GET PHYSICAL

There are a number of ways you and your clan can immerse yourselves in the Alaskan wilderness, all while burning off some calories from last night’s dinner. You can explore the Klondike summit from Skagway or the Alaskan rainforest on a guided bike tour, for example, or try your hand at rafting in the Lynn Canal fjords or in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines.

You can also test your mettle rock-climbing White Pass and, yes, rappelling back down. Or try a guided horseback-riding tour through Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, where knowledgeable guides will regale you with stories about the prospectors and their misadventures along the way.