It’s 11pm, and you’re still googling. Is it possible to get married on a glacier in Alaska without a helicopter? Is McCarthy even reachable? And who do you even call to make something like this real?
That search usually boxes you into one of two answers: fly in with a pilot, or don’t get near the ice at all. Almost everything written about eloping on a glacier in Alaska assumes you need air transport, or, hiking with someone else’s permission just to get close.
Root Glacier breaks that box wide open.
Deep inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Root Glacier one of a few glaciers in Alaska you can safely hike onto for an elopement, and the one where hiring a guide is a choice, not a requirement.
That’s not a small detail. It’s the reason this glacier, and the tiny town of McCarthy that sits next to it, deserves its own place in the Alaska glacier elopement conversation.
As an elopement photographer and designer who specializes in Alaska, I’ve spent years designing adventures around how couples actually access its glaciers — from heli routes to this kind of remote, self-guided terrain. I’ve hiked the ice of Root Glacier and explored McCarthy myself, and that, paired with everything else I’ve learned designing elopements across the state, is what shapes this guide to show you eloping on Root Glacier is not just possible, it’s WORTH IT.
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What Does a Root Glacier Elopement Look Like?
A Root Glacier elopement moves at a slower pace than anywhere else in Alaska, as the remote nature of your home base means you arrive, settle in, and immerse in everything the area has to offer across your days.
Your elopement on the Root begins in McCarthy, which, is where the road ends. Literally. The gravel road stops on one side of a footbridge across the river, and once you’re across it you’re in McCarthy and there are almost no vehicles at all.
A special permit is required to bring a vehicle into the restricted areas and national park land beyond the bridge, and that single fact changes the entire feel and flow of the place. You get around by community shuttle, bike, walking, or by hitching a ride. People here are super friendly, and the sense of community is high.
Your vows happen on the ice itself, with no flight-time clock telling you when to leave. Wrap your ceremony day with a custom dinner served in a private and incredibly scenic spot, and celebrate the night away under the dusky midnight sun.
The days around your vows are filled with any adventures you may like.
You can explore the Kennecott mine ruins for photos, take a bush plane flight with a backcountry stop, raft or packraft the glacial river in dry suits, meet the husky dogs at a dog sled camp, or go on a trail ride. The level of adventure is tailored to what you’re interested in.
Where you stay is just as flexible, from a camper van at the campground to cabins looking out at the icefall, so your days outside are wrapped in comfort when you return. (We’ll cover more lodging options for your elopement below.)
What Does Root Glacier Itself Look Like?
Root Glacier is a white-ice glacier set down in a mountain valley, and the National Park Service calls it the most accessible of the 5,000 square miles of glacial ice in Wrangell-St. Elias. The trail to get there runs almost two miles from Kennecott, comes through the forest, and winds down the edge of the moraine (rocky glacial debris) to where you access the glacier.
PRO TIP: That forest route is what bypasses the expanse of rocky moraine closer to the bottom edge of the ice, so you skip hiking over it on the glacier itself.
This means you step directly onto the “classic” white ice most people picture when they think of a glacier elopement in Alaska.
It’s still a hike, the way Matanuska or Exit Glacier is, but a different kind of hike.
The Root Glacier Icefall
A first impression of Root Glacier is a grand one.
From many angles, and even before the hike, Root’s famous “Stairway Icefall” (a jagged feature of “spiky” ice where the glacier has a huge drop in elevation in its mountain valley) is the thing that is most visible from a distance, and the scale of it is hard to comprehend.
The constantly shifting nature of glaciers makes precise science and measurements difficult, but the Root Glacier icefall is commonly regarded as one of the largest of these features in the world, behind one in the Himalayas called the Khumbu Icefall.
As you hike further onto the glacier and round the corner of the valley where the ice “flows“, the tall, textured wide face of the Stairway Icefall comes into view, flanked by snowy, jagged peaks on both sides.
Regardless of how it stacks up in world rankings, you will understand how uniquely special this piece of ice is as you feel tiny in the best possible way.
Does Root Glacier have blue pools?
And while the Root Glacier looks like a “classic” white ice glacier, it’s good to know as you plan that:
The Root is not known for easy access to Alaska’s famous glacier “blue pools”, unlike other glaciers such as Knik or Mendenhall.
