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 Mountain Air offers flights, such as a 50-minute Mile High Cliff tour, where the pilot explains park geology and points out highlights like Mt. Blackburn or the cliff-perched Erie Mine.

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 ...

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 ...

Even the novice hiker knows not to climb alone. Especially when the conditions include ice during the spring thaw. At high elevations, warming temps can make frozen footing vanish as fast as a ...

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 ...