school children to subsistence hunters. Riders from Anchorage, Fairbanks and parts between spend weekends riding for fun across mountain ranges, up river valleys and across sweeping tundra. It’s probably the state’s most popular winter recreation.

Where can you go Snowmobiling in Alaska?

Touring by “snowmachine” (what Alaskans call snowmobiles!) is one of the most enjoyable ways to experience the Last Frontier during winter. After freeze-up and snowfall, a trail network gets packed, tracing hundreds of miles of routes that are often groomed. Remote locations and rugged terrain can actually become more accessible during winter. No other mode combines the speed and efficiency of traveling by vehicle with the up-close intimacy of spending time deep in the snowy wilderness.

The best part? These networks of trails can be easily accessed from some of Alaska's biggest cities. Find tours near Anchorage in Girdwood or the Mat-Su Valley, as well as Talkeetna and Fairbanks.

When is the Best Time to Go?

It all depends on the snow! But generally snowmobile tours are available in Alaska from mid-November through late March or early April.

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Snowmobiling Tours

Girdwood View All

Just an hour south of Anchorage

$275+ 5-6 hours (day trip) or multi-day

Explore Alaska’s back­coun­try astride a speedy and fun snow­ma­chine. Alas­ka Wild Guides will take you out for one thrilling day, or for sev­er­al days of exhil­a­rat­ing adven­ture. Find hid­den ice caves and remote glac­i­ers while nav­i­gat­ing along frozen rivers and through deep powder.

Season: Mid-November to mid-April $275+ 3.5+ hrs

Hop aboard an eco-friend­ly snow­mo­bile in Gird­wood and ride on groomed trails beneath mas­sive, 7,000-foot glaciat­ed peaks or vis­it the daz­zling blue ice of Spencer Glac­i­er. Or, head north of Anchor­age for a trail ride through mid-alpine black spruce forests. No expe­ri­ence nec­es­sary, all gear pro­vid­ed, and warm bev­er­ages and snacks included. 

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Mat-Su Valley View All

Just over an hour north of Anchorage

Season: Nov – April $199+ per person 2.5+ hrs

Join Hatch­er Pass ATV Tours in Wil­low for an unfor­get­table Alaskan win­ter adven­ture. Climb into a heat­ed UTV with snow tracks for a 2.5‑hour scenic tour through the Tal­keet­na Moun­tains, offered at sun­rise and sun­set. With options for begin­ners and sea­soned rid­ers, these guid­ed tours promise warmth, safe­ty, and the stun­ning beau­ty of Alaska’s win­ter landscape. 

Season: Mid-November to mid-April $275+ 3.5+ hrs

Hop aboard an eco-friend­ly snow­mo­bile in Gird­wood and ride on groomed trails beneath mas­sive, 7,000-foot glaciat­ed peaks or vis­it the daz­zling blue ice of Spencer Glac­i­er. Or, head north of Anchor­age for a trail ride through mid-alpine black spruce forests. No expe­ri­ence nec­es­sary, all gear pro­vid­ed, and warm bev­er­ages and snacks included. 

Season: October - April $225+ 3 hrs - Multi-Day

Feel the thrill of explor­ing the Alaskan wilder­ness while dri­ving your own snow­mo­bile over the tun­dra, look­ing for wildlife and tak­ing in amaz­ing views. And on a clear day you’ll get an amaz­ing view of Denali.

Season: Nov 15 - April 4 $255+ Half Day, Full Day, Multi-Day

Own­ers Mat­ti and Dan can­not think of a bet­ter way to appre­ci­ate Alas­ka than shar­ing it with oth­ers. Mat­ti was born and raised in Palmer, Alas­ka and has been on snow­ma­chines most of her life. Alas­ka Back­coun­try Adven­tures offers mild to wild” expe­ri­ences and prides itself on pro­vid­ing a cus­tomized expe­ri­ence for all lev­els of abil­i­ty. It offers the widest vari­ety of expe­di­tions on the lat­est and great­est equipment.

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Fairbanks View All

Safe snowmobiling tours for first-timers • Winter wildlife viewing

Season: November to March $155+ per person 1 - 2 hours

Join Alas­ka Wildlife Guide on a once in a life­time adven­ture as you snow­mo­bile through forests, over frozen lakes, view var­i­ous wildlife, lis­ten to fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ries and meet the world-famous Bison, Cowie.

Season: November - March $160+ 1 hr to full day

Plunge into a win­ter won­der­land of spruce forests, wide open spaces and wildlife. This snow­mo­bile tour in North Pole (just out­side of Fair­banks) offers an unpar­al­leled peek at Alaska’s inte­ri­or and a seri­ous thrill, whether you take a first-timer’s tour or embark on an overnight adventure.

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Talkeetna View All

Ride snowmachines through forests

Season: December–April (weather dependent) $275+ 3.5-4.5 hrs

Ride snow­ma­chines on pri­vate trails through forests while keep­ing an eye out for wildlife on your way to vis­it sled dogs and mush­ers and learn what it’s real­ly like to run the Idi­tar­od while mush­ing your own team.

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