
★ Experiences
Athabasca Glacier
Worth making time for
Wrangell St. Elias is America's largest national park, and the Root Glacier sits two miles by trail from the preserved copper mining town of Kennecott. Guided hikes cross blue pools, waterfalls, and moulins on the ice. Lodges and guided hikes run roughly late May to mid September.

Solitude is the point: America's largest national park sees few visitors, and you may have the Root Glacier's blue pools and moulins entirely to yourself, a short trail from a preserved copper mining town.