Visiting Wrangell-St. Elias (the LARGEST national park!) | Kennecott, Root Glacier, & Bonanza Mine

For our final major Alaskan adventure we headed to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park! This is the LARGEST national park in the entire United States and we spent 3 days camping, hiking, and learning history in the park. From walking on a glacier, having EPIC views out of our tent, and even a surprise wildlife encounter, it was an amazing way to end our time in Alaska!

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⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:20 About Wrangell-St. Elias
01:34 Driving to McCarthy Road
01:56 Quick stop at Liberty Falls
02:28 Starting McCarthy Road
04:20 Kuskulana River Bridge
05:02 Thoughts on McCarthy Road
05:26 Camping at Basecamp Kennecott
06:28 Hiking 5 miles into Kennecott
07:59 Exploring the Kennecott Mines
11:00 Our campsite by Root Glacier
13:00 Walking on Root Glacier
16:29 Cooking + the end of day one in the park
17:00 We woke up to AMAZING views!
17:51 Starting the Bonanza Mine Trail + water filter mishap
19:13 Our experience on the Bonanza Mine Trail
24:57 Trying a new backpacking meal
26:17 Hiking out to the van
26:36 We ran into a bear!
28:33 Exploring McCarthy + eating at The Potato
32:48 What’s next?!

📍Locations in this vlog
Liberty Falls: https://goo.gl/maps/PWJdMsbYQdqbzgcx5
Basecamp Kennecott: https://goo.gl/maps/XYnRHcYjdsFBtLcB6
Root Glacier Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/al...
Where we camped: https://goo.gl/maps/Kj1vRuZN36qCGnhm7
Bonanza Mine Trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/al...
The Potato: https://goo.gl/maps/HzBT5Qd6npZnDfC87
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