Alaska Backpacking & Base Camp Trips
Pangaea Adventures organizes backpacking and base camp adventures in both Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Chugach Mountains of Prince William Sound. Both areas offer some of the most spectacular backpacking regions in the US.
Point to Point Backpacking – Trips where you will carry a full backpack and enjoy a new camp each night.
Base Camp Trips – Great if you want to experience fabulous hikes, but don’t want to carry a heavy backpack.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
The largest unit in the National Park System, Wrangell-St. Elias includes the continent’s largest assemblage of glaciers, and greatest collection of peaks above 16,000 feet on the North American continent.
The Chugach Mountains
The Chugach Mountains surround Prince William Sound. The range is about 300 miles long and 60 miles wide, with it’s base at sea level and it’s highest point being Mount Marcus Baker, at 13,176 feet. The Chugach Mountains receive more snow than any other range in Alaska with an annual average of over 600 inches.
