Revel Treks & Tours

08/09/2024

Thank you so much to the trail crew for all your hard work this summer 🥳 We feel so lucky to call this area home and our amazing trails are a HUGE part of that.

Shout out to all the businesses, organizations, and locals who helped show our community's appreciation. Trail crew members all got swag bags with a variety of goodies and treats 🍪

Erik Christensen - State Farm Insurance Agent
Mat-Su Trails and Parks Foundation
Backcountry Bike & Ski
Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers
R.C. Detail
AKtive Soles Performance Footwear
Adventures by True North AK

Mat-Su Borough Recreation and Library Services

07/20/2024

Feeling very fortunate to have gotten the opportunity to sit down and chat with Paul Twardock from Outdoor Explorer 🎙️

Story here: https://alaskapublic.org/2024/07/18/alaska-made-revel-treks-and-tours-outdoor-explorer/

Kierre Childers shares her story of becoming a small business owner leading hiking and backpacking trips in Southcentral Alaska.

07/03/2024

If you missed the chance to learn with Ute, she's teaching a class this weekend at the Eagle River Nature Center!

06/23/2024

Trail updates 😎

Wildflowers everywhere 🌸
Melting snow ❄️
Phenomenal tundra views 🏔

06/20/2024

Happy Solstice☀️🎉

Kierre (Revel's founder) was recently featured on Big Cabbage Radio aka Radio Free Palmer's Voices of the Mat-Su series. Anne from AKtive Soles is highlighted during the first half the episode. Both women share their commitment to community in the Palmer area.

During the brightest day of the year it seems fitting to put a spotlight on community. We couldn't do it without you ☀️

See you on the trails! 🥾

HOME ABOUT EPISODES BIG CABBAGE RADIO Listen to episodes Episode 11: Better Together In this episode of Voices of The Mat-Su, Emily Forstner shares a story about two small business owners in the Palmer community. Women who not only build successful businesses but build community. Two people who beli...

06/17/2024

Our monthly 50ish and over hike is tomorrow! We'll be strolling around the Greenbelt trails. Details and registration info on our website:

These monthly events are designed for local Alaskans to explore different trails in our area. We'll hike at a leisurely pace, chatting along the way. Adventurers are welcome to hang at the trailhead following the event where we'll have warm drinks or lemonade (weather pending) for a post-hike social

06/16/2024

How do we use tourism to support our community? Like this:

🏔 Visitor trips help support our ability to offer a variety of community programs to locals in our area. We've hosted almost 40 events so far this year.

🏔 Visitor trips allow us to offer community scholarships for locals to attend these activities.

🏔 Visitor trips also support our ability to offer some free programming to the community throughout the year. 🎉

🏔 In addition to visitor trips we have a crew of locals - the folks who help support the work we do through their monthly memberships.

We've come a long way and will continue to learn along the way. We appreciate the support and can't wait to see you on the trails 💚

06/14/2024

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06/13/2024

We still have some space left in this Sunday course. Join us for a crafty afternoon using plant materials to create custom silk scarves!
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06/04/2024

Loving all this extra daylight! Come join us on the trails! 🥳

This Thursday, join Revel Treks & Tours for Ladies Night Out(doors)! Details about this month's event on our website: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/ladies-night-outdoors-june24

This is just one of our recurring monthly events.
🎉 First Tuesdays - Trail Tuesdays with Now Health
🎉 First Thursdays - Ladies Night Out(doors)
🎉 Third Tuesdays - 50ish and over hikes

See you on the trails! 🥾

06/03/2024

First Summer Adventure Series hike in the books! Are you looking for ways to get outdoors this summer? Revel has a variety of hiking opportunities - from mild to wild - for locals to get outside.

Big thanks to 203 Kombucha and Turkey Red for our summit surprise treats - booch and cookies! 🍪

Any locals activity with a fee has community scholarships available, check out our full summer line up here: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events

Visiting Alaska? Your trip helps support our ability to provide community programming to locals in our area 🎉

05/16/2024

Trail updates in the valley!

The College Connector Trail is currently blocked due to the Landfill expansion. Please do not pass through the construction area. A re-routed trail should be completed by July 2024.

05/08/2024

The Alaska Office of Boating Safety is offering a FREE Cold Water Survival Skills course on May 22. Revel is helping manage registration for the event. Head to our website to check out the details and sign up!

In this course, participants will learn valuable skills for surviving in cold water environments, tailored to the unique challenges of Alaska's frigid waters. We will discuss tips and tricks for trip preparation and review basics on how to navigate Alaska's chilly waters safely.

05/02/2024

Good reminder on trail etiquette this time of year.

As we move into our “break up” season please be kind to the trails. We know that lots of people are excited to get out and enjoy the wonderful spring weather(as are we), however some trails are much more susceptible to damage at this time and that damage can last all season. If you find yourself leaving tracks in the soil of the trail, please consider going to another more sustainable trail to recreate. Gravel trails such as the Matanuska River Trail, many of the trails at Settlers Bay Costal Park, and the Pink Wild Rose trail at Government Peak Recreation Area are good choices. Some other options are any paved bike lanes along many Valley roads, the paved trails at Alcantra Sports Complex and the Matanuska Rive Park, or the sand and gravel bars near the rivers. Signs have been posted at many trailheads and we will monitor trail conditions and adjust signage as needed. Let’s hope for a fairly quick transition between spring and summer so that we can all get out and play without causing long term damage to the trails! Thank you for your help.

04/27/2024

Are you joining us? We're stoked to have Colleen Alexis Metzger around for a couple May courses. This will be a great short course and discussion on backpacking basics 🎒

Send a message to learn more

04/26/2024

We still have some spaces in our intro to backpacking course. This short course is the perfect way to put more tools in your adventure toolbox ahead of the summer season! 🥾🏔🎒

More details on our website!
https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/backpackingbasics

Send a message to learn more

04/17/2024

⬇️ Name that plant! Did you know this is what the inside of Devil's Club looks like?

Learn more about it - and make a 2oz. container of Devil's Club salve with Ute during her course in May!

Details on our website: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/salvemaking-devilsclub

Registration is open for our Devil's Club salve-making course on May 19. Join Ute for an educational walk, make, and take event. Participants will all take home a 2oz. container of salve.

Part 1: 🥾 Short spring walk and foraging lesson: We will walk the trail for about an hour, learning to distinguish plants commonly found during Alaska spring.

Part 2: ⏲ Salve-making lesson: Following our walk we will head to a river park pavilion a where we will process pre-harvested devil's club into salve.

Details on our website here: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/salvemaking-devilsclub

04/11/2024

Exciting course options on the schedule for May!
⛺️ May 1 - Intro to Tent-Based Camping
🎒 May 4 (noon to 2pm) - Intro to Backpacking (discussion and gear chat)
🍽 May 4 (3pm to 5pm) - Backpacking Meal Planning

Details and registration info on the website: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events

04/10/2024

Our next 50ish and over hike is on April 16. Details and registration info on our website! https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/50ishapril24

Our next 50ish and over walk is on April 16. Join us for a leisurely afternoon stroll around the Alcantra trails. Not many "winter walks" left :) ❄️

Details and registration information on our website here: https://www.reveltreksandtours.com/events/50ishapril24

🥾 Ute will be guiding this event
🥾 Max group size is 10 people
🥾 Expect no more than 2 hours of walking along a mostly flat, winter-packed trail