Wrangell Mountains Snow Beauty

January 27, 2022

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A stunning aerial view of the snow-covered northern Wrangell Mountains under a partly cloudy blue sky. The Wrangell Mountains are a high mountain range of eastern Alaska with much of it in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.

The Wrangell Mountains are almost entirely volcanic in origin that include the second and third highest volcanoes in the United States, Mount Blackburn and Mount Sanford. The Wrangell Mountains comprise most of the Wrangell Volcanic Field, which also extends into the neighboring Saint Elias Mountains and the Yukon Territory in Canada.

The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a majestic scenic experience ... magnified by splendid isolation. It is the largest U.S. national park that equals six Yellowstones ... with peaks upon peaks and glaciers after glaciers. Follow any braided river or stream to its source and you will find either a receding, advancing, or tidewater glacier. The park also lets you sample representative Alaska wildlife and historic mining sites. Hike its mountains, float its rivers, ski its glaciers, or fly over this landscape and you witness living geology.

Image created by USA Patriotism! from U.S. National Park Service photo by Matt Yarbrough.