The 4-Day Basecamp hiking trip with SEAG was the best part of our travels in Alaska. The entire staff is extremely welcoming, helpful, and knowledgeable, and made our trip planning a breeze! Our guide Charlie was super knowledgeable about the terrain and history of the Wrangells and taught us many backcountry skills throughout our trip. He was always making sure we were comfortable and having fun. After our return from the backcountry, Charlie showed us around town and had great recommendations for activities to continue our adventure during our free days in McCarthy. Booking with SEAG is must if you are visiting McCarthy, AK wether you are looking for a short 1 day activity or a multi day expedition you will be in good hands! Thanks a ton to Anya, Charlie, and all of the staff at SEAG for making our trip and unforgettable experience!!

Did the ice cave exploration tour on Aug 6. This was an absolutely stunning experience — we’d never seen anything like this before or even imagined it could exist outside of movies (think Frozen come to life!). The scenery was breathtaking, and exploring three incredible ice caves felt surreal. Our guide picked us up at 8:30 AM from the McCarthy side of the Kennicott River Footbridge, kept us safe with the safety helmets, constant safety tips, and captured plenty of great photos for us along the way. Her care, flexibility, and willingness to adapt made the day all the more memorable. The tour was advertised as a 5.5–6 hour adventure (9:00 AM to about 2:30/3:00 PM), but we were initially on track to finish by 12:30 PM. I mentioned this to our guide and expressed my disappointment — and she immediately went above and beyond to make sure we left happy. She took us on an extra hike to the Root Glacier viewpoint, extending our trip to about 1:30 PM before driving us back to the starting point by 1:45. Overall, a fun and beautiful Alaskan adventure!

We signed up for the St. Elias Alpine Guides tour of the Kennecott Mill so that we could go inside the restricted buildings, and it was well worth it. Our guide was both knowledgeable and funny, and being able to go inside the mill added a lot to our experience of the historic site. The tour through the mill does include a fairly steep hike to the top first, and lots of stairs and ladders inside for coming back down through the building.

We did the mill tour and the full day glacier hike with em. It's a must do if you are visiting Kennicott. The knowledge of the guides is amazing and while you can do the glacier hike on your own, it's must more fun and extensive with the guides. Big thumbs up for Logan and Cat for the glacier hikes and Charlie for the mill tour!!!

Caroline was our guide and she made the Mill tour exceptional. We hiked to the top of the mill and worked our way down inside it. Caroline took the time to explain how the copper ore was processed and her knowledge was impressive.

We just finished the Bergs to Beaches 7-day trip with SEAG and it was a fabulous experience. The terrain was very challenging but the views were so rewarding. Our guide Stella was amazing. She confidently guided us through many challenges and attended to all of our needs. She prepared amazing meals from the SEAG cookbook and they did not disappoint. This trip is not for the faint of heart but if you’re up for a challenge then I highly recommend. 10/10 would do again!

We took a private ice cave tour with St. Elias Alpine Guides, the guide was professional. The ice cave was gorgeous. Please choose them if you want to get some adventure there!

My son and I had a great time on the 2 night/3 day Rivers to Riches trip in late July 2023. We traveled 65 miles on 4 rivers in 3 days! Our guides Ron, Mia and Kevin were awesome! We had never done an overnight rafting trip before and truly enjoyed our river trip into the wilderness of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. The food was delicious and it was pretty fascinating watching Ron and crew set-up for meals so efficiently. Ron shared a lot of interesting history and geology information that was so unique to the area. Our stay at Kennicott Glacier Lodge the night before launch was comfortable and we enjoyed the walk into the small town for dinner. Any time I had a trip logistics question, Chris was always quick with an email reply. I would definitely do another river trip with McCarthy River Tours.

We had a great time on the guided Root glacier hike. Nye was really informative and always had our safety as his top priority. He didn’t make us feel rushed and was happy to go at our pace. Would definitely recommend them!

I just wanted to share our experience with McCarthy River Tours, It was amazing and all the people we dealt with were very kind and helpful. Starting with Chris, he was there to greet and help us with any questions. On the river rafting Macy was great at making sure everything was safe going down the river and afterwards helps with our equipment and answers all our questions. Veronica was our guide for both the river rafting and the glacier hike, she was very personable and made us fill like family, it was just like she was another member having fun with us. She was very kind and knowledge about everything. I would highly recommend McCarthy River Tours to any one that goes to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park!! Thank you all for sharing in an awesome outing!!

Our 5 day Copper River trip was so much fun! We had a large group with some special requests and McCarthy River Tours and Outfitters planned everything for us perfectly - we did not need to worry about a thing! All gear was provided including dry suits so we could feel comfortable and safe on the cold glacial water (thank-you!!). Macy and Leo are amazing guides - their knowledge of the area, attentiveness to safety, and 5 star cooking was much appreciated!

We had a group of 20 (10 adults and 10 kids) take the Root glacier tour. We split the group into two groups of 10. Specifically we had Kevin (Kevbo) and Anna. They were absolutely amazing with the kids and blended into our group seamlessly. They gave us the history of the towns on the walk to the glacier. The glacier hike was breathtaking and absolutely worth the drive down McCarthy road. Highlight of the trip and would recommend the hike to anyone.

fantastic company for all your adventuring!!! they were super communicative, accommodating, kind, knowledgeable, and fun. would recommend to anyone headed to McCarthy!

I had the experience of a lifetime with Macey and Wrangell Air Service (Austin and Jared) out at Nizina Lake. The flights were smooth and provided some gorgeous views. Macey is the best guide I have ever hung out with. She is very knowledgeable about the area, made sure we were safe the entire trip, was very helpful, and was just an awesome person to hang out with. Chris at the office coordinated all the details of my trip and communicated those very well. This day trip was my absolute best adventure experience in the past 6 years of me living in AK. I go on two to three excursions a year. McCarthy River Tours will become an annual excursion. I am excited to adventure more with this company and their incredible crew.