Meltwater does collect on the surface of the Root, so as the conditions are right, these bright blue glacier melt pools do appear in areas found further back on the glacier. But, they tend to be a longer hike from the trail and can be fleeting.
So, absent info from a guide or GPS coordinates from another visitor — Root’s blue pools can be hard to find as you are hiking the expanse of glacier on foot.
As an elopement designer and photographer in Alaska, I love the Root Glacier for this impressive icefall, along with the meltwater pools, runoff streams, waterfalls, and huge ice cliffs that are used for ice climbing. You can even toast your vows with a celebratory drink of the glacier water.
The Root and its surrounding scenery makes an incredible backdrop for portraits, vows, or adventure in general.
Who Is a Root Glacier Elopement a Good Fit For?
A Root Glacier elopement is for couples who want the destination to be the experience. Why? This is the ultimate location for a true expedition-style elopement, where your elopement becomes the foundation of your entire Alaska trip.
Vows-wrapped-in-honeymoon
Instead of popping in for two days, and heading onward, you might spend your full elopement week or more in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and McCarthy, as the area can become your home base for everything: the ceremony, the days before it, the days after, the adventures you weave into each and every day.
Unlimited glacier time
A Root Glacier elopement is also for couples who want more freedom on the glacier. There’s no flight-time clock limiting the experience, so you can stay out on the ice as long as you like based on your weather conditions that day.
A mix of scenery
That time freedom suits a couple who loves the idea of being on a glacier and is happy to experience whatever scenery you can reach by foot in a reasonable day.
There are beautiful features out on the glacier that change across the spring/summer season, but because you are hiking, you don’t get the deep wilderness access and fewer “just popped up” or unique formations that a helicopter or ski plane can put you in front of. So, this type of hiking elopement on Root Glacier vs an air-access elopement elsewhere means what you can reach is a little more limited.
On-glacier elopement cost
And, couples looking for a less expensive option to elope on a glacier may find Root Glacier a good fit, as the hike onto the ice itself can be free. But, getting to McCarthy or a wilderness lodge, lodging, elopement amenities, and equipment needed to actually make eloping on the ice happen all come at a cost in a place this remote. So, do the math carefully as you consider your options.
Other factors to consider
PRO TIP: Root Glacier is not a reliably private ceremony location. Other glacier visitors come and go along the same access trail and move through the same general areas across the ice.
So, you will likely encounter other groups while you explore and a fully private ceremony can’t be guaranteed.
Thinking maybe you want easier access with less effort and logistics? On-glacier dogsledding? Or, maybe drop-in access to unique, fleeting features occurring deeper in a glacier’s up-mountain reaches is important? Explore the deepdive pages for Matanuska and Knik glaciers, and, Godwin Glacier near Seward, as these glaciers may be better options for you.
If full privacy matters most to you, read on to the backcountry expedition option below to stay in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park area, or, consider glaciers with fly-in options as a better fit. (The glacier comparison lays out how each glacier is different to help you decide)
Can You Elope on Root Glacier Without a Guide?
You can hike on Root Glacier without a guide. This means a Root Glacier elopement can be on your own, with no mandatory guide and no flight required to get to the ice.
What to expect on the trail
The hike leaves from the end of the historic Kennecott mine area, and is about 4 miles round trip.
The trail runs through the woods, along some areas of ridgeline with view out to the glacier valley, and while it is mostly flat, it does have a short, switchbacked descent over loose gravel near the end (and, as you begin the return hike back up). People of all ages do this hike.
The trail isn’t overly technical, and it’s quite beautiful, passing through the woods and across bridges over cascading creeks rushing down from the mountains.
That means you can easily hike in wearing your wedding formal wear with sturdy hiking boots, which makes for fun images across the whole experience, not just once you’re out on ice.
PRO TIP: Bring trekking poles to help keep steady on the loose gravel, as the last stretch of switchbacks down to/back up from the ice has some. It’s a small thing that makes a real difference in how difficult the walk feels.
What to expect eloping on Root Glacier
Once you arrive at the edge of the glacier, you’ll stop to prep to begin your glacier trek for your vows. Refresh sunscreen, have a snack, some water, and put on your crampons before you head onward.
What are crampons?
Crampons are a gripping device that straps onto your boots and gives you traction on the ice, and I (and the National Park Service) strongly recommend them because the glacier’s surface is very slippery. Hiking without them is impractical, and, can be dangerous with the risk of slipping or losing your footing and falling.
