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Trails
Trails in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Compare distance, typical time, difficulty, and trail details.
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Root Glacier Trail
Walk from Kennecott to blue ice, pools, and the Stairway Icefall
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Bonanza Mine Trail
Big glacier views and eerie mine ruins after a relentless climb
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Stairway Icefall/ Erie Lake Trail
Big glacier drama to a wild lake beneath the Stairway IcefallChallenging
Nikolai Pass
Fly-in ridgewalk from a high pass back to McCarthy, all off-trail.
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Skookum Volcano Trail
Volcanic pass hike with cairn hunting and creek hopping solitude
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Trail Creek- Lost Creek Loop
Remote off-trail loop with a 6,000 ft pass and serious creek fords
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Jumbo Mine Trail
Hard climb to Kennecott’s abandoned Jumbo Mine with huge glacier views
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Caribou Creek Trail: Nabesna Road
Quiet valley-to-cabin walk with creek hops and Wrangell viewsChallenging
Soda Lake Trail
Remote, landslide-dammed lake via muddy creeks, tundra, and scree.
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Dixie Pass Trail
Remote creek-and-pass route with fords and fading tread.
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Crystalline Hills Trail
Shady loop with quick viewpoints and scrambleable hills above the Chitina.Challenging
Fireweed Mountain Trail
Rugged, scree-strewn climb to huge Kennicott–McCarthy valley views.
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Rambler Mine Trail
Short, steep climb to 1940s mine ruins and big Nabesna valley views
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Nugget Creek Trail
Long, rough ORV approach to a remote cabin and glacier views.
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Copper River Trail
Quick bluff loop to big Copper River and Wrangell views
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McCarthy Creek Trail
Creekbed wander with solitude, shifting channels, and real route-finding
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Gilahina Trestle & Hiking Trail
Quick riverside leg-stretcher with a towering historic trestle
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Wagon Road Trail (McCarthy Access)
Quiet forest connector from McCarthy to historic Kennecott
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