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🗓 WHY JUNE = GOLDILOCKS 70 % of peak snow still on the ridges ❄️ Daily temps 59-72 °F → T-shirt photos without shivers 🤳 July = monsoon start; June keeps an 80 % sunshine report card ☀️ 🚗 ROAD-TRIP EYE-CANDY Anchorage → Valdez (nominal 5 h, actual 8 h) Pull-outs every 10 mi: Thompson Pass 360° snow-wall amphitheatre 🏔️ Keystone Canyon twin 800-ft waterfalls 🌈 Tip: wide-angle + circular polarizer = snow-caps don’t blow out. 🛶 VALDEZ ｜Columbia Glacier Kayak Operator: Anadyr Adventures (10 h water-taxi combo) Pros: water-taxi drops you at ice tongue, 4 h paddle through berg maze 📸 Cons: family group = turtle speed; guide keeps tight pod formation 🐢 Alternative: Steven’s Glacier Tours – max 6 guests, go faster & further. Price: $399 pp vs standard $269 (pay the upgrade if you can). Mosquito: bring head-net – lake is flat = bug highway. 🧗‍♂️ MATANUSKA GLACIER ｜NOVA Advanced Trek 5-hour premium, 2 clients only ❤️‍🔥 Bonus: 100 ft ice-wall rappel ⚡️ (30 m drop, instant adrenaline) Access inner blue-dome caves – regular tours watch from afar. Cost: $189 → $259 w/ rappel; worth every cent. Fitness: can you climb 10 flights non-stop? you’re in. ✈️ DENALI ｜Talkeetna Summit Flight Companies: K2 Aviation / Talkeetna Air Taxi Route: Summit + Glacier Landing (60-75 min) Highlights: Wing-tip level with 20,320 ft Denali 🏔️ Ski-plane touchdown on soft snow = instant Antarctic cosplay 🛬 Low-sun gold side-lights the creases like crème brûlée ❄️ (pic 13 texture) Price: $399 + $60 snow-landing fee Hack: book 7 p.m. slot = golden hour forever. Wear: sunglasses + thin gloves (window cold leaks). 🐋 SEWARD ｜8 h Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise Boats: Major Marine / Kenai Fjords Tours June bingo: Super-pod orca (30+) surfacing in sync 🐳 Humpback bubble-net feeding 🐋 Sea-otter back-floating cracking clams 🦦 Puffin aerial torpedoes 🦜 Distance: animals often 200-300 yd – 200 mm lens minimum. Freebie: endless salmon chowder cup refills = liquid scarf. 🐻 BEAR “CHEAT CODE” Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (mile 79 Seward Hwy) 16:30 feeding time – brown bear stands to catch apples 🍎 (pic 5) 30-min loop, $20 entry, zero hiking, full bear portfolio. ✈️ AVIATION BONUS Anchorage Lake Hood viewing deck 10 p.m. still bright in June – snap Korean Air Cargo 747-8 take-off 🌕 100-400 mm lens = mountain + turbine trails wallpaper. 💸 ONE-WEEK “OUCH” SUMMARY (per person) Car (7 d) .............. $380 Gas .................... $240 Hotels (6 n) ........... $1,050 Tours (flight+glacier+boat) . $1,050 Food & snacks .......... $320 TOTAL ≈ $3,040 (Remind yourself: you just bought snow-touchdown + whale-breach + ice-rappel memories.) 🎒 JUNE-ONLY PACK LIST 24-70 mm f/2.8 (glacier + pre-aurora seed shots) Circular polarizer (kills lake glare) Quick-dry tee + down vest (59-72 °F swing) Mosquito head-net (calm days = blood donation) ✅ TL;DR June Alaska = snow-walls + bluebird sky + wildlife nursery. Add ski-plane glacier landing, ice-cliff rappel and fjord whale soup – all in one week. Pricey, unforgettable, already saving for winter return. #US #Alaska #Valdez #Colunbia Glacier

