Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

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Wildland Fire in the Park

There is a lightning caused fire burning about 13 miles SW of the Kennecott-McCarthy area of the park. Smokey conditions exist but the McCarthy Road is OPEN!
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Largest National Park in the United States

The Alaska, Chugach and Wrangell-Saint Elias ranges converge in what is referred to as the "mountain kingdom of North America." This spectacular wilderness includes the continent's largest assemblage of glaciers, and the greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet, including Mount St. Elias (18,008'), the second highest peak in the United States.

What's So Special About Wrangell-St. Elias?

What's So Special About This Place?

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve is a world treasure. Click here to begin your discovery of the many wonders of this special area.
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Into The Backcountry

Wrangell-St. Elias provides opportunities for lifetimes of backcountry exploration. Hike its mountains, float its rivers, ski its glaciers, or fly over this landscape and you witness living geology. You sense discovery, the feeling you might be the first to see such sights.
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Nature and Science

Birds, Bears, Bugs, Fish, Volcanoes, Glaciers, Plants, Research
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Subsistence

Subsistence fishing and hunting is part of the fabric of rural Alaskan lifestyles. When the U.S. Congress established Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in 1980, it recognized the important connection between rural Alaskans and the land in allowing them a continued opportunity for subsistence hunting, fishing, and gathering in the park.
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Write to

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
PO Box 439
Copper Center, AK 99573

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Phone

Park Headquarters
(907) 822-5234

Fax

(907) 822-7216

Climate

Wrangell-St. Elias has an interior continental climate characterized by long, extremely cold winters, and warm, relatively dry summers.
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