Mount Drum (12, 010 feet peak rising out of the Wrangell Mountains)
Sandy, Ken, Nate, Danielle, Rochelle, and Jon in front of Mount Drum
Trans Alaska pipeline
Rochelle and Jon with the Trans Alaska pipeline in the background
View of the Wrangell Mountains from the Glenn Highway
Once through Thompson Pass, we entered into the low-lying black spruce forests. Throughout this stretch we caught glimpses here and there of the Trans Alaska pipeline, which runs from Prudhoe Bay (on the Arctic Ocean) all the way down to Valdez (on Prince William Sound). The oil runs through the pipes for a total of 800 miles.
As we neared the town of Glennallen, we also took in views of the Wrangell Mountains, including four main peaks: Mount Sanford, Mount Drum, Mount Wrangell, and Mount Blackburn. Mount Wrangell is the largest active volcano in Alaska, standing at 14, 163 feet.
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