Rafting in Anchorage

Chugach Powder Guides. Based in Girdwood, Chugach Powder Guides leads scenic floats on the Placer, Twentymile, and Portage rivers, along with white-water trips on the Talkeetna River and summer Tordrillo Mountain packages. Box 641, Girdwood, AK, 99587. 907/783-4354. www.alaskanrafting.com.

Nova. Alaska's oldest adventure and wilderness guiding company (in business since 1975), Nova provides both scenic and white-water wilderness rafting trips statewide, including day trips in the Kenai Peninsula and Mat-Su areas, multiday trips in remote areas, and glacier hikes on the Mat-Su Glacier. Box 1129, Chickaloon, AK, 99674. 800/746-5753. www.novalaska.com.