If you hire a guide, they provide crampons for you. If you go unguided, you’ll need to buy them and bring them for yourselves and your guests.
With crampons on, you can move freely across the smooth and textured ice, exploring at your own pace. This freedom is what lets you choose your ceremony spot by what view inspires you, instead of a flight schedule.
Why you may want to elope with a guide on Root Glacier
The section of glacier most easily reachable from the trail is relatively stable, as glaciers go, with features like meltwater pools, waterfalls and stream-carved ice appearing seasonally.
For couples who want to go farther, the terrain gets more technical the further away you get from the trail entrance to the glacier.
So, for those looking to explore beyond the normal tourist track, hiring a private guide for the day is worth it, both for safety and because a guide knows where the best glacial features have shown up…
…Giving an insider’s view to possible blue pools and other beautiful spots for your ceremony and portraits on the glacier.
Local guide services based in the McCarthy area offer private guided tours on the ice. For a shorter, closer visit, going without one is entirely possible. Just hike prepared, watch the weather and always use caution as travel on a glacier carries inherent risks and danger.
Whichever you choose, always stay back from the edge of the glacier, as the National Park Service warns of rotting ice and swift, cold water.
What’s the Difference Between Root Glacier and Matanuska Glacier Access?
Root Glacier and Matanuska Glacier are both reached via hiking (aka “glacier trekking”), but the access works differently.
- Matanuska Glacier’s hike-in access sits on private land, so every trek onto that ice must be guided, and there is no self-guided option.
- Root Glacier sits inside a national park, and the section reachable from the trail is stable enough that a guide is recommended for going deep, but not required for a shorter, closer visit.
The other difference is time. Heli and ski-plane access, whether at Matanuska, Knik, or elsewhere, runs on a clock, because you’re paying for flight time. Root Glacier doesn’t. Once you’re on the ice, you can stay as long as you want.
For couples who want flexible access that allows them to just be on the glacier and immerse in the experience slowly with space to soak it in (not just visit it on a schedule,) that’s the Root’s appeal.
It makes Root Glacier one of the clearest examples of — and best options for — a truly self-guided glacier elopement in Alaska. To see how other glacier compares side by side, the Alaska glacier elopement comparison lays it out.
How Do You Get to McCarthy, Alaska, for Your Elopement?
To elope on Root Glacier, you’ll get to McCarthy, Alaska in one of three ways:
- By driving McCarthy Road, a long gravel road that ends at a footbridge
- By flying into McCarthy on a small bush plane from Anchorage or a small regional airport outside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
- By flying directly into a backcountry lodge deep within the National Park (we’ll cover in the expedition lodging option below.)
Although Alaska is famous for all its National Parks, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is often counted out for an elopement before couples even look closely at it, and I think that’s because of how hard it sounds to get there.
In my experience, the “challenge” in reaching McCarthy is exactly what makes the experience there and on Root Glacier feel even sweeter once you arrive.
The National Park Service’s own guidance on Wrangell-St. Elias makes clear how remote this park truly is, and that remoteness is what might be exactly the draw for you as a couple.
So yes, all three travel methods work for an elopement, and the travel route you choose can often be the foundation of how your elopement adventure comes together. Let’s explore:
The Drive: McCarthy Road
If you love a good road trip, this is an easy one to say yes to for your elopement, with one caveat. McCarthy Road is unimproved, washboard gravel, and slow: expect to average 20 to 30 mph depending on conditions.
Coming from Anchorage, it’s a beautifully scenic, roughly 7 hour drive.
Paved roads take you through Palmer, up past Matanuska, and through the stunning Copper River corridor. “Cities” are mostly non-existent once you leave Anchorage, and Glennallen & Copper Center are sister “towns” for basic provisions about halfway there.
Beyond that, the pavement eventually ends and “McCarthy Road” begins. It is a remote, dirt road in the true sense as it’s often rough, and, there are no facilities.
As such, most “big box” rental car companies (eg; Hertz, Alamo, Enterprise) do not allow you to drive their vehicles on it, so that’s critical to confirm before you book a car.
Fines could be hefty for breaking that vendor’s policy, even unknowingly. For couples eloping and adventuring with me, I have a preferred vendor partnership with a company offering 4×4 vehicles that allows McCarthy Road travel.
Fly In, Fly Out, or a Drive-and-Fly Combo
For couples who’d rather skip the road, McCarthy is reachable by air too.
