The
guides of Anadyr Adventures pioneered this backcountry-hiking
trip. The route starts at sea level, involves a meandering approach
to Columbia Glacier, it scrambles up and down a countless number
of drainages, crosses numerous waterways both by foot and pack-raft,
travels over two glaciers, ascends a mountain pass, and then
descends via bushwhack to tide line at the face of a second tidewater
glacier, before finally meeting a trail that leads back to Valdez.
This trip is centered in an area where maps can’t keep pace with
the changes in the glacial landscape. This trip is meant for
the adventurous, for those who want to tread where few people
have, for those that want to see a new landscape as it is unveiled
after thousands of years under ice. This trip is backpacking
in Prince William Sound at its best!
