From exploring the intricate slot canyons of southern Utah, hiking the high mountain passes of Canada's Yukon Territory and delving into the Gold Rush history of Alaska's Chilkoot Trail, our backpacking and trekking trips throughout North America offer a premiere guided wilderness experience. We offer a wide scope of trekking, hiking and canyoneering trips from single day adventures to remote 12 day backpacking trips. Our guides have a unique love for wilderness and are accomplished naturalists whom enjoy sharing their passion for the outdoors.
- Crossing over the Chilkoot Pass in late June
- Group crossing a creek on the Cottonwood Trail, Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory
- Following in the footsteps of stampeders on the Chilkoot trail looking for gold and gorgeous scenery
- Setting out on a 5-day backpacking trail in Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument
- Setting out on a 12 day hike of the Donjek Route in Kluane National Park
- Hikers on the Chilkoot Trail enjoying a bluebird day crossing into Canada
- North Cascades National Park offers great backpacking and camping in late summer
- Sunset glow camping in the alpine, British Columbia
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Yukon Backpacking Leadership & Guide Training
Price: $3250*
Guide training backpacking course into the wilds of the Yukon. This course takes place in Kluane National Park on the Donjek Route.
- Destination: Kluane National Park
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 3 out of 5
Donjek Route
Price: $2950*
The Donjek route rises over the vast alpine of the Burwash Uplands and then descends to the toe of the Donjek Glacier. This route challenges routefinding and navigation skills and typifies this pristine mountain wilderness.
- Destination: Kluane National Park
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 3 out of 5
Cottonwood Trail
Price: $2100*
Keep the rugged ridgelines of the Dalton Range constantly in your sights as you wind through spruce and poplar groves, cross phenomenal mountain passes, and wander through alpine meadows.
- Destination: Kluane National Park and Preserve
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 2 out of 5
Alpine Tundra Trek
Price: $1430*
Trek within the boundaries of the largest protected wilderness area on the planet.
- Destination: Chuck Creek Trail & Mineral Lakes Loop
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 3 out of 5
Chilkoot Trail
Price: $1400*
Join Alaska Mountain Guides for a trip back in time, as we travel in the footsteps of the stampeders who traveled the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush.
- Destination: Skagway, AK
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 2 out of 5
Takshanuk Ridge Trekking
Price: $730*
Mount Ripinsky and Takshanuk Ridge offers an iconic alpine ridge walk perched above the Chilkat Valley and surrounding fjord. A great, easily accessible multi-day Alaska backpacking adventure.
- Destination: Haines, AK
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 2 out of 5
Day Hiking
Price: $95*
Hike historic trails, trek ridgelines in Alaska and the Yukon, and explore coastal inlets to alpine tundra!
- Destination: Haines and Skagway, AK
- Activity: Backpacking
- Difficulty: 2 out of 5