Backpacking & Hiking

If you have only one day to spend in Kennecott, than this is the hike to do. Prepare to spend about 8 hours on your trip, as you explore blue pools, crevasses, waterfalls, moulins, and caves. This hike is perfect for anyone who can hike 8-10 miles in a day, and is ready to get out and explore the glacier. The best day hike in Alaska!

Glacier hiking on the Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska. The best glacier hiking in Alaska!

Located within a short bush plane flight of McCarthy, AK; the Nizina Glacier hike offers a spectacular setting for a remote, wilderness camping adventure.

Try your hand at a new sport under the guidance and expertise of our professional guides! Whether this is your first time, or you have tried it before, the Root Glacier provides the perfect venue for people who would like to ice climb in Alaska.

Combine our favorite backpacking trip with our favorite rafting trip in the ultimate combination of Alaska wilderness adventure! Hike through the remote Alaska wilderness ending at the beautiful iceberg-filled Nizina Lake, before rafting out the Nizina River.

St. Elias Alpine Guides and Pangaea Adventures have teamed up to create the most spectacular, off-the-beaten-path wilderness adventure in Alaska.

For someone looking for an epic historical adventure, this trip would start with a flight, progress by foot, and end in a packraft, having covered nearly a hundred miles, starting in the United States and ending across the border in Canada.