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Join a rugged 5-day backpacking adventure in Alaska’s St. Elias National Park with expert guides. Discover jaw-dropping peaks, glaciers, and remote wilderness on this challenging journey.
Join a rugged 5-day backpacking adventure in Alaska’s St. Elias National Park with expert guides. Discover jaw-dropping peaks, glaciers, and remote wilderness on this challenging journey.
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Operated by St. Elias Alpine Guides · McCarthy, Alaska
challenging.
5 days.
Participants should have solid backpacking experience and be in good physical condition.
Yes, participants should have prior experience with multi-day backpacking and be prepared for challenging terrain.
Guided expeditions include expert leadership, camping gear, safety equipment, and logistical support. Participants need to bring personal clothing and essentials.
Yes, the trip includes necessary permits for accessing and camping within the national park.
Inform your guides beforehand; they can accommodate most dietary needs with prior notice.
Summer months from June to August offer the best weather and trail conditions.
This trip is tailored for experienced hikers; beginners should consider other guided tours with a lower difficulty level.
The St. Elias range has been a vital part of indigenous Alaskan culture for centuries and was later designated as a national park in 1980 to protect its unique ecosystems.
This guided trip emphasizes Leave No Trace principles to minimize impact, ensuring the beauty of the wilderness is preserved for future generations.
St. Elias Alpine Guides is a guiding company based in McCarthy, Alaska, offering guided adventures throughout Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and surrounding wilderness. The company leads a range of trips including packrafting, multi-day rafting, glacier hiking, ice climbing, fly-in hiking, and private basecamp expeditions. Popular itineraries include Doubtful–Nizina Packrafting, Tebay Lakes Basecamp Packrafting, Chitina River trips, Western Copper River rafting, Raft and Flightsee, Full-Day Glacier Hike on Root Glacier, Skolai Pass fly-in hiking, Bremner Mine basecamp hiking, and multi-day Ice Climbing and Ice Climbing Camp programs. Trips are available as scheduled group departures or fully private, customizable experiences with options for day trips and multi-day expeditions. Many itineraries accommodate families and groups; for example, Chitina River trips welcome guests ages eight and up and Western Copper River trips can include children as young as three. Several trips conclude with scenic bush plane flights or operate from remote fly-in access points. St. Elias Alpine Guides emphasizes small-group guiding, route planning, and trip customization to match client skill levels and objectives. Guides provide logistics, gear guidance, and route choices appropriate to each itinerary. Booking information lists fixed departures for some trips and private-date options for others, with clear descriptions of duration and difficulty. The company’s offerings focus on authentic wilderness experiences in McCarthy, Root Glacier, Tebay Lakes, the Copper River corridor, and surrounding Alaskan river systems. Clients can select multi-day basecamps, day hikes, guided ice-climbing instruction, or combined raft-and-flightsee itineraries to tailor pace, challenges, and family needs. Booking details and gear lists.
Book with St. Elias Alpine Guides