The Trailhead
Every journey has a first step. And some of the greatest, most meaningful journeys begin at trailheads. Welcome to ours! Here you’ll learn about gear, see route and trail intel, and dive into stories, images, and videos from our global community of adventureheads like you. Think of it like "The Third Place"–not home, not work, but your other most important/favorite place. The spot to hang out around like-minded people and have your life decisions and priorities validated. You won't need to justify your latest gear purchase or explain why you're using up all your paid time off hours to this crowd. They get it. Let’s go!
To the Arrigetch We Must Go
Words, Photos & Video by Eric Bernhoft
Gates of the Arctic National Park is one of the most difficult places to reach that I’ve traveled to.
To even glimpse the majesty of the Brooks Rang...
Understanding Freedom by Way of Three Magazines and Two Little Bells
Words & photos by Tina Currin
It was only three months into our grand living-in-a-van experiment when my husband, Grayson, and I decided that it was high time to visit Gates of the Arctic Nati...
Feelin’ F.A.B. - Extreme Nordic Skiing on the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic
Words by Taylor Bracher // Photos & Video by Taylor Bracher & Emily Sullivan, on Ahtna and Upper Tanana Athabascan Lands
“Holy!... Shit!” Emily yells out in short spurts between deep breath...
A Swing and a Hit: Fat biking and Packrafting from Kotzebue to Point Hope, Alaska
Words and photos by Bjorn Olson
Kim and I stopped riding our expedition-loaded fat bikes so I could point my camera at a weather-worn and information-filled sign. “Welcome to Kotzebue,” it read. “A...
THE ALSEK RIVER: TIME TRAVEL THROUGH THE VANISHING ICE AGE
Words by Brad Meiklejohn // Photos by Tim Kelley
In June 2018, Tim Kelley, Gunnar Cantwell, Tom Diegel, and Hyperlite Mountain Gear ambassador Brad Meiklejohn paddled and walked from Haines Junctio...
Bikepacking Alaska's Nulato Hills
Video by Luc Mehl // Photos by Luc Mehl + Eric Parsons
The Nulato Hills are a relatively unknown area of Western Alaska, even to experienced ambassador Luc Mehl, who has grown up in the stat...
Oh, Canada: Fat Rafting Kluane National Park
Words & Photos by Paul Burbidge The May long weekend is the year’s first real chance to get out in the mountains and paddle. In 2016 our plans had been thwarted by a faulty river gauge that was...
Bikepacking & Packrafting the Lost Coast of Alaska: Part 2
Words & Photos by Mike Curiak
An Alaskan coastal traverse between Cordova and Icy Bay, Alaska using fatbikes, packrafts, and inspiration from those whom came before.
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Bikepacking & Packrafting the Lost Coast of Alaska: Part 1
A bikepack and packraft traverse of Alaska’s Lost Coast between Cordova and Icy Bay, using inspiration from those whom came before. Words & Photos by Mike Curiak 175 miles in 7 days, though the...
Gates of the Arctic Backpacking Traverse
Words, Photos and Video by Luc Mehl
The Brooks Range has always intimidated me as a logistical challenge: expensive, remote, cold in the winter and buggy in the summer. But it is the largest swath ...
2016 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic
Words by Luc Mehl
Hyperlite Mountain Gear is proud to be an unofficial sponsor of the unofficial Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic.
The Mountain Wilderness Classic is Alaska’s premier wilderness c...
Multi-sport Adventure DIY (Tip #1: handmake & then burn your skis)
3 Explorers Embark on a DIY Multisport Adventure to Alaska’s Mountains using Packrafts, Skis & Their Feet.
Not everyone can handle spending three weeks camped out on an Alaskan Glacier putting ...
