Recreations & Leisure
Anchorage is not only beautiful, it is active also! Activities such as glacier climbing, kayaking, and cross-country skiing are as available here as surfing is in California. A relatively new adventure, not for the faint-of-heart, is heli-skiing. This sport is one in which a helicopter drops a skier off at the top of a mountain or other unreachable sight, to experience the sport from a rare sight. Most skiers find this sport irresistible and additive, partly because if the beauty of the Alaskan mountains serving as a backdrop. Sightseers have a choice of experiencing the majesty of Alaska by bike, boat, plane, car, or on foot! Comparable to golf elsewhere, wild salmon fishing is fiercely popular. However, the premiere activity in Anchorage is the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race. Open to adults 18 and above, the race spans over 1000 miles, lasting weeks to complete. The prize money of $800,000 is awarded in a scaffold fashion among the fastest mushers.. Usually planned for late winter, the race evokes much excitement and activity even for non-mushers!