Though Drum is the smallest of the Wrangell Mountains, its aesthetic shape and full climbing … Highlights. Most climbed route. add a highlight! Hike Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park with REI adventures. In 1954, he established new routes on three of Alaska… Mount Drum is a stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains of east-central Alaska in the United States. I spent my day in Saba hiking to the top of Mount Scenery from the village of Windwardside. It lies just inside the western boundary of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve and is 25mi east of the Copper River. Only one of seven climbing rangers surveyed is employed all year. Photograph by D. Richter, U.S. Geological Survey, August 1981. Mountaineering Club of Alaska. ... Mount Drum. Vitus Bering became the first official European discoverer of Snow, Ice, and Rock on One of the Tallest Peaks in the North Cascades. ... (16,237’), Mount Wrangell (14,163’), Mount Blackburn (16,390’) and Mount Drum (12,010’) rise up from the surrounding plateau. He went on to accomplish hundreds of first ascents on peaks throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Canada and Wyoming. Payment for Alaska rentals will be charged to the on-file credit card after your gear check, including a $50 security deposit per item. Mount Drum, 3,661 m (12,011 ft) high, is the westernmost volcano in the Wrangell volcanic field, and is visible to the right on the skyline. It is a tough hike, with few switchbacks or stretches of level ground. Within these mountain ranges are countless glaciers, streams, and lakes. MOUNT SCENERY HIKE IN SABA. Haines borders Glacier Bay National Park. The park and the adjacent 27 million acres, including Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, comprise the largest protected wilderness area in … 12,010 ft. Mount Sulzer. 3. Tom Brigham and Game McGimsey of the U.S. Geological Survey climbing party reaching the east rim of the summit caldera on 4,766-m (15,636 ft)-high Mount Churchill, site of two of the most voluminous explosive eruptions in North America in the past 2,000 years. The 8-10 day summit attempt will include roped snow-covered glacier travel, winter tent camping and technical snow and ice climbing. The hike to the top of Mount Scenery passes through lush green jungle and climbs 1,064 steps to the top of the dormant volcano. Mount Blackburn Climbing Notes. Job description: Organize and implement search and rescues, maintain climbing equipment, patrol, build trails and keep climbers in line. This list, which is probably 95% complete or more, lists 64 peaks with 5000 feet of clean prominence in Alaska. The Copper River is in the foreground. The park is also a great destination for river rafting. This is a page from the online guidebook, 'Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond', a part of Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Please submit any useful information about climbing Mount Blackburn that may be useful to other climbers. Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing School Inc. is based in Haines, Alaska, a small town located near the top of the Inside Passage. In early June, two colleagues of mine from Northwest Outward Bound School, Trever Waage and Joel Reid, and I set off to climb the Stuart Glacier Couloir, a classic steep snow/ice and rock route on the north side of Mount Stuart, one of the tallest non-volcanic peaks in the Cascades. During the year many club members climbed on non-club sponsored trips in the Chugach, Talkeetna, Wrangell, Alaska, and Kenai Ranges. Mount Drum (12,010 feet) in the Wrangells saw two attempts this year, only one of which was successful. Notable peaks in the Wrangell Mountains include Mount Blackburn, Mount Sanford, Mount Wrangell, the Atna Peaks, Mount Drum, and Castle Peak. THE CHALLENGE. Climbing Ranger . June 19th, 2008, I landed in Adak, Alaska. Very remote with amazing Alaska hiking and backpacking opportunities. 3rd highest volcano in the United States behind Mount Bona and Mount Blackburn. The south face at the head of the Sanford Glacier is one of the steepest slopes in North America, rising 8,000 ft in 1 mile. Search. Alaska : a climbing guide. It is located at the extreme western end of the Wrangells, 18mi west-southwest of Mount Sanford and the same distance west-northwest of Mount Wrangell. 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