The first book of its kind for the largest national park in the United States. Six times the size of Yellowstone National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias welcomes 40,000 visitors every year, and each of them will maximize the visit with this all-new guidebook. Detailed information is provided for navigating fifty of the best hiking routes through 13.2 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. The book is organized by type of trip: day hikes, frontcountry treks (starting from road-accessible trailheads), and remote backcountry treks (accessible via fly-in). There are detailed maps and black and white photographs as well as sidebars and narratives about river crossings, navigation, bear safety, wildlife, seasonal changes, and finding the routes.
About Wrangell-St. Elias National Park x
A Brief History of the Park x
Places to Go, Things to Do x
Regions of the Park x
Seasonal Considerations x
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Getting to the Park x
Hiking and Trekking Alaskan Style x
Trails? We Don't Need No Stinking Trails x
You Can¿t Get There from Here: Navigation and Route Finding x
Whacking, Crashing and Thrashing: The Dreaded Bushwhack x
Swamp Thing x
Slippery When Wet: River and Stream Crossings x
Crossing Glaciers and Snowfields x
Bear Wrestling and Other Critter Encounters x
Emergency Preparedness x
Travelling Lightly on the Land: Low Impact Camping x
Bugs x
Water Treatment x
Using This Guidebook x
Route Overviews x
Day Hikes
- Aspen Interpretive Trail x
- Boreal Forest Trail x
- Caribou Creek x
- Crystalline Hills x
- Eire Mine Bunkhouse x
- Fireweed Mountain x
- Jumbo and Bonanza Mines x
- Kennicott Glacier Toe x
- Liberty Falls Day Hike x
- Skookum Volcano x
- Tolsona Mud Volcanoes x
- Tonsina River x
- Kennicott Wagon Trail x
Front Country Treks: Road Accessible Trailheads
- Dixie Pass x
- Donoho Lakes x
- Liberty Falls Backcountry x
- Nugget Creek x
- Soda Lake x
- Stairway Icefall/Erie Lake x
- Thompson Pass/Marshall Pass x
- Trail Creek - Lost Creek Loop x
Backcountry Treks: Remote Fly-in Access
- Bremner Base Camp x
- Bremner to Tebay Lakes x
- Chimney Mountain x
- Doubtful Creek x
- The Goat Trail x
- Hanagita Peak Traverse x
- Hidden Lake to Lakina River x
- Iceberg Lake x
- Martin Creek to Ross Green Lake x
- Glacier Creek / Twaharpies Glacier x
- Mt. Wrangell Plateau x
- Nutzotin Traverse x
- Pyramid Peak x
- Sanford River - Dadina Plateau: Volcanic Traverse x
- Seven Pass (Iceberg Lake to Bremner) x
- Skolai Pass to Wolverine x
- The Tana Notch x
- Tumble Creek x
- Wrangell Plateau to Nugget Creek x
More to Explore
- Horsefeld to Chisana x
- Chisana to Solo Creek x
- Baultoff Creek to Horesfeld x
- MacColl Ridge x
- Kuskulana Pass x
- Bonanza Ridge to McCarthy x
- Jaeger Mesa/Jacksina Creek x
- Orange Hill/Green Hill x
- Fan Glacier x
- The Southern Grand Tour x
Index x
Appendices x
Transportation Providers x
Bus Services x
Air Taxi Services x
Outfitters & Guide Services x
Camping and Lodging
National Park Service Offices
Public Use Cabins x
McCarthy Road Guide x
Nabesna Road Guide x
Additional Resources x
Additional Reading
