Next we drove to Kennicott, a former
mining town located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. There are
extensive ruins from the copper mining operation. Those are
not mine
tailings beyond the mine buildings; that's actually the Kennicott
Glacier, which is covered by dirt and gravel. There's ice beneath a
coating that ranges from 2 inches to 2 feet thick.
To get to Kennicott, you have to drive 60
miles down a railway bed converted to dirt road (my brother found a
railroad spike), walk across the Kennicott River on a footbridge, and
get a shuttle bus to Kennicott. Once there we stayed at the Kennicott
Glacier Lodge.
