Adventure from Kennicott | Wrangell-St Elias National Park
What an amazing place! Incredible. You must see Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve to believe it. Number and scale loom large here, magnified by splendid isolation. The largest U.S. national park, it equals six Yellowstones, with peaks upon peaks and glaciers after glaciers. Follow any braided river or stream to its source and you will find either a receding, advancing, or tidewater glacier. The park lets you sample representative Alaska wildlife as well as historic mining sites. Hike its mountains,float its rivers, ski its glaciers, or fly over this landscape and witness living geology. You sense discovery, the feeling you might be the first to see such sights.
The peaks' sheer numbers quickly quell your urge to learn their names. Just settle back and appreciate their beauty, mass, and rugged grandeur. That roads are few means many travelers will not enter the park itself, but major peaks –Blackburn, Sanford, Drum, and Wrangell –are seen from nearby highways. Or position yourself in one spot and watch sun, clouds, and storms play hide and seek with single peaks or ridges. Watch moods change by the minute here. Four major mountain ranges meet in the park, which include nine of the 16 highest peaks in the United States. The Wrangells huddle in the northern interior. The Chugach guard the southern coast. The Saint Elias Mountains rise abruptly from the Gulf of Alaska to thrust northward past the Chugach on toward the Wrangells. The eastern end of the Alaska Range-mapped as the Nutzotin and Mentasta mountains-forms part of the preserve's northern boundary.
The Wrangells are volcanic in origin, but only Mount Wrangell remains active (last report erupting in 1900) with vents of steam near its summit. With adjoining Kluane National Park in Canada, all these ranges form North America ’s premier mountain wilderness. Covered year-round with snow, the high-country stands cloaked with icefields and glaciers. Near the coast, North America ’s largest subpolar icefield, Bagley Icefield, spawns giant glaciers, the Tana, Miles, Hubbard,and Guyot.
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Multi day hike thru Wrangell St. Elias In Alaska
Multi day hike thru Wrangell St. Elias In Alaska. Air dropped with Wrangell Mountain Air into the wilderness this group finds their way through pristine wilderness and natural beauty.
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Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and national preserve managed by the National Park Service in south central Alaska. The park and preserve was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.[3] This protected area is included in an International Biosphere Reserve and is part of the Kluane/Wrangell–St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park and preserve form the largest area managed by the National Park Service in the United States by area with a total of 13,175,799 acres (20,587.186 sq mi; 53,320.57 km2), an expanse that could encapsulate a total of six Yellowstone National Parks.[4] The park includes a large portion of the Saint Elias Mountains, which include most of the highest peaks in the United States and Canada, yet are within 10 miles (16 km) of tidewater, one of the highest reliefs in the world. Wrangell–St. Elias borders on Canada's Kluane National Park and Reserve to the east and approaches the U.S. Glacier Bay National Park to the south. The chief distinction between park and preserve lands is that sport hunting is prohibited in the park and permitted in the preserve. In addition, 9,078,675 acres (3,674,009 ha) of the park are designated as the largest single wilderness in the United States.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Monument was initially designated on December 1, 1978, by President Jimmy Carter using the Antiquities Act, pending final legislation to resolve the allotment of public lands in Alaska. Establishment as a national park and preserve followed the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. The park, which is bigger than the country Switzerland, has long, extremely cold winters and a short summer season. It supports a variety of large mammals in an environment defined by relative land elevation. Plate tectonics are responsible for the uplift of the mountain ranges that cross the park. The park's extreme high point is Mount St. Elias at 18,008 feet (5,489 m), the second tallest mountain in both the United States and Canada. The park has been shaped by the competing forces of volcanism and glaciation. Mount Wrangell is an active volcano, one of several volcanoes in the western Wrangell Mountains. In the St. Elias Range Mount Churchill has erupted explosively within the past 2,000 years.
