For a small community, Valdez offers many summer and winter
activities. Both center around taking advantage of the many outdoor recreation
activities.Valdez offers a number of recreational activities and tour operations
who assist in providing them. In the summer, there are fishing tours,
whale-watching tours and guided trips to local glaciers. In the summer, local
clubs support snowboarding, snow machining and skiing. There is also a municipal
pool.MSO Valdez has an Morale Office that offers outdoor equipment for loan for
members assigned to MSO Valdez, as well as morale activities throughout the
year. Morale equipment for active and reserve members and their dependents in
Valdez include boats, kayaks, canoes, a pop-up camper, bicycles, various camping
equipment, fishing equipment and winter gear.
For more information,
contact the Morale Officer (it's a collatarel duty, so you may not have an
immediate response).
There is also a very active Valdez Parks and
Recreation Department with the city. City facilities include a
swimming pool, racquetball courts, basketball gyms, rock climbing wall and rifle
range, etc.
There are also scouting troops, Little League and city-run
summer youth programs.