July 11, 2018This was a once in a lifetime event for us, and so deserves it’s own blog post- we have some incredible photos. We used a guide service, here in Kennecott to hike the Root Glacier, one of the many, many glaciers in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. This is the biggest NPS park, and the least visited- 35,000 people a year and only a small portion of them hike onto the glacier.

The hike was moderately hard- 2 miles in to the glacier on loose rock and some steep climbs. Then we put on crampons to spend 2 hours hiking 2 miles around the glacier. And then 2 miles back out. It was a 6+ hours trip, however we were so absorbed by this awe-inspiring experience that we didn’t even notice the time, just how tired we were getting:-)

 

Taber, our guide was awesome, one other couple about our age and hiking ability was with us. Safety came first, as glaciers can be deadly, then glacial information, and mine history. He took us up and down and around the glacier and showed us so many features and made us tea from glacier water.

 

 

We hope you enjoy these photos and that they give you a small taste of what we saw.