WRANGELL-ST. ELIAS National Park

Monday, June 01, 2009

Slana to Valdez

Here I am again at 11:00 trying to blog! No wonder you see mistakes. I just have to learn how to go to sleep while it is still light.

We had intended to stay in Slana for to nights but decided independently (and then together) that we would rather move on to Valdez. That is pronounced Val-deez. The highlights of the day were the tremendous peaks of Wrangell St. Elias National Park.
There are eleven or thirteen peaks over 16000 ft high and at least 2 that are over 19000 ft high. I can hardly imagine how Denali could be more impressive than these peaks. This is the kind of area that you should spend three or four days in rather than just passing through as we did. It reminds me of a young Yosemite. The Wt. Elias peaks are old volcanoes while the Wrangell peaks are young mountains still growing.