That includes the nation’s second highest peak, Mt. St. Elias at 18,008 feet, and one of North America’s largest active volcanoes, Mt. Wrangell at 14,163 feet, according to the park’s website.

Wrangell–St. Elias is full of superlatives: The country's largest national park is home to the second-highest peak in the U.S. (Mount St. Elias), a glacier larger than Rhode Island (the ...

With 13 million acres of land in its bounds, Wrangell–St.Elias is the largest U.S. national park, and those who brave the drive or flight in will have a rare chance to explore a vast and diverse ...

An aerial photo shows the Mt. Leeper airplane crash site and debris field in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park on Sept. 5, 2023. (Courtesy of National Park Service/Harper) Recovery efforts for a ...

Some volcanoes, on the other hand, were demoted, like Alaska's Mount Dutton and Mount Wrangell, Mount Gareloi and Pavlof Sister. Others, like Steamboat Springs in Nevada, were removed altogether.

2. Accelerate assessment of potential geothermal resources near Mount Spurr for the Railbelt and at Mount Wrangell for Interior locations, including some mine locations and communities not on the ...

Also located within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park in Alaska is Mount Blackburn, standing at 16,390 feet. That makes it the fifth-highest peak in the U.S. and the highest peak in Alaska’s ...

Wrangell could see another boarding school in the next five years. ANSEP, an accelerated high school program based on University of Alaska Anchorage campus, is interested in building a 400-bed ...

Wrangell-St Elias National Park had roughly one annual visitor for every 200 acres at the last count. Stretching from the coast to the mountainous interior of the “Last Frontier” state, it is ...

Update, 7 p.m. Tuesday: A group of mountaineers stranded on Klutlan Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park was rescued just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Alaska Army National Guard ...