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The Long Days of Winter

The Long Days of Winter

The Long Days of Winter by Jeff Varvil article copyright Old man winter has a firm grip on Alaska this year. With most of South Central Alaska experiencing below zero temperatures over much of the state I am inclined to ride out the worst of it in my lazy boy, reminiscing about the big one […]

Roadside Family Rafting Opportunities...

Roadside Family Rafting Opportunities Abound in Alaska

Roadside Family Rafting Opportunities Abound in Alaska by Jeff Varvil article copyright Alaska’s roadside rivers offer the whole family a way of escaping into “Wilderness Alaska” on a small family budget. Most of these rivers are within a two-hour drive of Anchorage or Fairbanks. Alaskans are truly fortunate to have pristine flowing rivers in our […]

Jump Into Fishing

Jump Into Fishing

Jump Into Fishing by Jeff Varvil article copyright As an Alaskan sportsman I have been blessed with many opportunities that quite frankly no other state could even begin to offer me. Even my miserable failures have been an opportunity to learn how to do things differently next time. Everything in life is an opportunity, that’s […]

Kings and Calm on the Aniak

Kings and Calm on the Aniak

Kings and Calm on the Aniak by Jeff Varvil article copyright Southwest Alaska stands out. It stands out among even the most beautiful, the most rugged, the most pristine areas in the world. It stands out even in Alaska, the Greatland, a state brimming with the beautiful, a state bursting with the pristine. Completing one […]

Family

Family

Family by Jeff Varvil article copyright The two rut, now defunct, logging road had long since been abandoned by anything that remotely resembled an automobile. Not that it was ever a great trail anyway; at least not in ways city folk would measure a great trail. It was too low and swampy in some spots […]

Float Hunting Alaska

Float Hunting Alaska

Float Hunting Alaska by Jeff Varvil article copyright A curtain of fog hangs close to the water, cutting the visibility down to within a few feet. With a pull on the oars the raft gently glides around each new obstacle the river rolls at us. The only sound is that of an occasional salmon rolling […]

Karma

Karma

Karma by Jeff Varvil article copyright The vast inaccessible wilderness of Alaska is impossible to comprehend until you see it from an airplane for the first time. This was hardly my first time. I had already been guiding for six years and had logged at least forty hours flying into remote rivers as a passenger […]