Wrangell St. Elias National Park

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.

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Why this one matters

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.

Hannah's take

Many years ago, young and fearless, walking out onto the glacier alone with no guide and no rope. Not something to repeat. But the desolation was absolute. Not another soul in sight, just meltwater streams running past, and that dreamlike feeling Alaska always gives. The last frontier, for real.

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