Q 01/05

The Copper River, the western boundary of Wrangell-St. Elias, is famous among chefs for its runs of which fish?

A) Sturgeon

B) Salmon

C) Arctic char

D) Northern pike

Answer · why

B) Salmon

Salmon from the Copper River are prized for their rich fat content and are usually the first caught commercially in Alaska each year; they fetch a hig...

Q 02/05

Wrangell-St. Elias holds which record among all U.S. national parks?

A) Greatest age

B) Greatest area

C) Greatest visitation

D) Greatest elevation

Answer · why

B) Greatest area

Greatest area: its 13.2 million acres match Yellowstone, Yosemite and Switzerland combined, room enough for four mountain ranges and nine of the sixte...

Q 03/05

Beyond the two gravel roads into Wrangell-St. Elias, which transport do backcountry hikers usually hire to reach remote valleys?

A) Dog-sled teams

B) River ferries

C) Air taxis

D) Pack-horse trains

Answer · why

C) Air taxis

Air taxis are the usual way in because the backcountry has no maintained trails, so small planes set hikers down on remote airstrips scattered around ...

Q 04/05

Mount St. Elias, the high point of Wrangell-St. Elias, is the second-tallest peak in the United States behind which mountain?

A) Mount Whitney

B) Mount Rainier

C) Denali

D) Mount Foraker

Answer · why

C) Denali

Denali is about 2,300 feet taller, but Mount St. Elias climbs its full 18,008 feet within about ten miles of the sea, one of the greatest vertical rel...

Q 05/05

Which peak rises just across the Canadian border from Wrangell-St. Elias and sends ice down into the park?

A) Mount Logan

B) Mount Robson

C) Mount Waddington

D) Mount Columbia

Answer · why

A) Mount Logan

Mount Logan, the second-tallest peak in North America, feeds a glacier that flows for more than 75 miles and crosses the border before breaking off in...