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McColl Ridge in the middle of Wrangell - St. Elias national Park, Alaska

Alaska hiking and backpacking trip, McColl Ridge, Wrangell-St. ELias National Park:

Located in the heart of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, McColl Ridge is a wonderful place for hiking, camping, backpacking and wildlife sightings. Mountain goats and Dall sheep reside on the rocky cliff faces, and the high plateau is home to caribou, bear, wolves, coyote and a variety of birds and other animals. The high open country, typical for much of Alaska, is perfect for hiking, and it's easy to while away entire afternoons hiking and exploring, enjoying one of the park's least visited areas.

Amazing blooms of alpine wildflowers proliferate here, more so than anywhere else in the entire park, and possibly most of interior Alaska: lupines, shooting stars, forget-me-nots, louseworts and countless others are found all along the ridgeline. The blooms vary yer to year, and always offer an array of color. This guided trip is one of the easier walks in Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Clouded Sulfur, butterfly, feeding on lousewort, MCColl Ridge, Wrangell - St. Elias NP, Alaska

The broad open spaces surrounding McColl Ridge offer easy hiking and great views of many of the larger mountains in Alaska, Mts Blackburn, Logan, St. Elias, Churchill and Bona are all visible on a clear day. Nowhere else is the enormous scale of the park so evident as from this lonely massif.

Trip dates: Recommended Times: June - July and the first week of August.
Difficulty: Easy
Trip Highlights: Bears, sheep, glacial moraines and mountain views.

A combination of basecamping, hiking and backpacking, this trip is perfect for those more interested in a vacation than an arduous hike. We fly in a small Alaskan bush plane up to the ridge, set up a base camp, and explore the surrounding area. We will backpack to the far end of the ridge, set up camp again, and explore that region and it's vast open plateaus. A unique and interesting trip to a region of the park few people visit, this one is not to be missed.

"Carl is an outstanding guide, his knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness, backpacking and photography is comprehensive. I've taken many backpacking trips in my life and my hiking trip with Carl was by far the best."-- Brian Mitchell, Atlanta, GA.

I can recommend Carl very highly. He has a passion for Alaska and its land and wildlife that comes through in everything he does. He is knowledgeable about the geography and geological history of the land, so he has much to share as you explore. He is friendly, playful, and has a good sense of humor. I felt completely safe when he was my guide, despite being in unfamiliar places with no modern conveniences that I was used to.

Alaskan Alpine treks are very client-oriented. Carl will go with whatever is of most interest to his client at the particular time. Carl will suggest and recommend, but will not impose his own wishes." -- Paul Steinberg, New York City, New York.

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