For many people, being near or out on water is at once deeply soothing and thrilling. If that’s true for you, Southcentral Alaska has world-class water adventures available for every level of ability.

Having lived several places around Alaska, I know that every day and every experience brings something different. Kayaking on the Kennicott glacial lake at Wrangell-St Elias National Park is one of ...

For many people, being near or out on water is at once deeply soothing and thrilling. If that’s true for you, Southcentral Alaska has world-class water adventure opportunities for every ability level.

A first-person look at what it's like sailing in Alaska with the Boat Company, a nonprofit cruise company focused on ...

My daughter has been a guide these past eight summers in Alaska, and for her to be this excited convinced me: Tracy Arm must be very special indeed. A quick phone call from my wilderness guide ...

VALDEZ, Alaska -- We're standing in a field of rocks in a dense fog, surrounded by icebergs stranded at low tide. This is the terminal moraine of Alaska's Columbia Glacier -- the rocky debris that was ...

The four of us were about to embark on a five-day adventure, paddling 57 miles in nearly constant rain through Columbia Bay and Prince William Sound to the Port of Valdez. The trip, organized by ...

The wrinkled Blackstone Glacier absorbs every color of the spectrum except blue, so the crevasses are a brilliant, Gatorade-like aquamarine. Megan Gambino Foamy salt water sloshes up onto the little ...

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet. Just off the lip of the shallow, rocky beach where my tent is pitched, a 40-ton behemoth is ...

The best kayaks, paddleboards, and watercraft of 2026 make it easier than ever to explore lakes, rivers, coastlines, and ...