From Anchorage, a connector flight (typically small bush planes) gets you there without ever putting wheels on the gravel.
You can also do a hybrid: drive partway, then pick up a short connecting flight from either Glennallen or Chitina into McCarthy.
PRO TIP: Regardless of where your flight starts from, plan ahead. These small bush planes have very strict limits such as luggage weight (often 25 or 35 lbs total, per passenger, depending on plane size,) and, that luggage must be soft sided.
So if you’re bringing wedding formal wear, florals/wedding decor, photo gear, fishing or camp gear, or a guest list, ask the airline about luggage rules before you (and your treasured few) pack.
And, added bonus? If helicopters aren’t your thing, this is good news.
Access into McCarthy itself is by bush plane, a larger, multi-use aircraft that also carries supplies and provisions into the area, not a helicopter. So if flying by heli is the part of Alaska elopement planning that’s been giving you pause, Wrangell-St. Elias sidesteps it entirely.
What Is McCarthy, Alaska Like for an Elopement?
McCarthy is a small town at the end of the road, and its size is part of the appeal for an adventurous glacier elopement in Alaska.
McCarthy Town
As one of the local shuttle drivers put it to me, McCarthy is “the size of a postage stamp,” with a few of restaurants, some very unique lodging, a small store for trail snacks, a bar, and a handful of flight, mountain, and river guide outfits.
Anything you need to celebrate your elopement from florals, to specialty foods (and honestly, bulk water and groceries in general), and any type of decor will need to come with you to McCarthy. It is truly an outpost kind of town, so what is here has traveled far and the selection and prices reflect that.
Kennecott Mine
Farther up the road is Kennecott: the historic copper mine town, now largely owned and managed by the National Park Service as a historical unit. It is a bit of a “living museum,” as there are restored mill buildings and mine structures you can wander through, and “preserved ruins” of the industrial structures that served this impressive operation.
That makes Kennecott a built-in portrait location when you elope here, with weathered buildings and a piece of Alaska history behind you that you can’t get on the ice. It’s an easy stop before or after your glacier day, still in your wedding formal wear.
So, if you’re drawn to history as much as wilderness, Kennecott adds a layer most Alaska glacier elopements don’t have.
Being remote in McCarthy doesn’t mean roughing it, though. So, the next section covers where to stay.
Where Should You Stay for a Root Glacier Elopement?
Lodging near Root Glacier falls into three tiers for an elopement:
- Camping or overlanding a campground near the road’s end
- More “traditional” lodging, such as a smattering of vacation rentals, cabins, or unique hotel/lodge stays
- An expedition-style bush-plane backcountry camp
McCarthy has no drive-up lodging chains and no single elopement package, so knowing where to start can be hard. And because I design multi-day elopements across Alaska, I know lodging isn’t just a bed.
Where you stay as a home base and matters deeply to your whole elopement experience, from how far you are from the glacier … to how and where you eat… to where you get ready for your vows.
Because I design and vet the options for you, this means you can choose ideas from the tiers that have already been tailored to fit your vision.
You get to spend your energy on planning your personal details, like wedding garments and fun vow books, instead of the rabbit hole of location and lodging research.
Adventure-Leaning: Camping or Overlanding Near the Road’s End
For couples who want to be fully immersed in the natural elements of Wrangell-St. Elias, renting an overland-equipped vehicle (a Sprinter van, a pop-top Jeep, or a full RV if you want to tackle McCarthy Road that way) turns your transportation into your home base.
The Basecamp Kennecott campground has two distinct types of sites:
- Sites overlooking the glacier lake and the icefall more directly
- Sites tucked along the edge of the rushing river
In both types, pit toilets are standard, but are typically clean and well maintained.
PRO TIP: All campsites at Basecamp are first come, first serve as there is no reservation system.
And, it is “open” parking, meaning that the campsites aren’t numbered or formally marked, so during busy periods, campers may set up closer to each other and overall privacy can be reduced.
If privacy matters, pick your time of year carefully (more on that below), arrive on off-days (eg Tuesday, not Friday), and choose your site carefully so that a natural barrier or landscape can limit how close someone else may park to your rig.
Some new glamping options have opened recently, so this type of camping with a softer edge could be a good fit for some couples.
Who this fits: couples who who don’t mind a primitive toilet, a bit more of a social atmosphere and want beautiful, ambient-sounds where the outdoors is the accommodation, not a backdrop to it.
