Adventure

Outdoor and eco-adventure choices are colossal in Anchorage! Try ice climbing or rock climbing, hiking, trail and mountain biking, alpine skiing, heli-skiing or snowcat skiing, snowmobiling, paragliding, whitewater rafting and more. Whether it's boosting big air or navigating your snowmachine over snowcapped glaciers, Anchorage has what it takes to get your adrenaline pumping and your spirit restored.

Flightseeing above the expanses of an icy blue glacier. ©Alpine Air

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Alaska Mountain Running: Making Scenic Strides

The competition is steep, literally, for Alaska's mountain running events – a scenic, albeit challenging, way to explore Anchorage's wild backyard.

Rock & Ice Climbing: Scaling New Heights

For visitors hoping to channel their inner sheep or Sherpas, there are as many climbing challenges around Anchorage as there are mountains.

Off Grid: Camp Out in the Last Frontier

Escaping urban existence is easy. A quick drive and a short hike will get you isolated and enveloped into the natural world. And it all goes down in Anchorage’s backyard.