Thinking about a winter wedding in Alaska?
We love winter weddings! Sure, it’s going to be cold, and you won’t have as much daylight as summer.. but for those adventurous and hardy souls looking to do things a little different, winter in Alaska offers a variety of appealing factors worth your consideration. Less visitors means more quiet. Flights, accommodations, and rental cars are often less expensive. Unique opportunities abound before and after the wedding – dog sledding tours, viewing the northern lights. Skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling are all fun options you can plan into your visit. We can make suggestions for you if you don’t know where to start.
Below, you will find some examples of what winter looks like in Alaska. In the Anchorage area and points south, there is at least 5.5 hours of daylight on the shortest day of the year – December 21st. As we get further along into winter, there is more and more light. By March, we have more daylight than the lower 48 states with the sun rising around 7:00am and setting around 8:30pm. That’s 13.5 hours! Don’t be confused about the 24 hours of darkness thing. You only find that above the Arctic Circle, which is almost 400 miles north of Anchorage. And even there, it is not the entire winter.
