Day 11 McCarthy:Kennicott:Root Glacier

Deep in the rugged heart of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park lies an abandoned empire frozen in time: the Kennecott Copper Mine. In this video, we journey down the infamous, bone-rattling McCarthy Road to explore the looming, 14-story red wooden mill building—once the center of an operation that extracted over 200 million dollars worth of incredibly pure copper before the entire town was abruptly deserted in 1938, leaving behind a literal ghost town. But the adventure doesn't stop at the historic ruins; we strap on our crampons and hike out onto the massive, flowing ice of the Root Glacier, navigating past deep blue pools, rushing moulins (glacial sinkholes), and the sheer, towering presence of the surrounding Chugach Mountains. Hit that subscribe button and join us as we uncover the incredible history of America's largest national park, walk where a massive fortune was pulled from the earth, and experience the raw power of Alaska's wild backcountry!