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Root Glacier Trail

Root Glacier Trail is a roughly 4-mile out-and-back foot trail in Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska. Difficulty: moderate, from Trailbound's popular-hike list. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 2.94 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone.

• 2 mione way
• 4 miround trip
• 2.94 mimapped segment only
• 2,181 fthigh point
• Moderatedifficulty

Plan this hike

Open Root Glacier Trail on Trailbound's interactive map to see the full route, the elevation profile, today's forecast and any park alerts for Wrangell–St. Elias. Wrangell–St. Elias has permits or reservations for some areas: see the Wrangell–St. Elias page for what's needed.

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