Traditional Lodging: Cabins, Vacation Rentals, and Historic Stays
If you’d rather have four walls, McCarthy and Kennecott offer a small mix: vacation rentals, cabins, and unique historic hotel and lodge stays.
For more traditional “hotel-style” options, a unique, historic lodge right at the edge of the Kennecott Glacier offers more rooms, perfect if you’re eloping with a bit larger guest count. For small groups or just you two, a small historic hotel in McCarthy has tiny, kitschy, historically accurate guest rooms, and fits couples who love the character of the town.
For couples who want comfort at the edge of the ice, this is where Adventure Luxe shows up:
Exploration and adventure tailored to your activity level, where the stay itself is part of the experience, and you return to beautifully curated meals at the across each day.
Near Root Glacier, that looks like a set of newer, beautifully modern cabins from one of my preferred lodging partners, with easy access to the lake at the glacier’s toe and sweeping views out across the icefall and the glacial flats. Here, chef prepared meals, and comfortable, beautifully well-designed “cabins” with expansive windows allow you to feel connected to the outdoors even while inside.
I choose partners like this one for how they welcome your customized elopement.
Plenty of places will say “sure, elope here,” but only a few offer flexibility for me to help to tailor your stay and experience around it to what your elopement adventure needs.
Days outside are filled with adventure, but here, you can be wrapped in comfort at the end of them: a bed, a shower, and a view don’t have to swat at mosquitos for.
Who this fits: couples who want the full Root Glacier experience, based out of a cozy place (with front-country amenities like running water), but, without giving up the connection to stunning views and places to explore.
Expedition: Your Own Backcountry Camp
Perhaps as you explore, you realize the draw of the McCarthy area isn’t just Root Glacier, it’s the wild expanses that surround it.
In that case, this tier might fit you perfectly.
For the right couple, and perhaps their treasured few, a bush plane can drop you into the backcountry for a night or two, the expedition-style camp built and readied ahead of your arrival by your private guides.
We can create a home base somewhere special, such as Ultima Thule Lodge, a renowned fly-in-only lodge in this same region, and I design the vendor team to fly your elopement adventure to a basecamp farther afield.
That way you see a completely different side of Wrangell-St. Elias beyond Root Glacier, and truly away from the more-travelled path. And, because access is by plane, there’s nothing to carry in. Gear is either pre-staged or flown in with you.
From there, you can explore further by air, or on foot, for vows, portraits, and quiet time that belongs to no one else. Guides stay with you on-site, ensuring you adventure safely and enjoy camp comfortrably.
I also work with a backcountry-specialized chef, so a tented night doesn’t mean a compromised one. A proper (and beautiful!) elopement dinner and thoughtful, delicious surrounding meals and snacks are entirely possible, even out in the wilderness.
Who this fits: couples who want the deepest possible immersion and are comfortable trading four walls for a guide’s expertise and total privacy.
In an adventure luxe elopement with me, roughing it doesn’t have to mean rough.
What’s the Best Time of Year to Elope on Root Glacier?
The best time to elope on Root Glacier is the start of June through early September, when McCarthy and Kennecott have their seasonal tourist operations in full swing, and the midnight sun offers long days for big adventures. Alaska DOT&PF maintains McCarthy Road from mid-May to mid-September, so that window is the deciding factor for your planning because road access is what gets most couples to the Root Glacier’s trailhead.
On the edges of that window, I suggest couples (and their treasured few) consider flying in to McCarthy instead of driving.
Snow that sticks around early in the season, or wetter weather and early winter storms in the fall, can change how drivable McCarthy Road is. Booking your flights and arranging pickup with your lodging lessens that variable in your plan.
Summer elopement
In these peak summer months of June, July, and August, McCarthy is abuzz, temps are comfortable, and the weather is fairly stable as Alaska goes (read more on when to elope in Alaska).
Most importantly, the glacier conditions during this time make it is the most accessible window to do a hiking elopement on a glacier in Alaska, whether with a guide or on your own. It is a beautiful time to elope on the Root.
Spring and Fall elopements- the edges of Summer
If privacy during your glacier elopement is high on your list, May and September are “shoulder season”, and can be quieter, with fewer hikers on the trail and on Root Glacier. These months can also run cooler, with a slightly higher chance of weather playing a factor in your elopement experience.
