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Kennicott, AK

  • June 3, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by daph24ne from Alexandria, Virginia
Kennicott, AK

Kennicott, AK, is basically an old copper mining town. The way I understand it, when the Park Service took it over, they decided to keep it and to maintain it so that it would continue to look like the ghost town that you see it as today. The Kennicott mine operated from 1911 until 1938. At that time, the copper was depleted from the nearby mountains and the mine was closed. Kennicott is also interesting, in the sense that the Park Service only owns part of the buildings. That's right—some of the buildings are privately owned, and some people still live in some of the miner shacks. Each day, the National Park Service conducts a free tour of the town at 3:45pm. It's a good tour—it gives you an overall idea of what life there was like. If you want to actually go inside the mines or into the copper mill, however, you'll need to buy a ticket for one of the tours given by the St. Elias Alpine Tours. The town of Kennicott is really small, and as you enter it, you'll see both the park service information booth (at the old depot) and the St. Elias Guides office. If you want to go on an independent hike to Root Glacier or up to one of the mines, the rangers are very helpful and will give you a map.

From journal Wrangell—St. Elias National Park—Alaska

Wrangle National Park by air

  • January 14, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by minafeld from Farmington Hills, Michigan
Many visitors to Alaska visit Denali National Park, but few make it to Wrangle. It's not easy to get to, but it is unbelievably beautiful and worth the effort. The highlight of our trip was the 70-minute airplane ride we took over the ice caps. Wrangle has more peaks in excess of 15000 feet of any place in Alaska, but the only way to see them is from the sky.

Not only do you see the mountains, but also glaciers that no man has traversed. There are glacier lakes whose color defies description. The quarters are cramped and it's not for the queasy, but if you can handle it, it will be the defining excursion of your trip!!

From journal Alaska, its more than a cruise!

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