NON ANGLER ACTIVITIES
Flightsee glaciers, volcanoes and towering cliffs, or soar over the mountains of Katmai National Park. Experience the world’s largest salmon migration and endless salmon rich rivers that punctuate miles of spectacular coastline and feed millions of wildlife creatures in the region. Even for the non angler, every day brings a new and exciting adventure.
Bear Viewing: The Katmai region of Bristol Bay is the premier brown bear viewing area in the world. According to the NPS, about 2200 brown bears inhabit the park and more bears than people live on the Alaska peninsula. This area offers unparalleled opportunities to enjoy viewing these bears in their natural habitat while not disturbing their life cycles thanks to an abundance of unaltered habitat.
Hiking: There are many wilderness backcountry hikes available. Streams and viewpoints as well as a mountain climb at the Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park called Dumpling Mt. It is a 2400 ft summit and a navigable trail. Views from the top of the lakes and rivers are highly impressive.
Beach Combing: The beaches of Bristol Bay are known to have Japanese glass ball floats washed up on shore along with shells and other treasures. Fly into a remote beach and comb away!
Flight Seeing Tours: Take a flight-seeing tour over miles of majestic coastline, dozens of glaciers, volcanoes, craters on top of a volcanic cone, or the entire Bay full of commercial fishing boats and beluga whales.
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: One of the geologic wonders of the world the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes offers a chance to explore a landscape created by the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. The beauty, scale, wildness and mystery of the Valley make it one of the best places to study volcanic eruptions and experience the raw power of nature.
Bird Watching: Bristol Bay is an avian crossroads: four migratory flyways overlap here with birds from Africa, Asia, the Central Pacific and the Americas migrating to and from the region seeking out its diverse habitats and rich resources. Arguably, nowhere else on Earth is so important to so many birds from so many different continents. According to Audubon, Bristol Bay holds 27 globally significant important bird areas and one of the world’s greatest concentrations of seabird colonies.
Photography: For wildlife photography, there couldn’t be a better place in North America. Up close shots of coastal brown bears, eagles, osprey, fox, porcupines and even wolves are always potential on any given day.
