| Day 1- Meet in Anchorage at 7:00 p.m. for a pre-trip briefing. We offer the first night in a hotel. The hotel offers a free shuttle from the airport.
Day 2- Meet at the hotel. Drive north to Denali. We will hike at Denali State park for part of the day. First nights camp is outside Denali National Park.
Day 3- Climb aboard one of the National Park Buses for a ride ito Denali national park. this is an all day activity. The bus ride is the only way into the park. Cross your fingers for clear views of Mount McKinley. We will be able to get out of the bus andgo on short hikes throughout the day.
Day 4-We will stretch our legs on a morning hike before climbing into a raft for a day of class III-IV whitewater rafting. The afternoon will offer a chance to take an opional flight seeing tour of Mount McKinley before dinner.
Day 5- We drive the Denali Highway skirting the Alaska range to the Northeast. The group will take a hike en route to Tangle Lakes. Once at the Lakes we will be rewarded with 1 night of shared wilderness style cabins.
Day 6- Drive south toward Wrangell St. Elias National Park. We are going to enjoy the day rafting a beautiful class III river. Stay the night at a local campground.
Day 7- An early start to drive the famous mcCarthy road. Explore the town of McCarthy and go for to the Kennicott Mine. We stay at the Kennicott River Lodge and Hostel.
Day 8- A day of hiking on the Root Glacier. Group memers have the choice of either glacier hiking or Ice Climbing. Another night at the Kennicott River Lodge and Hostel.
Day 9 -Take a scenic flight from McCarthy to Chitna. The van will be waiting and we will drive south to Valdez. We spend the day enroute hiking at the Worthington glacier
Day 10-12 We will explore Columbia Glacier by kayak for 3 days. Get taken out from valdez by a motor boat and sea kayak from Columbia Glacier to Glacier Island of a 3 day period. This is a remote kayak camping experience very suitable for botht the first time paddler or an experienced kayaker. Spend night 11 in Valdez.
See 3 Day Columbi Glacier to Glacier Island Camp for the 3 day Kayak details.
Day 13- We wake up early for the ferry ride across Prince William Sound to Whittier. The van will shuttle everyone into Anchorage. The tour ends back in Anchorage. We will drop you off at any hotel of choice, or you may plan to take a flight home on this last night.
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