Glacier
Adventure Day Trip
Full Package:
$319.00 per person (+ federal excise tax)
Kennicott History Tour $279 per person
Day Trip w/fligth but without guide or lunch $229 per person
Round
trip flight without guide or lunch: $213 per person (+ federal excise tax)
(Originates
at Chitina Airport)
Meet us at the Chitina Airport and
take a spectacular flight through Wrangell-St. Elias National
Park. See the major peaks of both the Wrangell and St. Elias
mountain ranges, Kennicott, Root and Gates Glaciers, Stairway
Icefall, Erie Mine, Kennicott and McCarthy.
 Join
your guide on Main Street in Kennicott for a half day hike on the Root Glacier with sack lunch included. A moderate
hike takes you to the Root Glacier where you will strap
on crampons and step onto a undulating blue river of ice.
Along the way your guide will explain the natural history
of the area, including wildflowers, geology and the effects
glaciers have had upon the landscape. Strap on your crampons
and take your first steps onto the otherworldly terrain
of an Alaskan glacier. Hike out across the ice as far as
you can, discovering the many different features on the
surface of the glacier: crevasses, moulons and perhaps even
an ice cave. The color and beauty of these features will
astound you.
As an option we offer a Kennicott History Tour which includes a 2.5 hour guided tour of Kennicott and lunch at Kennicott Glacier Lodge and van transfers.
Hop
the shuttle to the frontier town of McCarthy to visit the
local museum and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of an Alaskan
bush community. Explore the historic town built in the early
part of the century. Enjoy the scenic flight back departing
at 5:00 pm.
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Tour
includes:
- Two
30 minute scenic flights from Chitina to McCarthy
- Guided
half day glacier hike (approx 5 hours) with sack
lunch included.
- Optional
full Kennicott Historic Town Tour with lunch at
Kennicott Lodge
- Van
shuttles to Kennicott and McCarthy
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Departs |
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Arrives |
| Chitina |
9:05am |
McCarthy |
9:40am |
| McCarthy |
5:00pm |
Chitina
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5:30pm |
Note: Bring a camera, warm clothes, rain jacket or umbrella,
and comfortable boots or shoes you can hike in. The glacier
hike requires that you be able to walk on relatively level
ground for 5 miles. We welcome you to photograph from the
airplane.
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