Best Pack Assisted Trip with an Adventure Travel Company?

We can no longer backpack (I%26#39;m in my 60鈥檚 with a new hip) but we are looking for your favorite trips in the west with an adventure travel company such as Sierra Club, Rei, etc. We would love to carry our day packs while mules, horses or llamas are hauling the heavy gear. There are so many companies with so many itineraries that we thought you could help regarding your favorites. We don鈥檛 want to spend a lot, so we鈥檙e looking for the best 鈥榖ang鈥?for the 鈥榖uck.鈥?Time frame: one to two weeks, this summer. We like hikes up to 10 miles and 2000 ft. elevation gain.

Thank you, Kathy and Elliot

Best Pack Assisted Trip with an Adventure Travel Company?

in Alaska?

Best Pack Assisted Trip with an Adventure Travel Company?

Kathy %26amp; Elliot

I found this website for horsepacking in Alaska

http://www.heavyhorsefarm.com/index.html

Sorry I know absolutely nothing about them, but maybe someone else on the forum has some experience with them........

Another option would be to have your heavy gear either flown or boated into a remote site to use as a home base for day hikes and fishing......

You may want to check out the remote Forest Service Cabins all over the state.....most are reachable only by small planes or boats.....those cabins located on lakes usually come with small row boats which add to the adventure.....cabins are rustic, no water or electricity, but are actually a step up from camping in a tent....

www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/cabins/index.html

And in SE Alaska the website is www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/cabins/cabins.shtml

Thanks, Mombear. I%26#39;m going to store all your info. If we do Alaska, I%26#39;ve got your info. We still haven%26#39;t picked out a state. The pack assisted thing my be a bit pricey for us right now. We%26#39;ll probably end up flying out from Maryland and doing some car camping.

I think you should consider staying at one of the campgrounds inside Denali NP. You take your heavy gear in to the campground on a camper bus, then you can take the shuttle bus to various day hikes -- or just stay on the bus for a wildlife tour. It%26#39;s not exactly what you%26#39;re asking, but you wouldn%26#39;t need a guide and Denali offers tremendous ';bang for the buck.';

You bring back some great memories. I was there back in the early 80%26#39;s. At the time, the only way to get into a campground was to first get %26#39;into their system%26#39; by first doing a backpack. It was worth it since we ended up at the campground at by Wonder Lake. Is it any easier to get sites inside the park? Alaska is definitely on our itinerary for the future. Thanks

Kathy, Elliot

';Best bang for the buck';.....you may want to try the Yukon, since the exchange rate is so favorable now...

Have been by this one several times on our way to Whitehorse... http://www.daltontrail.com/index.htm

Really remote and wild, but their facilites look quite comfortable and they offer a wide choice of day excursions.....

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