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Guide To The Wrangell Volcanoes

Wrangell Volcanoes
High snow covered summits of the western Wrangell Mountains.
 
Guide to the Wrangell Volcanoes

Guide to the Volcanoes of the Western Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

Magnificent, breathtaking views of snow-covered Wrangell Mountain peaks await every visitor to this part of Alaska. Mount Wrangell itself, a massive shield-shaped volcano and namesake of the range, still signals its active presence with steam plumes, while nearby, Mounts Sanford, Drum, and Blackburn lie dormant.

Knowing that these large mountains are volcanoes provokes many intriguing questions: When did they last erupt? How tall are they? Will they erupt again? These are some of the questions answered in this guidebook.

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Full color publication with all images and graphics.
30 pages. 8 mb PDF format

Did You Know?

Dora Keen and friend

Battling snowstorms during most of her 33-day climb, team leader Dora Keen, along with team member George Handy, was the first to summit 16,390’ Mt. Blackburn.  A famous 1912 Saturday Evening Post article, entitled “First Up Mount Blackburn”, was written by Keen shortly following her amazing feat.