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Alaska in June

🗓 WHY JUNE = GOLDILOCKS 70 % of peak snow still on the ridges ❄️ Daily temps 59-72 °F → T-shirt photos without shivers 🤳 July = monsoon start; June keeps an 80 % sunshine report card ☀️ 🚗 ROAD-TRIP EYE-CANDY Anchorage → Valdez (nominal 5 h, actual 8 h) Pull-outs every 10 mi: Thompson Pass 360° snow-wall amphitheatre 🏔️ Keystone Canyon twin 800-ft waterfalls 🌈 Tip: wide-angle + circular polarizer = snow-caps don’t blow out. 🛶 VALDEZ ｜Columbia Glacier Kayak Operator: Anadyr Adventures (10 h water-taxi combo) Pros: water-taxi drops you at ice tongue, 4 h paddle through berg maze 📸 Cons: family group = turtle speed; guide keeps tight pod formation 🐢 Alternative: Steven’s Glacier Tours – max 6 guests, go faster & further. Price: $399 pp vs standard $269 (pay the upgrade if you can). Mosquito: bring head-net – lake is flat = bug highway. 🧗‍♂️ MATANUSKA GLACIER ｜NOVA Advanced Trek 5-hour premium, 2 clients only ❤️‍🔥 Bonus: 100 ft ice-wall rappel ⚡️ (30 m drop, instant adrenaline) Access inner blue-dome caves – regular tours watch from afar. Cost: $189 → $259 w/ rappel; worth every cent. Fitness: can you climb 10 flights non-stop? you’re in. ✈️ DENALI ｜Talkeetna Summit Flight Companies: K2 Aviation / Talkeetna Air Taxi Route: Summit + Glacier Landing (60-75 min) Highlights: Wing-tip level with 20,320 ft Denali 🏔️ Ski-plane touchdown on soft snow = instant Antarctic cosplay 🛬 Low-sun gold side-lights the creases like crème brûlée ❄️ (pic 13 texture) Price: $399 + $60 snow-landing fee Hack: book 7 p.m. slot = golden hour forever. Wear: sunglasses + thin gloves (window cold leaks). 🐋 SEWARD ｜8 h Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise Boats: Major Marine / Kenai Fjords Tours June bingo: Super-pod orca (30+) surfacing in sync 🐳 Humpback bubble-net feeding 🐋 Sea-otter back-floating cracking clams 🦦 Puffin aerial torpedoes 🦜 Distance: animals often 200-300 yd – 200 mm lens minimum. Freebie: endless salmon chowder cup refills = liquid scarf. 🐻 BEAR “CHEAT CODE” Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (mile 79 Seward Hwy) 16:30 feeding time – brown bear stands to catch apples 🍎 (pic 5) 30-min loop, $20 entry, zero hiking, full bear portfolio. ✈️ AVIATION BONUS Anchorage Lake Hood viewing deck 10 p.m. still bright in June – snap Korean Air Cargo 747-8 take-off 🌕 100-400 mm lens = mountain + turbine trails wallpaper. 💸 ONE-WEEK “OUCH” SUMMARY (per person) Car (7 d) .............. $380 Gas .................... $240 Hotels (6 n) ........... $1,050 Tours (flight+glacier+boat) . $1,050 Food & snacks .......... $320 TOTAL ≈ $3,040 (Remind yourself: you just bought snow-touchdown + whale-breach + ice-rappel memories.) 🎒 JUNE-ONLY PACK LIST 24-70 mm f/2.8 (glacier + pre-aurora seed shots) Circular polarizer (kills lake glare) Quick-dry tee + down vest (59-72 °F swing) Mosquito head-net (calm days = blood donation) ✅ TL;DR June Alaska = snow-walls + bluebird sky + wildlife nursery. Add ski-plane glacier landing, ice-cliff rappel and fjord whale soup – all in one week. Pricey, unforgettable, already saving for winter return. #US #Alaska #Valdez #Colunbia Glacier

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