Glaciers loom over the ocean with large snowy mountains rising into blue skies

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Two backpackers sitting in an alpine meadow with snowy mountains in the background

Historic, large, red buildings with mountains in the background

A large glacier with stripes of different colored rock nestled in between barren mountain slopes.

Four large snow covered mountains rise above dense forest into blue skies.

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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Alaska · AK

1980

Established

8.3M

Acres

Trails

About

Wrangell-St. Elias is a vast national park that rises from the ocean all the way up to 18,008 ft. At 13.2 million acres, the park is the same size as Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Switzerland combined! Within its borders are four major mountain ranges, including 9 of the 16 highest peaks in the U.S.

Trails

All trails in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Caribou Creek Trail

11.3 km

Crystalline Hills Trail

4.5 km

Root Glacier and Stairway Icefall Trail

10.5 km

Skookum Volcano Trail

6.8 km

West Kennecott Glacier Trail

3.9 km

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