America's largest National Park. Greatest concentration of glaciers in North America. Greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet. The Adventurer's Park!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the team at Wrangell-St. Elias! Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy season with family and friends!
Photo: NPS/Small tree decorated with Junior Ranger badges, and ornaments of the NPS and DOI logos.
@jenniesea4 Hello @Jenniesea4, Many visitors take the shuttle from Glennallen, Copper Center, Kenny Lake and Chitina (https://t.co/YzR3SxerN7), but there are a few local rental car companies that allow driving on gravel roads in Alaska. -- Do an internet browser search such as, 'rent a 1/2
@jenniesea4 wreck in anchorage'. Feel free to email the park at [email protected] for trip-planning assistance and visit our website at: https://t.co/L0rNnIFSLQ 2/2
@TrctrDrvngChamp permitted into public buildings in the park, except for service guide dogs accompanying visually impaired or hearing impaired persons. 3/3
@TrctrDrvngChamp Hi, the dog policy at Wrangell-St. Elias NPP is on our website at: https://t.co/Q44i07af1o --§36 CFR 2.15 Pet Regulations: Dogs are allowed on trails and in the backcountry, but they must be properly controlled at all times on leash. Please note that dogs must be on a leash 1/3
@TrctrDrvngChamp while in the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark area and on the immediate grounds around the contact stations, including the Headquarters Visitor Center at Copper Center and the Boreal Forest Trail, the Chitina Ranger Station and the Slana Ranger Station. Pets are not 2/3
For updates, park information, subsistence and safety, visit the park website News Releases page: https://t.co/gBW70wKxIr
Photo: NPS/Townsend/Wrangell-St. Elias Visitor Center in Copper Center.
Did you know the boreal forest is the largest terrestrial biome in the world, circling the Earth's Northern Hemisphere like a jeweled crown. Learn more at: https://t.co/SqlrmJ2mNH
Photo: NPS/Interpretive wayside showing forest trees, plants and animals.
Who were the first women rangers in the National Park Service? Esther Brazell at Wind Cave in 1916 and Clare Marie Hodges at Yosemite National Park in 1918. Learn more at: https://t.co/p5oNDJhem5
Photo: NPS/Claire Hodges in uniform on horseback at Yosemite.
Butterfly’s beauty,
Forever moving pollen,
Bright like the hot sun.
What’s the best haiku you can give for this photo?
Photo: NPS/Alice Serovy/Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly collecting pollen from flowers.
Another recent YCC adventure included hiking down the Klutina River Trail to learn about river corridor ecosystems and water safety. Learn more about the YCC at: https://t.co/7Bi7OaqSEE
Photo: NPS/William Savok/YCC crew at the Klutina River interpretive wayside.
For information about what to see and where to go at Wrangell-St. Elias, download the park visitor guide for trip-planning! https://t.co/KXTvo4jxY4
Photo collage by Ranger Cayla Canady with the park map and images in the park.
Wrangell-St. Elias is so vast, where will be your next visit in the park? On the photo collage of different places in the park, made by Ranger Cayla Canady, can you find the moose tracks?
Wrangell-St. Elias warns visitors of collapsing ground near Bonanza Mine in Kennecott Mines NHL. See news release for more details: https://t.co/PCgQ8SN4Fm
Photo: NPS/Map of Bonanza Mine showing old structures in yellow and crosshatch where ground collapse could occur.
Kennecott past or present? Do you have a black and white then and now photograph to share?
Photo courtesy of Mark Cosson, NPS Maintenance at Wrangell-St. Elias /Vintage car next to the Kennecott train depot.
HAPPY Summer Solstice! Enjoy the longest day of the year!
Photo: NPS/View of the sun over the Pacific Ocean from Yakutat, along the coastal part of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Did you know Kennecott Mines is a National Historic Landmark and it is one of the areas featured in the National Historic Landmarks of Alaska Coloring Book. Download your copy and get to coloring!
https://t.co/HHwFgnbKd7
The fungus are among us! Rosy Goblet, Microstoma protractum, a tiny cup fungus, is now emerging from a long winter!
Photo: NPS/Townsend/Red goblet-shaped fungi growing in the grass.
Get outside, get some exercise and ride your bicycle in a national park! Visit the park website for where to go: https://t.co/5g2GDGzcuD
Photo: NPS/View of a bike's handle bars and the Nabesna Road ahead.
When the wildflowers are live, Summer has arrived at Wrangell-St. Elias! Check out more wildflowers on the park website: https://t.co/rCUeFE91MW
Photo: NPS/Marjie Lodwick/Arctic Lupine in bloom along the Copper River in Slana, Alaska.