Beautiful and greatly varied three day -23 mile backpack loop in the Mentasta Mountains, Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Plus a couple bonus pics from the Nutzotin Mountains.
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Kids are happy to be into the alpine and to have left most of the mosquitos behind them.
![4832FFD9-7C85-4259-8EDC-BFBA86892139.jpeg 4832FFD9-7C85-4259-8EDC-BFBA86892139.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105906-86c4cfd77a7b84fc7a4ba9e8146ce7bb.jpg)
Camp 1.
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Making our way up to the pass.
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Caribou skull
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Glassing the mountains for Dall Sheep
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Caribou antler shed
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Wet and tired dog.
![B85C8B7A-A184-4F0C-AB76-34635F0253FF.jpeg B85C8B7A-A184-4F0C-AB76-34635F0253FF.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105919-0c0b5686cf6a7828df5efcd45834ab33.jpg)
Camp 2. Fresh dusting of snow in mid-July!
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Old Monarch who didn't survive the winter, Nutzotin Mountains.
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Glassing for Dall Sheep, Nutzotin Mountains.
![9D4DF105-AB85-49EF-B9C6-BA6A8D2353C4.jpeg 9D4DF105-AB85-49EF-B9C6-BA6A8D2353C4.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105905-75fafddda3afc7422f552123114959fc.jpg)
Kids are happy to be into the alpine and to have left most of the mosquitos behind them.
![4832FFD9-7C85-4259-8EDC-BFBA86892139.jpeg 4832FFD9-7C85-4259-8EDC-BFBA86892139.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105906-86c4cfd77a7b84fc7a4ba9e8146ce7bb.jpg)
Camp 1.
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Making our way up to the pass.
![10EC84B6-12FD-4309-B339-DBF487084109.jpeg 10EC84B6-12FD-4309-B339-DBF487084109.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105908-624aac8d798b8d575cdc0839244326f0.jpg)
Caribou skull
![E7793BF9-FF85-454A-BC6C-BF2468FBCC97.jpeg E7793BF9-FF85-454A-BC6C-BF2468FBCC97.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105909-7999da7a497e66903ad011783dfb2f9a.jpg)
Glassing the mountains for Dall Sheep
![ECBFAD7D-2FC6-42C7-87CD-A797BB69F29C.jpeg ECBFAD7D-2FC6-42C7-87CD-A797BB69F29C.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105914-e18a3a67824d7bcd4752a8f7415c4966.jpg)
Caribou antler shed
![BB708C6D-9A94-41D5-A2DD-8F6464A53EA9.jpeg BB708C6D-9A94-41D5-A2DD-8F6464A53EA9.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105916-80bbf6c84abe9b6057903a584800671e.jpg)
Wet and tired dog.
![B85C8B7A-A184-4F0C-AB76-34635F0253FF.jpeg B85C8B7A-A184-4F0C-AB76-34635F0253FF.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105919-0c0b5686cf6a7828df5efcd45834ab33.jpg)
Camp 2. Fresh dusting of snow in mid-July!
![BCC6E8EA-F07A-4B36-BF02-6229CEF75989.jpeg BCC6E8EA-F07A-4B36-BF02-6229CEF75989.jpeg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/105/105921-6e1f21cb49c3a290c3d79df29207371d.jpg)
Old Monarch who didn't survive the winter, Nutzotin Mountains.
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Glassing for Dall Sheep, Nutzotin Mountains.
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