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  • About Us
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  • Our Trips
    • Single-Day Adventures
      • Nizina Canyon Raft and Flightsee
      • Kennicott Glacier Inflatable Kayaking
      • Half-Day Root Glacier Hike
      • Kennecott Mill Tour
      • Root Glacier Ice Climbing
      • Full-Day Root Glacier Hike
      • Two-Day Adventure Package
    • River Rafting
      • Glacier Lake Paddle and Raft Trip
      • Nizina Canyon Raft and Flightsee
      • Two-Day Adventure Package
      • Alaska River Journey
      • Nizina Fly, Raft & Hike
      • Copper River
      • Source to the Sea
    • Kayaking
      • Tebay Lake Fly-In Kayaking – New for 2019!
      • Nizina Glacier Fly-In Kayaking
      • Nizina Glacier Hike & Kayak
      • Kennicott Glacier Inflatable Kayaking
    • Multi-Sport Trips
      • Two-Day Adventure Package
      • Ultimate Wilderness
      • Skolai to Nizina Multi-Sport
      • White River Backpack, Float and Fly
    • Backpacking – Hiking
      • Half-Day Root Glacier Hike
      • Full-Day Root Glacier Hike
      • Root Glacier Ice Climbing
      • Nizina Glacier Hike & Kayak
      • Ultimate Wilderness
      • Skolai to Nizina Multi-Sport
      • White River Backpack, Float and Fly
    • Mountaineering
    • Custom Trips
    • Guide Dream Trips
      • White River Backpack, Float and Fly
    • Hot Deals, Cool Places
  • Reservations
    • Day Trips
    • Multi-Day Trips
      • Multi-Day Reservation Forms
  • Resources
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    • What to Expect on your Trip
    • Alaska Whitewater Rafting
    • Alaska Partners
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Half-Day Root Glacier Hike



TRIP DETAILS

Length:  4-6 hours
Difficulty:  Beginner - anyone excited for Alaskan wilderness!
Dates:  Offered daily at 9am from May 25th to September 8th, 2019. Other start times and/or custom/private trips available - inquire with us for details!
Price:  $95 adult/$75 child

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ROUTE DETAILS

Copper Oar Kennecott Office

Copper Oar Kennecott Office: Where you will meet your guide and get outfitted for your glacier hike!

Donoho Peak

Donoho Peak: Striking peak that rises above the Root Glacier.

Root Glacier

Root Glacier: Where we first set foot on the glacier!

Jumbo Creek

Jumbo Creek: Beautiful tumbling creek with a waterfall on your hike out to the glacier.

Glacial Features

Glacial Features: Area full of glacial features, such as waterfalls, blue pools, canyons, and moulins.

*Click Waypoints for Route Information
TRIP LOGISTICS
TRIP ITINERARY
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The “Coolest” Hike in Alaska!

Come join us and experience the best glacier hiking in Alaska. At our office in historic Kennecott, you will meet your guides and get outfitted with crampons – metal spikes that fit to your shoes, enabling you to walk on ice with ease! Then you’ll head out on a 2 mile hike to the white ice of the Root Glacier, learning about glaciology and natural history along the way. When you reach the ice, you’ll receive expert instruction on how to walk in crampons, and then it’s time to explore!

Enjoy beautiful rivers, waterfalls, canyons, crevasses, and blue pools as you hike around this frozen landscape of ice. Out on the glacier, there is no set route, so you and you guide can head in whatever direction is most interesting to you. After a picnic lunch on the glacier (we’ll provide a pad to sit on), you’ll head back to the trail and return to Kennecott. You will be back in time to participate in the afternoon Kennecott Mill Tour, or explore the historic town of Kennecott on your own.

 

Trip Highlights:

  • Great for anyone able to hike approximately 5 miles
  • Blue pools, canyons, crevasses, and other beautiful ice formations
  • Experienced guides who have detailed knowledge of glaciology, and local natural history
  • Breathtaking views of the 7,000ft high Stairway Icefall and 16,394ft Mt. Blackburn

Trip Gallery

Alaska Glacial Waterfall
Alaska Glacier Ice Wall
blue pool root glacier alaska
bubbles in glacier ice
castle rock from root glacier
crampons glacier hiking alaska
drinking glacial water
dwarf fireweed alaska
family glacier hike
family with glacier crevasse
glacier hiking alaska
happy glacier hikers
hiking on root glacier
hiking to root glacier
kids glacier hiking alaska
moulin on root glacier
natural history root glacier
rock on root glacier hike
root glacier hike
root glacier stairway icefall

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   What Our Clients Say


We’ve been in Alaska for 1 week and have had a phenomenal trip. Today was my favorite day: outstanding weather, fun & knowledgeable guide, amazing glacier features, both kids did a polar bear plunge in a gorgeous heart-shaped blue pool. Incredible!


Andrea E.
Root Glacier Hike
2014

Our guides were awesome! They are so personable and friendly. We wish they could be our guides all over Alaska!


Margaret S.
Root Glacier Hike
2014

A fantastic experience — wild Alaska at its best.


Noeleen F.
Root Glacier Hike
2014

Lucas is a fantastic guide. While I was new to pretty much everything on the trip (ice hiking and climbing, pack rafting, etc.), I always felt encouraged to reach beyond my comfort zone and try to accomplish more without ever feeling unsafe. He’s very thoughtful, always enthusiastic, and surprisingly personable for a White Sox fan.


Annie O.
Ultimate Wilderness
2012

We had the most amazing trip of our entire life. It was perfect…the itinerary, the lodges, great activities, amazing river. Leo’s aloha spirit made the trip. I’ve never been so relaxed in my life.


C. Kubota
Multi-Sport Package Trip
2003

Happy Clients Raft with Copper Oar!

  • Everyone should have the opportunity to see and do what we did. I highly recommend Copper Oar! This was a trip of a lifetime.

    Susan H, Nizina Fly & Hike, 2006

Contact Us!

  • Old Motherlode Powerhouse, McCarthy, AK
  • 1-800-523-4453
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