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6 Day Skolai Pass to Wolverine Plateau Fly-In Backpack



TRIP DETAILS

Length:  6 Days
Difficulty:  Medium - adventurous people in good condition
Dates:  June to September
Price:  $2628pp, Two Person Minimum


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St. Elias Guides

Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park

TRIP LOGISTICS
TRIP ITINERARY
EQUIPMENT LIST

6 Day Skolai Pass to Wolverine Plateau Fly-In Backpack : Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska

A classic Alaska backpacking journey. Fly to the remote Skolai Pass and hike the historic Goat Trail, mountain ridges, challenging traverses, and into pristine valleys.  

Tour Activities

    • -Guided Backpacking
    • -Hiking
    • -Scenic Flights
    • -Camping
Trip Length
  • 6-Days, 5-Nights

Price Includes

  • -Meals Listed in Itinerary
  • -Instruction
  • -Group camping gear
  • -Tents & Sleeping Kit
  • -Guide Services
  • -Bush Flights
  • -Park Fees
  • -Van Transportation
   

Difficulty

  • Moderate - Strenuous

Sample Day By Day Itinerary - 6 Day Skolai to Wolverine Backpack

Backpack Wrangell-St. Elias National Park - Small groups and private trips!
Incredibly scenic flights in a small plane to McCarthy, and then on to Skolai Pass start an incredible journey. Enjoy hiking above treeline on the alpine tundra through a sweeping valley amidst lofty peeks and flowing ice. Great views of Mt. Bona and various glaciers. Expect some scree crossing and tundra hiking. We consider this trip to be moderately strenuous and you should plan to carry 40 pound loads for up to 5 miles each day. A flight brings us back out to McCarthy for the flight and drive back to Valdez.   Day 1- Meet in Valdez. We suggest getting to town the day before departure. We spend an hour or so reviewing gear and packing the backpacks. We then drive (2 hours) to Chitina on the western edge of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, whence we'll catch a scenic flight to the historic town of McCarthy to catch another bush flight even deeper into the park. After being dropped off, we take a short hike to set our first camp. (Lunch) (Dinner)   Day 2 - 5 - Holster your pack for 4 days of hiking up over Chitistone Pass and down the revered Goat Trail. While there is a distinct path in some areas remaining from the gold rush days, the path is not always visible. They call it the Goat Trail because it is mostly maintained by goats! Enjoy tundra hiking and grand views of crazy geologic features and possibly Dall Sheep, caribou, grizzly bear, or even wolverine. There is one exposed section of scree and a couple stream crossings, but otherwise this is a straight forward beauty of a hike. (Breakfast) (Lunch) (Dinner)   Day 6 - We usually enjoy a relaxing morning taking in the last bit of rugged scenery before the flight back to McCarthy. We may even have some time to explore town before the flight back to Chitina and victorious van ride back to Valdez. (Breakfast) (Lunch)  
 

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   What Our Clients Say


I cannot think of grand enough words to describe the vacation you arranged for us. Alaska was absolutely beautiful and the plans you made allowed us to enjoy its full splendor. I hated to leave at the end of the journey. I felt as though I was leaving good friends behind. What a glorious trip!


B. Smith
Grand Alaska Adventure
2000

B. SmithGrand Alaska Adventure, 2000

A fantastic experience — wild Alaska at its best.


Noeleen F.
Root Glacier Hike
2014

Noeleen FRoot Glacier Hike 2014
Everyone should have the opportunity to see and do what we did. I highly recommend Copper Oar! This was a trip of a lifetime.


Susan H.
Nizina River Raft, Hike & Fly
2006

Susan H - Nizina River Raft, Hike & Fly, 2006

Our guides were awesome! They are so personable and friendly. We wish they could be our guides all over Alaska!


Margaret S.
Root Glacier Hike
2014

Margaret SRoot Glacier Hike 2014

The Nizina trip was wonderful, as was the Glacier Climbing. […] Thank you again for a fabulous experience. You, Carleton, Jules and the entire group are just great.


M. Chodos
Nizina River Raft, Hike & Fly
2007

M. Chodos

Having never spent a full night in a tent before, you’d imagine it a big task for me to flawlessly enjoy my first experience, particularly in such a remote place. Such was the level of service and comprehensive provision of equipment that I traveled with only hand luggage. Our trip was tailored before and during the trip as we wanted to encompass all in the trip description, as well as mushrooming, hiking a rockslide, an extended period of time on the glacier, time to do our own walking, and dressing up as pirates. It really was a lifetime experience, and if I never find myself returning to the area, I can rest content having seen as much as I could in a week and in the best possible way.


Kyle S.
Grand Alaska Adventure
2010

Kyle S.Grand Alaska Adventure, 2010

It was all I expected and more. … Andy and Gaia were both super friendly and informative, and if all of the staff is just as awesome I would expect all of your trips to be just as great. You will see me again in the future!


Nick T.
Nizina Canyon Raft & Flightsee
2014

Nick TNizina Canyon Raft & Flightsee 2014

Jason and Kirk were outstanding guides. They were experienced adventurers and were patient leaders on our beautiful kayak trip. They were also very knowledgeable about the ecology of the area.


Tammy M.
Kennicott Glacier Kayaking
2014

Tammy MKennicott Glacier Kayaking 2014

Our family of 4 (kids aged 8 and 11) did a 3day/2night wilderness rafting trip with Copper Oar that was fantastic. Top notch all the way. We’ve done multiday rafting trips in Utah and Idaho before and the trip we took in Alaska compared very well to those trips and had a completely diffferent feel to it.

Well worth the money. We started by flying in a bush plane from Chitina to McCarthy and an overnight in McCarthy (which was a great experience in itself! Loved the amazing tasting menu restaurant there!) We put in in McCarthy just down river from the Kennicott glacier and ended up in Chitina after 3 days on the river. We didn’t see a single person the whole time, just a bear, a couple of moose and lots of bald eagles. Great bouncy water the first day then smooth floats the second and third day and the water volume increased and the river bed spread out.

We camped at two different spots on the river and were fed great meals by our guides Jules and Dale. Oddly enough, the camping was one of the highlights. It was so serene to be out in the middle of nowhere watching the sun set (sort of) and the rise (again, sort of) with craggy mountains and huge vistas all around us. We had fun spotting bear tracks (black and brown) and moose tracks. The gear provided to us was great and handled the cold nights well — I never felt cold.

Our kids LOVED the whole experience and we’d all go back in a heartbeat and do another trip with Copper Oar. The rafting was a wonderful way to get away from everybody else and experience Alaska in a very intimate and awe inspiring way.


Nicola W.
Alaska River Journey
2010

Nicola W.Alaska River Journey, 2010

What an amazing experience, life changing too. Let’s start with our guides – where do you find these Supermen/women? We’ll never forget our first meeting with Lucas, beaming enthusiastically from the airstrip. He’s just such a great guy and a great guide and we heard the same compliment from a lot of other people too. He looked after us and worked so hard to ensure that we had a good time. We always felt safe with him, enabling us challenge ourselves and really get the most out of our trip.


Lisa & Eamonn F.
Multi-Sport Package
2012

Lisa and Eamonn FMulti-sport 2012

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