[Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Aug 1, 2025] We enjoyed a lazy morning in Kennecott since we didn’t have anything on the books until our mill tour at 11:30 am. At breakfast, we reconnected with a couple, Keith and Mary Kay, who we’d talked to the day before. They were going on a white water rafting…
[Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Jul 31, 2025] Hiking to and on the Root Glacier was the main attraction of this park. We had seen Root Glacier from the plane and even spotted the trail that provides access to its toe. It’s just under 3 miles on mostly flat terrain from Kennecott. It’s one of the…
[McCarthy, AK, Jul 30, 2025] I had booked our stay at the Kennicott Glacier Lodge inside Wrangell-St Elias national park more than 10 months ago. Even so, availability was spotty and I just picked some days that were available at the end of July. It just so happened that those days coincided perfectly with Copper…
[Glenallen, AK, Jul 29, 2025] We were sad to leave our cute B&B in Seward, but we had a 5.5-hour drive to Glennallen without stops. We were headed to Wrangell-St Elias National Park, my 54th! The towns of Glennallen, Copper Valley and Chitina are the gateways to the park. Copper valley is home to the…
[Kenai Fjords National Park, Jul 28, 2025] The Harding Ice Field covers over 700 square miles in the Kenai mountains on the Kenai peninsula. It spawns 40 glaciers, the most accessible of which is the Exit glacier. Harding is one of only 4 remaining ice fields in the United States and is the only one…