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Alaska
Adventure Travel
Alaska
is the largest and least-populated state in the
union, encompassing thousands of square miles of wild tundra, forests,
and mountains. Though Alaska exports raw goods like timber
and oil, tourism has become one of its largest trades.
Adventure travel has spread like wildfire over the past few years, and
Alaska adventure travel is among the best in the world.
If you’re looking for something more in your vacation than
lounging on a pretty beach or strolling on the decks of a cruise ship,
have a look at adventure travel. Though some areas like New
Zealand or Thailand have started to get themselves into the adventure
travel market, Alaska adventure travel remains the center of travelers
looking for a little more excitement in their vacations.
Alaska is a vast, wild place, and if you’re looking for an
adrenaline rush Alaska adventure travel serves it up in just about any
sort of dish you’re looking for. Winter brings in
snow, and with it thousands upon thousands of feet of vertical drop
coated with fresh powder. Though there are some great
lift-accessed ski areas in Alaska, the Alaskan backcountry is really a
showcase for heli-skiing. Imagine, waking up early on a
beautiful sunny day, hoping into your helicopter with your friends and
striking out over the mountains. You scout your runs by air,
checking on attractive chutes and huge powder bowls. When
you’ve sighted your target you’re dropped off,
alone on the summit of a mountain that nobody has ever skied
before. From there, surveying the mountains,
there’s nowhere to go but down. When you reach the
bottom, pumped with adrenaline and elated with the run, your helicopter
is already there, waiting to ferry you to another great run.
Summer in Alaska brings long days and new adventures. When
the salmon are running Alaska boasts some of the biggest and best
salmon fishing in the world. Anglers (and bears) come in from
all over to share in the wealth of the run, and some streams get so
full of salmon that it looks like you can walk from shore to shore on
the backs of fish. You can walk up many of the streams to
fish or, if you want to get away from the crowds, charter a bush plane
to get you into the middle of nowhere to bask in the solitude.
Kayaking is a fairly new addition to the Alaska adventure travel menu,
but with so many un-run, remote rivers that can be accessed by bush
plane or helicopter, more and more paddlers are shouldering their boats
and heading to Alaska. The whitewater is literally out many
paddlers back doors; the Eagle river, boasting grade III whitewater, is
only ten minutes outside of Anchorage.