From Anchorage: Chugach State Park Winter Walking Tour

Depart from downtown Anchorage
for Chugach State Park

Meet your guide at the Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage and travel by vehicle to Chugach State Park. Day packs and trekking poles are available on request, and snacks and bottled water are provided.

Walk through icy scenery along the South Fork Eagle River

Walk along the fast-flowing South Fork Eagle River and observe ice dams created by freezing temperatures and rapids. When you reach the base of the 7.6 m (25 ft) Barbara Falls, you can see glittering icicles, ice bridges and a waterfall frozen in time.

Learn about Alaska's boreal forest with your guide

Pass through forests of towering white spruce, paper birch and aspen covering the frozen ground, observing a variety of plants. Your guide explains the fascinating biological processes of the lichens, mosses and trees common in this environment, and you look for local wildlife such as moose, snowshoe hares, rodents and birds.

※ Wildlife lives in its natural habitat, so sightings cannot be guaranteed.
※ The frozen falls and ice formations may look different depending on temperature and weather.