Wrangell-St Elias (AK)

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One Week in Kenai Fjords and Wrangell-St Elias national parks
ByNadya B March 28, 2026August 11, 2026

For my second trip to Alaska, I wanted parks that are not terribly hard to plan for or expensive to get to. Kenai Fjords is a breeze due to its accessibility by car. Denali would have been my next choice, but the main road through the park is partially closed due to a landslide through…

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McCarthy to Anchorage
ByNadya B February 7, 2026February 7, 2026

[McCarthy / Anchorage, AK, Aug 2, 2025] And just like that, our time in Wrangell-St Elias national park came to an end and it was time to make the long trip back to Anchorage. It involved a morning flight back to Glenallen, then a 3+ hours drive to the state’s capital. Because getting to Anchorage…

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Kennecott Mill Tour
ByNadya B January 31, 2026February 1, 2026

[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…

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Walking on a Glacier
ByNadya B January 24, 2026December 21, 2025

[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…

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Mom, I Took the Mail Plane to McCarthy!
ByNadya B January 17, 2026December 21, 2025

[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…

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