Backpacking in Alaska's Katmai National Park

Highlights

Backpacking in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Katmai National Park is a trip of a lifetime.

Katmai National Park is home to the largest brown bear population in the world, holds the spawning grounds of literally millions of sockeye salmon, and contains the unaltered evidence of one of the world's most powerful volcanic eruptions ever recorded.

Brimming with adventurous possibility and inviting exploration, Katmai's Valley of 10,000 Smokes is a backpackers dream. Rimmed with active, glaciated volcanoes, and blanketed with a hiker-friendly surface of sand and ash from a massive 1912 eruption, the Valley is a must-see for anyone with a "peak" experience in mind. On this trip we will circumnavigate the valley floor, with stops along the way to make non-technical ascents of Mt. Griggs, Mt. Mageik, and the Mt. Katmai Caldera.

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About Alaska Alpine Adventures

Since 1998, Alaska Alpine Adventures has been leading guided backpacking, hiking, sea kayaking, skiing and multisport adventures throughout Alaska's spectacular national parks and wildlife refuges, including Lake Clark National Park, Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias, Kenai Fjords, the Arctic…