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Root Glacier Ice Tunnel- McCarthy, Alaska (Storytelling)
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Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and national preserve managed by the National Park Service in south central Alaska. The park and preserve was established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.[3] This protected area is included in an International Biosphere Reserve and is part of the Kluane/Wrangell–St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park and preserve form the largest area managed by the National Park Service in the United States by area with a total of 13,175,799 acres (20,587.186 sq mi; 53,320.57 km2), an expanse that could encapsulate a total of six Yellowstone National Parks.[4] The park includes a large portion of the Saint Elias Mountains, which include most of the highest peaks in the United States and Canada, yet are within 10 miles (16 km) of tidewater, one of the highest reliefs in the world. Wrangell–St. Elias borders on Canada's Kluane National Park and Reserve to the east and approaches the U.S. Glacier Bay National Park to the south. The chief distinction between park and preserve lands is that sport hunting is prohibited in the park and permitted in the preserve. In addition, 9,078,675 acres (3,674,009 ha) of the park are designated as the largest single wilderness in the United States.
Wrangell–St. Elias National Monument was initially designated on December 1, 1978, by President Jimmy Carter using the Antiquities Act, pending final legislation to resolve the allotment of public lands in Alaska. Establishment as a national park and preserve followed the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. The park, which is bigger than the country Switzerland, has long, extremely cold winters and a short summer season. It supports a variety of large mammals in an environment defined by relative land elevation. Plate tectonics are responsible for the uplift of the mountain ranges that cross the park. The park's extreme high point is Mount St. Elias at 18,008 feet (5,489 m), the second tallest mountain in both the United States and Canada. The park has been shaped by the competing forces of volcanism and glaciation. Mount Wrangell is an active volcano, one of several volcanoes in the western Wrangell Mountains. In the St. Elias Range Mount Churchill has erupted explosively within the past 2,000 years. The park's glacial features include Malaspina Glacier, the largest piedmont glacier in North America, Hubbard Glacier, the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska, and Nabesna Glacier, the world's longest valley glacier. The Bagley Icefield covers much of the park's interior, which includes 60% of the permanently ice-covered terrain in Alaska. At the center of the park, the boomtown of Kennecott exploited one of the world's richest deposits of copper from 1903 to 1938, exposed by and in part incorporated into Kennicott Glacier. The mine buildings and mills, now abandoned, compose a National Historic Landmark district.
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GoPro 4k Alaska: Adventure to Wrangell St Elias National Park
Here is 1 min of Adventure from exploring Mccarthy, Kennecott, and the Root Glacier all within the Wrangell St Elias National Park in Alaska. It is the biggest national park in the Entire United States.
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Van Life Travel ~ Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska ~ Life As We Roam It
A quick visit to Wrangell-St. Elias, the biggest National Park in the U.S. An incredible wild park with FREE camping!! Our 20th U.S. National Park on this Van Life adventure.
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McCarthy's Roots & The Kennicott Glacier
The town of McCarthy was born with the discovery of copper in the mountains above the Kennicott Glacier. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reached McCarthy in 1911. In this video, McCarthy Residents speak of the history of McCarthy in relation to the Kennicott glacier. The powerful Kennicott glacier has had more of an impact on the town's formation then you might think.
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Wrangell St Elias Trip July 2013
Mountaineering trip in Wrangell St Elias National Park, Alaska, July 2013. With St Elias Alpine Guides.
Alaska 2018 - 21 [Glacier hiking & a packraft festival in lawless McCarthy, AK]
We made the most of our time in McCarthy, Alaska with a glacier hike, riverside camping, hanging out with the locals, and cheering on a packrafting race. (See more photos and info in our blog post:
Base Camp
We stayed at Base Camp at the end of McCarthy Road. $20/night no hook-ups but there are beautiful sites right on the river. They have a vault toilet. It’s right next to the footbridge into McCarthy.
Town of McCarthy
McCarthy has less than 50 residents but the population can swell quite a bit in the summer with tourists. There are a couple of inns and lodges in McCarthy and Kennecott.
