William Frohne Photography

04/10/2026

Ultimate Alaska road trip guide ⬇️ Save to plan your trip!
📍Photo locations for each slide are in the pinned comment

Driving from the lower 48, you can still have an amazing Alaska road trip with just two weeks. Give yourself about 4 days to drive up, 3 days to drive back, and spend the rest of your time exploring some of the most beautiful places in the state.
If you are limited on time and want to get the most out of Alaska, these are some of my favorite spots.

The Richardson Highway between Delta Junction and Paxson takes you through the Alaska Range, one of the most inspiring mountain stretches in America. Donnelly Dome and Castner Glacier are both excellent day hikes.

Thompson Pass and Valdez are must visits. The drive into Valdez is unbelievably scenic, with glaciers right beside the road. While you are there, visit Valdez Glacier Lake and the fish hatchery, where you have a very good chance of seeing bears, sea otters, and sea lions.

The Glenn Highway from Anchorage toward Glennallen is another favorite. You will pass the roadside Matanuska Glacier, then as you get closer to Glennallen the huge Wrangell Mountains begin to appear. If you have more time, continue toward Chitina, McCarthy Road, and Kennecott. That whole area is incredible.

Hatcher Pass is only about an hour from Anchorage and is one of the easiest ways to get high into the mountains. It also offers epic hiking, free camping, and some of the best aurora viewing near Anchorage.

If you are visiting in the darker months, aurora viewing can be incredible anywhere in Alaska with enough solar activity. Download the Aurora app and watch for KP3 or higher in the southern part of the state.

The Dalton Highway to the Brooks Range and Arctic Ocean through the tundra is one of the most unforgettable places I have ever been.

Other beautiful places we loved: Whittier, McCarthy, Homer, Chugach State Park, the Denali Highway, Talkeetna, Petersville Road.

🗺️ more detailed info on some of these spots below in the comments

See comments for the exact locations from each photo. What is your favorite place in Alaska?

04/06/2026

A postcard from fine dining with a view.. 🍜🌄

There’s just something different about a hot meal waiting for you at the end of a hike.

That’s why We’ve been loving our new Travel Stacks from
We’ve gotten to test it over the last few months, taking it on a bunch of different adventure shoots, and it honestly feels like magic how well it keeps food hot or cold. Ramen, curry, pasta, burritos, cold soda cans, even ice cream with a little ice... this thing is way more versatile than it looks.
What I love most is not having to mess with a stove and fuel just to enjoy a real meal at sunrise, sunset, or out on the trail.

A real meal, ready whenever and wherever you are. Temperature that travels.
What would you pack in it first?

03/14/2026

See some of my photos in this years Milepost

📸 1st Place — Life on the Road Category
2025 MILEPOST® Photo Contest

Continuing our showcase of the 2025 MILEPOST® Photo Contest winners, this incredible image earned 1st Place in the Life on the Road category.

Captured by William Frohne, this stunning photograph perfectly captures the spirit of the journey north during winter, a lone traveler heading down the Glenn Highway with the majestic Wrangell Mountains under a glowing Alaska sky. See all the winning photos from the 2025 MILEPOST® Photo Contest: https://themilepost.com/articles/2025-photo-contest/.

For many travelers, the road itself is the adventure. Long stretches of highway, endless northern horizons, and the promise of what lies around the next bend are all part of what makes traveling through Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories so unforgettable.

✨ Think you captured a winning moment on your journey north or hoping to capture the perfect shot this summer? Submit your favorite photos for a chance to be featured in The MILEPOST® and receive a complimentary copy of the 2027 edition.

The 2026 MILEPOST® Photo Contest opens April 1 and runs through November 1, 2026.

⬇️ Contest details and to enter your photos visit:
https://themilepost.com/2026-photo-contest

01/23/2026

A Postcard from a night on Mt Hood 🏔️✨🌌

On January 19, the 3rd-strongest solar impact on record hit Earth. I hadn’t planned to shoot at all… then last minute I jumped in the van and drove 3.5 hours to Mount Hood.

For most of the night it felt like a total bust, just a faint pink glow on the northern horizon. I was literally about to call it and crawl into bed…

Then at ~2:30 AM the sky woke up.

Not the brightest aurora I’ve ever seen, but the colors were unreal, deep pinks and these purple tones I’ve never seen in the lights before. It ran from 2:30 until just before sunrise, and I got basically zero sleep…

Worth it. Every time. 😅

01/15/2026

Mt. Hood in Oregon from my house in Walla Walla, WA, ~260 km (160 mi) away. 🗻

As my drone climbs, you’re watching a rare atmospheric refraction event called a superior mirage / “looming.” A temperature inversion bends light through different layers of air, so the mountain can “rise” above the horizon and even morph shape as the viewing angle changes.

The atmosphere literally turns into a lens. 🌅🛰️

01/13/2026

Mexico’s “Mini Dubai” 🇲🇽🏙️⛰️
📍Monterrey, Nuevo León - La Ciudad de las Montañas

If you think Mexico is all beaches + colonial towns… Monterrey will melt your brain.

Crazy facts about Monterrey..
• Greater Monterrey is Mexico’s 2nd-largest metro (5.3M+ people)
• Torre Rise is UNDER CONSTRUCTION at 475.1 m - planned to become the Second tallest building in all of the Americas by roof height.
• Monterrey already has Latin America’s tallest building: T.OP / Torres Obispado 1,001.6 ft (305.3 m)
• Also home to Torre KOI 917 ft (279.1 m) the second tallest building in Mexico

Best part? You can go from glass towers to epic mountain trails in like 30 minutes.

12/29/2025

Monterrey Nuevo León - La Ciudad de las Montañas 🇲🇽

I got the chance to visit Monterrey last month and and could not believe how spectacular Monterey and the surrounding mountains are.
Monterey is now the second largest city in Mexico, home to the tallest building in Latin America and soon the tallest building by roof height in all of the America’s. What was even more amazing were the mountains just outside the city. We found some of the best free camping we’ve ever found just 30 minutes outside Monterey. Other than on the weekend most days we didn’t see a single other person, this area has to be the most underrated in all of North America. And what’s even crazier is these mountains are only three hours from Texas, making them probably the best road trip destination from anywhere in Texas.
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