Outdoor Activities and Guided Tours

Alaskan Wilderness Outfitting Company. This outfit operates an air-taxi service out of Cordova and arranges fresh- and saltwater fly-out fishing experiences. Services range from drop-offs to guided tours with lodge accommodations. Alaskan Wilderness also provides access to floating cabins in Prince William Sound, a private fly-in cabin in Wrangell–St. Elias, and a full-service lodge for silver salmon fishing on the Tsiu River. Cordova, Alaska, 99574. 907/424–5552; www.alaskawilderness.com. Call for prices.

Copper River Delta. Spring migration to the Copper River Delta provides some of the finest avian spectacles in the world. Species include the western sandpiper, American dipper, orange-crowned warbler, and short-billed dowitcher. Trumpeter swans and dusky Canada geese can also be viewed. Cordova, Alaska.

Cordova Air Services. The service conducts aerial tours of Prince William Sound on planes with wheels or floats. Cordova, Alaska. 907/424–3289.

Riverside Inn & Airboat Tours. Lifelong Alaskans Jack and Cherrie Stevenson own one of the only permitted Cordova outfitters currently taking visitors to Childs Glacier. You have to get yourself to Mile 36, where the road comes to a halt at the river. From there, the first part of the trip takes place aboard a large airboat (if the water is high enough) that crosses the raging Copper River. You are then driven the rest of the way to the glacier, where you can spend a day hiking the area's many trails or just staring at ice that soars to heights of 300 feet. Cordova, Alaska, 99574. 907/424–7135; www.riversideinncordova.com. Tours $150 per person, 4-person minimum.

Alaganik Slough. A dedicated bird-watcher can spend hours at Alaganik Slough peering into the vegetation, seeking out interesting avian species. A 5-mile road off the Copper River Highway leads to a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk as well as covered viewing shelters, restrooms, and picnic areas. Turnoff at Mile 17, Copper River Hwy., Cordova, Alaska.