Jan 07 2024
The Boreal Forest Loop and Valdez Trail Trailhead near Copper Center offers one of the easiest ways to experience the landscapes and history associated with Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The official Boreal Forest Trail is a short, mostly level half-mile loop beginning at the Wrangell–St. Elias Visitor Center complex. Despite its modest length, …
Jan 07 2024
The Mount Drum–Sanford Plateau Route explores one of the wildest corners of Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains, beneath the enormous volcanic massifs of Mount Drum, Mount Sanford, and Mount Wrangell. Located within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the area combines high alpine tundra, glacier-fed rivers, volcanic plateaus, moraine, snowfields, and almost complete isolation from roads and …
Jan 07 2024
The South West Ridge of Mount Drum, commonly known as Hurricane Ridge, is one of the principal mountaineering routes on the 12,010-foot volcanic summit in Alaska’s Wrangell Mountains. The route climbs the mountain from the southwest, gaining thousands of feet over glaciated terrain, steep snow slopes, exposed ridge crests, cornices, and a series of distinct …
Jan 07 2024
Mount Drum Mount Drum is a dramatic 12,010-foot volcano rising above Alaska’s Copper River Basin at the western edge of the Wrangell Mountains. Although several neighboring peaks are thousands of feet higher, Drum’s enormous topographic prominence and abrupt rise from the surrounding lowlands make it one of the most visually commanding mountains in south-central Alaska. …
