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Wrangell-St.Elias National Park
Backpacking, Glacier Travel, & Ice Climbing

Okay these are pictures from the first day of the trip until the day that I dropped my camera in a stream on the Kennicott glacier. For some reason some pics are a little out of focus, but overall they are awesome.


Our first campsite at King Mountain state park in Chickaloon.

A mountain next to our campsite.

The St. Elias Mountains, taken from McCarthy.

A river near McCarthy.

The Root glacier, taken from McCarthy.

The St. Elias Mountains.

Glacial moraine of the Root glacier, with the St. Elias mountains in the background.

Glacial moraine of the Root glacier, taken from Kennicott.

The Kennicott copper mine.

Donaho peak and the Root glacier.

An ice cave in the Root glacier.

Mt. Blackburn, Donaho peak, and the Root glacier.

Our first campsite in Wrangell-St. Elias.

Mt. Blackburn, the Root glacier, and Rachel on her 17th birthday.

Our first time on crampons, walking up a hill on the Root glacier.

A small mulan.

Donaho peak, with Adam walking on the left.

Us heading over the glacier towards Donaho island.

A deep crevasse.

White glacial ice, rocky moraine and the St. Elias mountains.

A deep mulan.

The Wrangell mountains and the Root and Kennicott glaciers.

The St. Elias mountains and the Root glacier.

The summit of the Root glacier.

Mt. Blackburn (16, 390 ft).


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