About Trek Alaska

We are committed to giving you the best wilderness adventure possible on your visit to this very special part of Alaska.

We will take you places and show you sights that few are ever lucky enough to see. Come with us and go far beyond the tour bus and cruise ship and get up close and personal with a very special wilderness area.

Our commitment to the quality of your experience means individual attention. Group sizes are kept small to ensure a low client/guide ratio with most groups in the 4-5 guest range. Small groups allow for a more intimate encounter with the wilderness.

The Guides
Our guides are skilled and experienced professionals with a depth of outdoor knowledge. They are seasoned guides and instructors of wilderness skills who will help you to meet any challenge. All are trained in wilderness first aid are certified as Wilderness First Responders.

Greg Fensterman, owner and senior guide

Greg first fell in love with mountains as a young lad on a Boy Scout backpacking trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. On his way to Alaska he made detour to Washington state where he spent six years exploring extensively in the Cascades of central and northern Washington. He was been active in the Seattle branch of the Mountaineers where he instructed in a range of outdoor skills including navigation, route finding, snow shoeing, avalanche awareness and rescue, winter camping, ice ax self arrest and others.

In 2002 Greg moved to Alaska and fell in love with Wrangell-St. Elias. Starting Trek Alaska was mostly a way to make sure he could spend his summers in this amazing place. Greg has traveled extensively in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park including the pioneering of many new hiking routes in the backcountry of the park. His passion is exploratory treks on untried routes and tries to get in at least one of those each summer.

In the spring of 2008 his book Hiking Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park was publish by Falcon Guides.

Tyler Vaughn, guide

Tyler hails from the Vermont where he graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor of science degree in environmental science. While in Vermont he also did quite a bit of rock climbing and worked at Petra Cliffs as a climbing instructor.

The photo at right will give you an idea of the enthusiasm that Tyler brings to guiding in Wrangell-St. Elias. It's tough to say who has more fun, his clients or himself. His unique combination of high energy and easy going personality make for a good mix. If you want to know what our clients think of Tyler just take a look at some of the comments from 2007.

This past winter he worked at Joshua Tree in southern California putting his environmental background to good use. His job unfortunately also involved doing some climbing - tough job but somebody has to do it.

Tyler is chomping at the bit to get back to Alaska for another great summer in the backcountry.