Photo of the Month for June, 2010, is this photo of some folks hiking up at Hole in the Wall, near Skolai Pass, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. I love the sense of scale this photo gives for the peak in the background. This is one of the peaks known as the 7 fingers, glacier-capped outcroppings towering above the tundra. Hole in the Wall is a classic old glacial formation, and a great place to walk and explore; I’ve spend many a day wandering around on the moraine, awestruck at the magnificent jagged cliff faces soaring above me.
Video of Russell Glacier, near Chitistone Pass, Wrangell St. Elias National Park. The glacier is accessed from Skolai Pass, popular hiking and backpacking destination for the Goat Trail.
Cross country skiing (backcountry skiing) in Alaska, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, through the Mentasta Mountains, January.
Hey Folks, Here’s a photo of school teacher Natalie from this past trip. We had a great walk across the Sanford Plateau in July. The weather was awesome, as you can, and we had an absolutely gorgeous evening after dinner up on the Plateau; the sun going down to the north lit up the entire […]