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Kennicott Wilderness Guides
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    • Half-Day Glacier Hike
    • Full-Day Glacier Hike
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    • Donoho Lakes Hike
    • Alpine Hikes
    • Glacier’s Edge Hike
  • Ice Climbing
    • Overview
    • Full-Day Ice Climb
    • Ice Explorer Climb & Hike
  • Packrafting
    • Overview
    • No Experience Needed
    • Glacier Lake Packraft
    • Hike and Packraft
    • Nizina Lake Fly-In
    • Packraft Course Level 1
    • Packraft Rentals
    • Experience Required
    • McCarthy Creek to Kennicott River (CL II+)
    • Nizina River (CL II+)
    • Lakina Traverse (CL III)
    • Up & Over (CL III)
    • Packraft Course Level 2
  • Backcountry
    • Overview
    • Basecamping
    • Backpacking Loops
    • Backpacking Point-to-Point
    • Backcountry Packrafting
  • Package Trips
    • Overview
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    • Transportation, Lodging and Adventure Package
  • Planning
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Half Day Hike

Full Day Hike

Donoho Lakes Hike

Donoho Lakes Hike with Kennicott Wilderness Guides
Donoho Lakes Hike with Kennicott Wilderness Guides

Fly-in Hikes

Fly-in Hikes
Fly-in Hikes
Fly-in Hikes
Fly-in Hikes

Glacier’s Edge Hike

Glacier's Edge Hike

Ultra-Endurance Hikes

Bonanza or Jumbo Mines Hikes

Bonanza or Jumbo Mines Hikes

Erie Mine Hike

Erie Mine Hike
Erie Mine Hike
Person hiking with Erie Mine in the background
Erie Mine Hike
Erie Mine Hike

Advanced Climbing Skills Seminar

Full Day Ice Climb

full day ice climbing
full day ice climbing
full day ice climbing

Ice Explorer Climb & Hike

ice explorer climb and hike
ice explorer climb and hike

Forever Alpine Backpacking

Guide’s Choice Backpacking

Ridges, Rock Glaciers, and Rivers Backpacking

Root Glacier Backpacking

Root Glacier
Root Glacier

Shoulders of the Giants Backpacking

Shoulders of the Giants

The Classic Hike Back

classic hike back

The Ultra Classic Hike Back

Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems

Nikolai Pass

Nizina Glacier

Nizina Glacier

Skolai Pass

Steamboat Hills

The Fosse

The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse
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The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse
The Fosse

Lakina Packraft Traverse

Packrafting Courses

Skolai to Nizina

Full Day Packrafting

Local Rivers Day

local rivers day

Half Day Packrafting

Packrafting Race

Packrafting Race
Packrafting Race
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Leading adventure trips in the heart of Wrangell – St. Elias National Park

Our day tours include hiking, ice climbing, and pack rafting. Our multi-day trips allow you to get deep into the national park to truly experience this vast wilderness. We offer fly-in backpacking trips, basecamping, and pack rafting multi-day trips.

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Hiking

Hiking Overview
Half-Day Glacier Hike
Full-Day Glacier Hike
Fly-in Hikes
Ice Explorer Climb & Hike
Donoho Lakes Hike
Alpine Hikes
Glacier’s Edge Hike

Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing Overview
Full-Day Ice Climb
Ice Explorer Climb & Hike

Packrafting

Packrafting Overview
Glacier Lake Packraft
Hike and Packraft
Nizina Lake Fly-In
Packraft Course Level 1
McCarthy Creek to Kennicott River (CL II+)
Nizina River (CL II+)
Lakina Traverse (CL III)
Up & Over (CL III)
Packraft Course Level 2
Packraft Rentals

Backcountry

Backcountry Overview
Basecamping
Backpacking Loops
Backpacking Point-to-Point
Backcountry Packrafting

Package Trips

Package Trips Overview
Two Day Package
Three Day Package
Five Day Package
Transportation, Lodging and Adventure Package

Planning

Planning Overview
Getting Here
FAQs
COVID Policy
Deposit & Cancellation Policy
Packing Lists
Lodging Partners
Kennicott-McCarthy Area
Wrangell-St. Elias NP

About

Our Approach
Our Guides

Contact Details

Toll Free:
1-800-664-4537

Summer Office:

907-554-4444

Email:
mail@kennicottguides.com

Connect With Us

  • Follow
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Hiking

Hiking Overview
Half-Day Glacier Hike
Full-Day Glacier Hike
Fly-in Hikes
Ice Explorer Climb & Hike
Donoho Lakes Hike
Alpine Hikes
Glacier’s Edge Hike

Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing Overview
Full-Day Ice Climb
Ice Explorer Climb & Hike

Packrafting

Packrafting Overview
Glacier Lake Packraft
Hike and Packraft
Nizina Lake Fly-In
Packraft Course Level 1
McCarthy Creek to Kennicott River (CL II+)
Nizina River (CL II+)
Lakina Traverse (CL III)
Up & Over (CL III)
Packraft Course Level 2
Packraft Rentals

Backcountry

Backcountry Overview
Basecamping
Backpacking Loops
Backpacking Point-to-Point
Backcountry Packrafting

Package Trips

Package Trips Overview
Two Day Package
Three Day Package
Five Day Package
Transportation, Lodging and Adventure Package

Planning

Planning Overview
Getting Here
FAQs
COVID Policy
Deposit & Cancellation Policy
Packing Lists
Lodging Partners
Kennicott-McCarthy Area
Wrangell-St. Elias NP

About

Our Approach
Our Guides

© 2022 Kennicott Wilderness Guides LLC | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. All rights reserved.
Photography generously provided by Gabriel Rovick and Carson Davis Brown.

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EASY
Good walking surfaces, 4-5 hours of activity. No experience necessary.

MEDIUM
Uneven walking surfaces, 4-8 hours of activity. No experience necessary.

HARD
Uneven walking surfaces, elevation gain/loss, challenging terrain, 5-8+ hours of activity. Experience recommended.

ADVANCED
Commiting backpacking routes, considerable elevation gain/loss, long sections of challenging terrain, 5-8+ hours of activity. Experience highly recommended.

EXPERT
Extremely committing backpacking routes, considerable elevation gain/loss, long sections of challenging and potentially hazardous terrain, 6-10+ hours of activity. Experience required.