Hiking Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: From Day Hikes To Backcountry Treks

by Greg Fensterman

Overview

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. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762743193
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Series:	Regional Hiking Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,088,512
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

The author ir a professional guide with Trek Alaska, leading extended backpacking trips into the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park wilderness.

Table of Contents

About Wrangell-St. Elias National Park x A Brief History of the Park x Places to Go, Things to Do xRegions 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 TrailheadsDixie 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 AccessBremner 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 ExploreHorsefeld 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