Wrangell-St Elias National Park

After a quick transit through the south-west corner of the Yukon, we cross back into the US in central-eastern Alaska. From there we head south to the Wrangell-St Elias National park and the old mining towns of McCarthy and Kennecott. It’s the largest national park in the US and contains most of the highest peaks in North America (although, not the highest), numerous volcanoes, glaciers and ice fields. It’s tough, remote, beautiful country (and a good drive for the Troopy). The Kennecott mine produced a huge amount of copper in the early 1900s, before being abandoned in 1938. McCarthy and Kennecott have seen somewhat of a revival in the past decade as step-off points to explore the park, but services are few and it’s not hard to imagine the tough mining life of 100 years ago. Glaciers and broad vistas are plentiful.Read more