The nearest law enforcement is back in Chitina. So anything goes, kind of. The closest we saw to lawlessness was the free-range dogs.
Jökulhlaup
A jökulhlaup is when an ice dam breaks an releases the water and ice chunks. One happened the day before we arrived in McCarthy. The locals celebrate by partying on the bridge until the wee hours of the morning. This might be why the river was running so hard when we got there.
Vegan options in McCarthy
The Potato
They had fries, as you might expect. They also had a hummus plate that you can leave off the tzatziki and feta. And there was a pickle plate that they make in-house. All of it was really good.
Golden Saloon
The Golden Saloon has a vegan option for their banh mi sandwich and pho. Definitely unexpectedly good!
General Store
There’s a general store in McCarthy that has a couple of vegan staples. We saw Dave’s Killer Bread, Field Roast Sausages, and Hail Mary Tarts among other things. Come prepared but you won’t starve to death.
Hiking the Root Glacier
To get to the Root Glacier trail, you can take a van to Kennecott for $5. If you want to ride bikes or walk it’s about 5 miles. The trail starts at the end of Kennecott.
But, if you want to use crampons ( on the glacier, bring your own or rent them in McCarthy. You can’t rent them in Kennecott.
Another option is to go with a guide. The folks at Kennecott Wilderness Guides were nice and helpful.
Packrafting Festival and Race
Kennecott Wilderness Guides hosts a packrafting event and we just happened to be in town for it. We rode our bikes into town and cheered on the race participants. After seeing them take those inflatable Alpacka rafts through some rough rapids we really want to get our own!
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Alaska, Part II// Fairbanks to Prince William Sound
Highlights of our 2011 trip to Alaska, our 50th state!: The Place Where You Go to Listen, University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks Ice Museum, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Liberty Falls Trail, Driving from Anchorage to Girdwood, Whittier, Prince William Sound Cruise, Glacier calving, Sea otters, Mt. Alyeska
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Our friend Tim Duffy with St. Elias Alpine Guides (steliasguides.com) in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park gives an impassioned rap about Alaska!
RV Alaska Series #13 | Hiking Root Glacier Wrangell St Elias National Park
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In this episode, we cross off another bucket list item and go hiking out onto Root Glacier.
Wrangell - St Elias National Park is not only the largest national park in the United States, it offers a rare opportunity to hike on a glacier. Root Glacier and Kennecott Glacier are both accessible, but an easier hike is to the Root Glacier.
It was an amazing day with a fun ending, as we join the pack rafters in McCarthy, for their opening kickoff to their annual pack rafting event.
We hope you enjoy coming along for the ride! Paul & Lorena
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Trekking in Wrangell-St.Elias National Park in Alaska, USA.
This video follows the three of us with our guide Emily Escapule (from Trek Alaska) as we enjoy the Steamboat Hills five-day guided trip. You start in McCarthy, AK and take a bush plane into the Wrangell-St.Elias National Park. From the remote mountain top landing strip you backpack and setup a base camp. From camp you adventure out on a day hikes until it is time to move camp and continue exploring other areas. If you are fortunate you will be picked up in 5 days. If the weather has other plans then you get an extended trip at no extra cost! This is how we enjoy seeing Alaska!
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Bike ride in to Kennicott, Alaska
I rode my bike from McCarthy, AK 5 miles up to Kennicott, AK. It was a great day for a ride. Kennicott is an old copper mining town. There are old building to explore and some awesome hiking to some of the old mine sites.
Knik Glacier, Alaska
My room mate, Selven, jumps in the water. This about a 10 miles ride from the parking, with a few water crossings and some epic trails.
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Pack Rafting Kennicott River in Wrangell - St. Elias National Park in Alaska
Hidden Lake is dammed by a glacier, and the water breaks free each year around mid-July, gushing down the Kennicott River, pushing icebergs down the river as large as a VW bus. This event is called Jökulhlaups. Brave rafters in McCarthy and Kennicott raft the raging waters in front of many spectators.