Alaska · Fully guided
Custom trips into Alaska’s backcountry, designed around you.
Fully guided ski, river and photo & film trips to places few people ever reach — planned in every detail, so you only have to show up.
Ethereal Wild
Each custom trip is built for one party — your people, your pace, your ambitions. Every trip is fully guided, from the first morning to the last. We handle access, camp, food and terrain. You get the wild, quietly and completely.
Sample trips
Starting points, not set itineraries. Every custom trip is shaped in conversation with you.
Ski · Winter–Spring
Private Glacier Ski Camp
Ski untracked lines from a comfortable glacier base camp, guided every step of the way, with the chance of northern lights by night.
Rivers · Summer
Wilderness River Trip
A multi-day guided river trip with a Class V guide, camps chosen for the view, and meals worth lingering over.
Photo & Video · Year-round
Guided Photo & Film Trip
Learn to capture glaciers, light and wildlife in the field alongside the Mountain Mind Media crew, whose work has run on Netflix, Red Bull and National Geographic.
Upcoming organized trip
Women’s Glacier Ski Camp
March 26 – April 2, 2027 · For experienced backcountry skiers
Unplugged
Leave the signal behind.
Build technology-free time into your custom trip, for a few days or the whole way through. No screens, no notifications, nothing between you and where you are. Your guide carries emergency communication, so you can switch off safely.
How a custom trip comes together
- 01
A conversation
A call with Ash about who’s coming, what you’re hoping for, and when.
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Your itinerary
A custom plan: terrain, access, camp or lodge, food and the right pace for your group.
- 03
The trip
Fully guided from start to finish. Every logistic handled, careful risk management, and room to slow down.
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Optional film
Add a film package to document your trip, shot and edited by the Mountain Mind Media crew and delivered after you’re home.
Ash Ryan
Ash called much of the mountainous West home before putting down roots in Alaska. Her work spans snow and avalanche education, guiding and film production, backed by an earlier career in business and marketing.
Every custom trip begins with a conversation.
Tell us a little about your group and what you’re imagining. Ethereal reads and responds to every email personally.
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