Adventure

Alaska Backcountry Adventure Tours. This company can create any number of adventure tours that will take you just about anywhere an ATV or snowmachine can go just outside of Valdez. With single or multiday trips, you can explore mile after mile of untouched wilderness and snow. The trips are tailored to all levels of experience. Palmer, Alaska, 99645. 800/478–2506; 907/745–2505; www.snowmobile-alaska.com. From $155.

Anadyr Adventures. For more than a quarter century this company has led sea-kayak trips into Alaska's most spectacular wilderness, Prince William Sound. Guides will escort you on day trips, multiday camping trips, "mother ship" adventures based in a remote anchorage, or lodge-based trips for the ultimate combination of adventure by day and comfort by night. If you're already an experienced kayaker, Anadyr will outfit you and you can travel on your own. Also available are guided hiking and glacier trips, ice caving at Valdez Glacier, soft-adventure charter-boat trips in the sound, and water-taxi service to or from anywhere on the eastern side of the sound. 225 N. Harbor Dr., Valdez, Alaska, 99686. 907/835–2814; 800/865–2925; www.anadyradventures.com. Day trips from $79.

Dean Cummings' H2O Guides. Top-notch heli-skiing and snowboarding experiences are H2O's specialty. For more than two decades, this company has been providing access to an amazing 150-square-mile playground. Valdez, Alaska, 99686. 907/835–8418; www.alaskahelicopterskiing.com.

Vertical Solutions Helicopter Flightseeing. These copters deliver a bird's-eye view of Prince William Sound, Valdez, and the Columbia Glacier. They also provide heli-taxi services and glacier landings—an exciting way to experience this amazing place. All the helicopters have big bubble windows, maximizing the viewing pleasure. 290 Airport Rd., Valdez, Alaska, 99686. 907/831–0643; www.vshelicopters.com. $250.