Womens Backpacking 101 Trip May 30-June 2, 2019 w/Mind & Mountain Training and Traverse Alaska. Kick-off summer backpacking season and join a small group of women with Personal Trainer Sarah Histand and Guide/Photographer Mollie Foster leading this Ladies Backpacking 101 Trip. This is a great adventure for any ladies that want to get into backpacking, Learn More
Mush! Traverse Alaska offers Iditarod adventure
Travel Weekly story by Renee Brincks As mushers prepare for this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a new Traverse Alaska tour will take guests behind the scenes for eight days leading up to the event’s official start. Traverse Alaska partnered with Squid Acres Kennel to create the 2019 Intimate Iditarod Experience, a six-person outing that features Learn More
True’s Alaska Wish Points North
High school didn’t unfold exactly the way True envisioned it would. In August of 2017, just before the start of his junioryear, True was diagnosed with Burkitt leukemia and started five months of aggressive treatments. Hospital stays made True’s passion for photography hard to practice, but he still dreamed of being able to spend time Learn More
Alaska operators open the season with new outings, accommodations
Travel Weekly story by Renee Brincks After many Alaska destinations saw an increase in traffic last winter, operators are gearing up for this year’s aurora viewers, skiers, dogsledders and snow machine riders with a full slate of seasonal options. The Alaska Railroad is expanding its winter-season train service for the fifth year in a row, adding new Learn More
Intimate Iditarod Experience
We are excited to be offering a new trip for this Spring 2019! The Intimate Iditarod Experience. Experience the world of dog mushing by becoming a member of the Squid Acres Racing Team. Learn firsthand what it takes to reach the starting line of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race. With only 6 spots available, Learn More
A Season to Remember!
There are fall colors in the tundra, the moose and caribou are scraping the velvet off their antlers, the fireweed has gone to seed, and the sandhill cranes are migrating through. There’s even fresh snow in the high country! Every year we look back on this time and think, how did this summer fly by Learn More
Going into Denali National Park? Spend a day with us first!
Spend a day with us to prepare for your independent trip into Denali National Park! Denali National Park is a unique and incredible wilderness, especially because it contains very few developed trails. Hiking off-trail is an empowering experience, as the entire park is open to your curiosity and will to explore – it’s the true Learn More
Local is our favorite word!
The tourism industry in Alaska continues to grow, as more people around the world want to witness the magic of the 49th state. That growth means more choices on where to go and what to do, and wading through those myriad options can be daunting! At Traverse Alaska, we take pride in the local connections we’ve forged Learn More
Preseason Training for Guides
Summer has finally arrived in Denali! This year we were lucky to have lots of snow fall in late winter, which ensured excellent skiing, fat biking, and dog mushing through April and into early May. Now, we are gearing up for summer mode. The ridgetops are peeking through the snow, the local creeks are Learn More
Erica Goad joins the Traverse Alaska team
We are excited to announce that Erica Goad is joining the Traverse Alaska team this summer! Erica has a background in wildlife biology and ecology, most recently working on projects surveying Dall sheep and wolves in Denali National Park. Last winter she volunteered for the Denali National Park Dog Kennel, mushing sled dog teams in Learn More