In the Wrangle Mountains, Alaska

[fintan99701]

Went on a road trip last weekend and came across the Skookum Volcano about 38 miles into the Wrangle Mountains in Wrangle St. Elias National Park. I'll post pictures of our hike up to vertical face of this long extinct volcano when I have edited them, but this was the shot taken standing at our campsite.

Comments

[blueeyedangel07]

WOW, thats so awesome it makes me tingle!

I wanna go there! Wanna go back so i can find it? lol
I've slept at the base (ok, within 2 miles) of a very active volcano, now I want to climb one!

Geeez, its so pretty!

[sin_agua]

My goodness, what a fantastic - no, AWE-INSPIRING - landscape! So dramatic and stark, yet something about it makes you (me) want to climb it. What kind of elevation are we talking about?

[fintan99701]

The park information brochure said we started at 2,500' and climbed to almost 6,000 in 2.5 miles. It was quite a climb for two guys in their mid 50's.

[sin_agua]

Wow. I'm in my late 30's and couldn't do that. Bravo.