Activities in Valdez
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H20 Heli-Guides
To a certain set of unhinged individuals, Valdez is legendary not for its oil spill or its earthquake, but for being the place to strap on skis, slip from a helicopter and plunge into the snowy abyss. This is the Holy Land of extreme skiing.
H20 Heli-Guides has three-day heli-skiing packages - including lodging. Alas, the ski season lasts only from February to the end of April; after that, extremists will have to settle for H20's mellower summer offerings - for instance, spending a day with crampons and ice-axes, scaling a sheer blue-ice cliff on Worthington Glacier.
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Pangaea Adventures
Pangaea Adventures has received great reader recommendations for its guided tours, ranging from a three-hour trip on Duck Flats to a day trip to Columbia Glacier. It also does longer custom tours and rents kayaks.
Valdez is a kayaker's paradise, though folks sticking to the bay will be rewarded with views of seagulls fighting over cannery offal for the first hour or so. Independent kayakers should be aware of no-go zones around the pipeline terminal and moving tankers.
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Valdez Heli-Ski Guides
Since extreme skiing exploded here a decade ago, numerous companies have cropped up to capitalize. Valdez Heli-Ski Guides offers a day of heli-skiing (usually six runs).
To a certain set of unhinged individuals, Valdez is legendary not for its oil spill or its earthquake, but for being the place to strap on skis, slip from a helicopter and plunge into the snowy abyss. This is the Holy Land of extreme skiing.
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Lu-Lu Belle Glacier Wildlife Cruises
Takes the dainty and ornately appointed MV Lu-Lu Belle into Columbia Bay where, unless winds have cleared away the ice, wildlife is more the attraction than glacier-calving. The tour departs during the afternoon.
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Stan Stephens Glacier & Wildlife Cruises
Stan Stephens Glacier & Wildlife Cruises runs seven-hour boat tours to Columbia Glacier (adult/child $112/56) and a nine-hour tour that also includes Meares Glacier (adult/child $147/73).
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Anadyr Adventures
Anadyr Adventures offers kayak rentals (single/double per day $45/65), water-taxi service and guided day trips.
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Keystone Raft & Kayak Adventures
For white-water enthusiasts, Keystone Raft & Kayak Adventures runs raft trips on the Class IV Tsaina River.
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