Exploring the North Wrangells

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Exploring the north wrangells - wrangell-st. Elias national park Shaped by volcanoes and scoured by ice ages, the north Wrangells give experienced backpackers the rare opportunity to feel like a mountaineer and travel like an explorer. Our 50-mile route will take you across glaciers, swift creeks, high mountain passes, and wide-open tundra.  Combine all of ...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Enjoy the most dramatic wilderness Alaska’s on this Elias National Park
    • Visit the Wrangell-St Elias National Park
    • The twin peaks of mesas verdant tundra, enjoy rare opportunity to witness seven thousand feet
    • Enjoy the ride in the cub, the skilled bush pilot will bid farewell and disappear into the landscape.

What's this trip about?

    Exploring the north wrangells - wrangell-st. Elias national park Shaped by volcanoes and scoured by ice ages, the north Wrangells give experienced backpackers the rare opportunity to feel like a mountaineer and travel like an explorer. Our 50-mile route will take you across glaciers, swift creeks, high mountain passes, and wide-open tundra.  Combine all of this with exciting bush flights and absolute Alaska solitude, and you have the markings of a true backpacking adventure of a lifetime.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - max of 8 people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start CityAnchorage
End CityAnchorage

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Hiking & Walking
  • National Parks
  • Nature & Wildlife

Destinations

  • North America
  • United States

Attractions

  • Alaska
  • Anchorage

Activities

  • Adventure & Adrenaline
  • Culture
  • Hiking
  • Mountaineering
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • All group gear: Expedition quality tents, group tarp, all cooking equipment & eating utensils
    • Safety Equipment: Satellite phone, maps, GPS, and medical kit
    • Trekking pole
    • Roundtrip van transportation from Anchorage to Nabesna
    • Roundtrip air transportation from Nabesna to the wilderness
    • Lodging on nights one and eleven at the rustic Devil’s Mountain Lodge
    • Professional guide service at a maximum 4:1 client to guide ratio
    • All meals from lunch on day one through lunch on the final day of the itinerary
    • Storage for your extra travel items while in the field

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Today your guide(s) will pick-you up in Anchorage by 8:15am.  You’ll head to our Anchorage shop for a group orientation, before loading into our 15-passenger vans for the six-hour drive to Nabesna, the gateway community to the northern p...

Day 2

After an early breakfast, we’ll load packs and prepare for our early morning Piper Super Cub flight into the park.  As you and your pilot lift off of the gravel runway, the grand scale of this wonderful wilderness will be immediately apparent.  The stunning vastness o...

Days 3-5

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

For the next three days, we’ll make our way south toward the expansive north face of Mt. Jarvis. The size and scope of Mt. Jarvis is really beyond description and can best be described as incomprehensible.  From the verdant tu...

Days 6-10

The character of the country will change as we begin stage two of our journey and head north toward Tanada Peak. Broad singular vistas will be replaced by tight steep valleys and new views around every corner.  We’ll hop glacier creeks, ascend steep and exposed sheep ...

Day 11

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After a celebratory breakfast in the wilderness, our pilot will begin the process of flying us out of the wilderness one to two at a time.  By early afternoon, we'll again be relaxing at the Devil's Mountain Lodge where we'll enjoy hot showers and a celebratory dinner in the lodge dining room.

Day 12

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

After breakfast at the lodge, we'll pack up and by 10am we’ll be headed back to Anchorage where we’ll conclude our journey and bid one another farewell.  If you are leaving Alaska on this day, please schedule your homebound flights for after 9pm.  Better still,  you can opt to stay in Anchorage overnight.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $4,195
Price per day$350
Last Updated: 9/26/2018

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Alaska Alpine Adventures has built an international reputation as Alaska's premier small-group pure Adventure Travel Company, guiding in Alaska's great parks.  Exploring Alaska's national parks and wildlife refuges is our passion, and that passion is reflected in each adventure trip we lead.

Guided Alaska Tours: One of our specialties is guiding multisport tours, group travel, custom tours, and private family adventures throughout Alaska. Our award winning trips offer our guests the opportunity to completely experience the Last Frontier in a small-group away from the crowds.  Contact us for custom options for family hiking, camping, lodge-based tours , and private and customized adventures to some of Alaska's most spectacular wilderness areas.

Guided Wilderness Trips:Since 1998, Alaska Alpine Adventures has built a reputation as one of Alaska's premier wilderness outfitters.  Offering backpacking trips, guided kayaking and hiking tours, basecamp hiking adventures, backcountry ski tours, and custom adventures, our guides are comfortable in Alaska's biggest and most remote mountain ranges.  From  Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias, Lake Clark, Katmai, ANWR, Kenai Fjords and Gates of the Arctic all the way to Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve, we have guided successful and safe expeditions throughout Alaska for more than a decade.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Lodging in Anchorage prior to and after your adventure
    • Personal gear (sleeping bags, packs, rain gear, etc.) - See Equipment Lists and available rental items
    • Trip cancelation insurance
    • Additional lodge nights in Nabesna due to weather delays
    • Alcoholic beverages
    • Guide gratuities

Accommodation

,Lodging on nights one and eleven is included in your package. The group will be staying in Nabesna at the rustic Devil’s Mountain Lodge, located at the end of the Nabesna road. The lodge, an inholding located within Wrangell-St. Elias National preserve, is owned and operated by the Ellis’, whose family homesteaded the land over 50 years ago. Prices are double occupan-cy. If you prefer your own room on night one you will be asked to pay a single supplement of $210. The remaining nights will be spent camp-ing in the wilderness!
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Meals Included

11 Breakfasts, 12 Lunches and 11 Dinners

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
Additional Information
Trip ID
alaska-ExpTheAla

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