About Alaska Coastal Safety
Alaska Coastal Safety is a Girdwood-based outdoor education and adventure company offering guided paddling, hiking, and custom wilderness experiences in the Chugach National Forest and Turnagain Arm corridor. Operating under the banner of Local Knowledge Outdoor EdVentures, the company is run by certified instructors with deep expertise in Alaska's coastal and mountain environments, providing small-group adventures that blend genuine skill development with spectacular scenery.
Their programme covers sea kayaking in Turnagain Arm and Prince William Sound, stand-up paddleboarding on glacial lakes and calm coastal bays, pack-rafting expeditions, and guided hiking through old-growth rainforest and alpine terrain. Each trip is tailored to the group's experience level and interests, from gentle family paddles on sheltered waterways to multi-day expeditions combining kayaking with backcountry camping. The educational component sets them apart — instructors weave in coastal safety skills, tide reading, wildlife awareness, and Leave No Trace principles throughout every outing.
What makes Alaska Coastal Safety valuable for visitors is the local-guide-as-educator model. Rather than simply ferrying tourists to photo spots, their guides build genuine outdoor competence that participants carry forward into future adventures. The Girdwood base puts them within easy reach of Anchorage day-trippers while providing immediate access to some of the most dramatic coastal and glacial landscapes in Southcentral Alaska — a combination that's hard to match from any other base of operations in the region.
