AK Roadtrip Part 3: Wrangell-St. Elias

[glacier_kitty]

Moose!





The Copper or Chitna River

Fish wheels for subsistence living



Old railroad bridge





Another one

Stairway Icefall. It's one of the biggest icefalls in the world



Kennicott River



The glaciers covered with lots of dirt. People kept thinking it was mine tailings haha

Our view from our hotel room



Old buildings from mining copper at Kennecott



Huge glacial erratic. It was made out of 3 different things which made it really rare



Root Glacier's on the bottom of the pic and the darker strip of moraine is Kennicott Glacier

Root Glacier's medial moraine

Mt. Blackburn















Moulin



The icefall is still 7 miles away







This pool is 250 feet deep

Someone lost a pole in there







Rock glacier







Ice climbers

Little lake on the glacier

Something got on the lens. Fail



Waterfall land

Glacier hugger :D















Birdie

Rafting time

Fireweed Mountain





The confluence of the Kennicott and Nizina rivers





Moose tracks

Bear and moose tracks. We think the bear was tracking the moose





Nizina Canyon

There was a fire there last year

Interesting tree bark

Old trapper's cabin



Our plane coming in



















Nizina Canyon





Kennicott (?) Glacier and Stairway Icefall :D

Pool on the moraine

SWEET

ijkhguydrs MORAINES *drooools*

Kennicott on the left and Root on the right. So awesome







Oh yeaaah









Kennecott





Fireweed

Funny old ads haha (the hotel had lots of historical stuff on the walls)















I think these were for tram cars going up the mountain

In the wooden building on the hill. I think the guide said it's the tallest wooden structure in the world (14 stories)





A good view of the glaciers up there





There was a bird's nest in there

Barrel thingy for copper





Reflections in Summit Lake









Stephanie took this awesome pic of Black Rapids Glacier

The old Black Rapids Lodge the glacier almost destroyed

New and old lodge



This pic at Rika's Roadhouse is of the lodge and the glacier! I've so been wanting to see a pic like that

Comments

[fvck.livejournal.com]

That first picture is absolutely GORGEOUS. :D
Alaska is so beautiful! I'm jealous that you're within driving distance of this stuff, haha.
Also, that pool looks terrifying. O_O Freezing hellish death by drowning, much?
Also also, you're an adorable glacier hugger. XD
Also also also, such fantastic aerial views. This post made me happyyyyy ^__^
*goes to look at parts 1 &2, which i missed*

[38.livejournal.com]

Pretty photos <3

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

How absolutely beautiful. I will never get over how gorgeous Alaska is...it has got to be one of the most beautiful states in the US.

It's soo weird seeing ice and snow in July! Haha. I really like that picture that Stephanie took of Black Rapids Glacier, too. I also like the pools...they're really blue. Summit Lake also looks gorgeous! And of course the moose tracks and bear tracks are very cool.

Yay, awesome photos all around!