Girdwood, Alaska: The Complete Guide to Alaska’s Ski Town
Alaska’s largest ski resort, seven glaciers, real gold rush history, and a great food. Here’s the real Girdwood, 40 minutes from Anchorage, an epic day trip.
Alaska’s largest ski resort, seven glaciers, real gold rush history, and a great food. Here’s the real Girdwood, 40 minutes from Anchorage, an epic day trip.
A real 1896 gold rush town that time mostly forgot. 161 people, epic whitewater on Sixmile Creek, and a historic district. Here’s why the detour off the Seward Highway is worth it.
A working port town at the edge of Resurrection Bay, honest about being touristy but earns its right to be so. Glaciers, whales, a legendary July 4th footrace, and epic wildlife.
Anchorage isn’t the real Alaska, it’s the front door to it. Moose in the streets, salmon running downtown, and the world’s busiest floatplane base. We’ve used Anchorage as a home base for years of tv production work. Here’s everything worth knowing about Anchorage.
The Halibut Fishing Capital of the World, the end of the Sterling Highway, and the town we called home for years while filming Alaska: The Last Frontier. Here’s the real Homer: the Spit, Kachemak Bay, the Kilchers, and everything in between.
Downtown, the hillside, camping, vacation rentals — Ketchikan’s lodging options are more varied than the cruise crowds ever see. Here’s where to actually stay, building by building, with real picks for every budget.
Ketchikan is the first stop on almost every Alaska cruise, and locals will tell you their hometown feels like it’s turned into a theme park because of it. Here’s the real story behind Alaska’s First City, plus the history, hiking, fishing, and timing that actually make a visit worth it.
Years of filming across Alaska means eating wherever the crew happened to land, from a James Beard nominated kitchen in Sitka to a food truck parked next to a brewery in Valdez. Here are 25 of the best restaurants in Alaska, region by region, from the road system to the places you can only reach by boat or plane.
Your regular suitcase isn’t built for Alaska. From bush plane weight limits to wet boat decks, here’s a field-tested breakdown of the best luggage and duffel bags for getting your gear through Alaska in one piece.