This national Park just came on my radar.
The description of hiking there from the NPS website is:
For many backpackers, hiring the services of a local guide will make the trip safer and more enjoyable. In general, the areas above tree line (~3,000') afford the easiest hiking and best views. These areas are often accessed by chartering a flight to one of the many possible "bush" landing strips. Note that there are many more places to land than are shown on maps.
Walking across the spruce muskeg with a pack or crossing rivers can take much more time than expected. From a distance the landscape may look like easy hiking, but place a foot in it and you quickly find out the land tests your endurance. While planning your trips, remember that there are very few actual "trails" like you may find in other national parks in the lower 48. Here you will find rugged, un-maintained routes over which you may only be able to travel a few miles in a day.
Read this : http://perpetualweekend.com/2010/02/33-days-across-wrangell-st-elias-national-park
"3 days to walk one valley"
Sounds like heaven on earth. Anybody been there?
