Alaska Trails

These 9 difficult hikes will challenge even the toughest backpackers.

Maples and aspens are nice, but you better look down if you want to see fall's best color show.

As a gateway to the Chugach National Forest, a trip to Cordova is a primer in hiking southern Alaska

Explore Alaska's bear HQ with the best viewing sites and remote backpacking routes.

From climate change to energy development, various threats promise to wipe out what’s best about America’s 12 most endangered trails.

Strap on your pack, grab your camera, and hit one of these ten trails where bruins roam free.

Basecamp the right way: at this 1971 cabin on the edge of a bowl overlooking Alaska’s Talkeetnas.

Escape the dog days with these deliciously cool trails.

Leave it to Alaska to bundle life-list scenery and challenge into what amounts to a neighborhood ramble in an Anchorage exurb.

Follow in the footsteps of presidents, pioneers and prospectors on these hikes. Just don’t get snowed in and eat your friends.

See migrating whales, caribou, seabirds, and more on these four hikes ar

Looking for proof of climate change? Just head up to America’s largest state, where park managers, scientists, and climbers say they’re already dealing with the effects of a warming Earth.

The Trans-Alaska Trail would be America’s wildest path—if a determined group of Alaskans can make it happen.

In Homer, playing outside is a way of life.

Cross 70 miles of one of Alaska's loneliest wilderness areas to peek into North America's past.

Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

A group of determined Alaskans hopes to create an 800-mile trail that will trace the state’s famous pipeline from Arctic Sea to Pacific tidewater.

Chilkoot Trail, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska

Two bears died in front of a webcam at Katmai National Park in October.

These 10 miles of pure Alaska experience are among the best 100 miles of trail in the whole national park system.

Navigate your own route through grizzly terrain in Elias National Park, all to access seldom-seen panoramas of the 16,000-foot Wrangell Mountains.

Get a front row seat of retreating glaciers on this challenging 8-mile out-and-back to the Harding Icefield. No crampons or ice axes are needed during the summer hiking months.

An interview with thru-hiking phenom Kristin Gates

Located in northeaster Alaska, ANWR is the largest wildlife refuge in North America with over 19 million acres. Photographer Chuck Graham explored the beauty of the refuge during a two-week, 160-mile excursion. Here, he shares his photos of the landscape, rivers, and wildlife.