Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve doesn't get anywhere near as many visitors as Glacier Bay or Denali, even though it's the largest national park in the world and part of a World Heritage Site. It's a real, end-of-the-road, out-of-the-way kind of place, an old copper mining area. I probably would not have thought about visiting it if it weren't included in the Alaska Tour & Travel itinerary. Alaska Tour & Travel recommends going out there and taking a paddle float down the Copper River. It doesn't really sound worth the trouble of a 400-km (250-mi) drive, except that the drive is along the very scenic Glenn Highway. But Eric had a more adventurous idea than rafting in mind: hiking on a glacier. Equally exciting, getting to the glacier involves a scenic flight over the mountains.
An icefall (frozen waterfall) on the Root Glacier. Our guide told us this was the largest icefall in the world outside of Antarctica.
