Guided Alaska Hiking and Backpacking Adventures - McCarthy Alaska

This 6 day trip has so much to offer. It's a high country route perched far above the Chitistone river with simply amazing views all around. The icing on the cake is the abundance of fossils in the area and not just  a few if we're lucky, but a LOT of them.

There is a lot of flexibility with this route. We fly into Wolverine Mountain and spend a day checking out all the fossilts up the ridge before heading out to the Grotto Creek area. From there we can base camp and explore the region or continue on and do a circumnavigation of the mesa. Either way we end up back at Wolverine for the pickup. Your guide will work out the final itinerary with the group.

This route offers some challenges without being over the top. It's a real favorite with the guides.

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This trip presents the rare opportunity to hike directly beneath the shadow of the giants of the Wrangells - Mt. Sanford, Wrangell, Zanetti and Drum! If the weather gods cooperate you are sure to come home with some trophy photos in this incomparable setting.

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Owner Greg Fensterman is the author of Hiking Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park published by Falcon Guides. So when we say that nobody has a more in-depth knowledge of the backcountry of Wrangell-St. Elias it’s not an empty boast. Oh… and the book doesn’t give away all the park’s secrets by a long shot. We know lots of great spots not included. We have been taking people into the deep backcountry for 20 years so we know this country like nobody else.