Trail and glacier travel in May could still have snow present, so use extra caution to avoid high water and/or mud on trails, and be aware of rapidly changing or hidden features on the glacier.
The shoulder months also change how your photos look. Fall brings color across the tundra and glacier plain and fresh snow on the high peaks, so aiming for September could help if that palette speaks to you.
Winter elopements
If your glacier elopement vision calls for deep winter or early spring, that’s a different kind of trip, and not one that works well for Root Glacier, McCarthy, or fly-in lodges in the region. Only a handful of very hearty locals overwinter in McCarthy, so the resources you’d need for your stay are largely non-existent.
If you were drawn to the remoteness of Root Glacier, Matanuska is likely the best alternate option to elope on a glacier in deep winter.
What Can You Add to a Root Glacier Elopement Besides the Hike?
Beyond the hike and the Kennecott mine ruins covered above, a Root Glacier elopement can include a bush-plane flight with a backcountry stop, a day on the glacial river, time with the huskies at a dog sled camp, a trail ride, or a UTV excursion.
Each activity you experience during this time in McCarthy allows you to thoughtfully create (and have images of) a true vows-wrapped in honeymoon type of experience, not just a glacier ceremony.
Explore by Air
To see more of this huge national park, a flightseeing trip with a backcountry stop lets you land somewhere remote and beautiful for vows or a short walk before continuing on.
PRO TIP: Be aware before you book that not all flight vendors that sell scenic flights will offer backcountry ground landings.
Some only fly over, but, don’t allow for wilderness landings. So, being able to stop and explore even deeper in the wilds matters for your vision, I organize that for my eloping couples, or, you’ll want to ask that question specifically before you book.
Explore by Water
If you love water, the glacial river offers packrafting and kayaking.
Dry suits are standard, since the water is cold and you may end up splashed, or briefly swimming, on purpose or otherwise;-) Time on the river makes a fun adventure day before or after your vows, and, is a great option to experience the glacier in a totally different way.
Explore by Land
Weave in rest and relaxation at your base camp lodging with time at dog sled camps where you can meet the huskies who work the region, on trail rides on horseback, hiking, or out on a UTV excursion.
Or, maybe your glacier elopement day has inspired you to try ice climbing? Private and group tour options with a guide are available for you to give it a go.
Ultimately, the range of ways to spend your time here is wide enough that it is worthy of a full, multi-day trip. The long journey here is deserving of real time to truly immerse in all there is to explore.
How Many People Can Elope on Root Glacier?
A Root Glacier elopement can include just the two of you or a group of up to about 20, with no fixed cap, only logistics helping make the final decision. Past that size, getting everyone to McCarthy and housing them once they’re there starts to strain what a location this remote can comfortably hold.
But, once there, Root Glacier and McCarthy are flexible enough to shape your elopement around whoever’s coming.
You tailor which activities different people join, and when, so there’s no need for one fixed itinerary for the whole group.
Where group size actually gets decided is in the lodging tier you choose above: a bush-plane expedition camp naturally stays small, while traditional lodging and a campground can flex wider, up to what each place can hold.
If a larger group is the priority and the remoteness here feels like more logistics than you want to take on, it’s worth looking at the alternatives.
- Matanuska Glacier’s guided, hiking-based access handles bigger groups with far less logistical lift, since everyone arrives together on the same schedule.
- Ruth Glacier, inside Denali National Park, is a strong option for smaller groups, too, since a ski plane carries up to 10 passengers and lands directly on the glacier, with no hiking required.
The bigger question if you are eloping in McCarthy and Root Glacier with guests is how to get everyone here comfortably, and with the least amount of stress for you as a couple.
That’s where working with a fully designed elopement experience earns its keep, with someone handling transport for a group headed somewhere this remote, the same way a fly-in lodge like Ultima Thule Lodge arranges the extended transport to get a group all the way out to their own location.
Eloping with guests in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, and specifically on Root Glacier, is absolutely possible. Don’t rule it out before exploring how it could come to life.
Ready to Start Exploring?
As you continue your search on eloping on a glacier in Alaska, I hope all you saw here helps you know what’s possible, and who to call to help the vision come to life, because yes, getting to McCarthy and eloping on Root Glacier are indeed worth it.
Reach out to start discussion on what a fully designed Root Glacier elopement could look like for you.
Adventure, always,
Kate
