Our guides on the Tatshenshini were a pleasure to be with. Their professionalism, skill, humor and cooking made the trip big time fun from start to finish. The river builds momentum as we wind our way toward the Alsek and Noisey Ranges. We experience plenty of calm water, which is excellent for spotting wildlife and taking in the unrivaled scenery. Begins in Haines, ends in Yakutat.
Glaciers descending to the water's edge give birth to sapphire blue icebergs.
Lush forests that have never heard a chainsaw or an ax, but are filled with an avian symphony. The highest coastal mountains in the world surrounding the scene are absolutely breathtaking. Our world-renowned guides describe the Alsek as the greatest, the grandest, and the wildest. The rapids are up to class IV, except Turnback Canyon where the Tweedsmuir Glacier empties into the Alsek, pushing it against the canyon walls and forming an unrunnable channel of horrendous currents and drops. A helicopter will come and lift us over this spectacular canyon, for a breathtaking ride that you will never forget.