Caribou Creek Cabin Trip (Nabesna Road, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve)

Awesome weekend with Michael Mathers and Sam Bishop. We hiked into the Caribou Creek Cabin off the Nabesna Road in Wrangell St. Elias. The cabin is only 3 miles from the road on a good trail. We spent Sunday doing a circumnavigation of the ridge surrounding the cabin. Awesome weather, awesome views. Absolutely amazing weekend. On the way home we stopped at the Eagle Trail State Recreation Site and hiked to another gorgeous overlook. We live in an incredible state!

The Caribou Creek Trailhead.

The first part of this 3-mile trail is easy peasy. The trail had been damaged by ATV use, so 

the park service is armoring it with gravel.

You cross Caribou Creek after a couple of miles. 

A muddier portion of the trail. 

The cabin sits at brushline in the Caribou Creek valley.

Corrine snuck up behind Sam and gave him a start!

View from the outhouse!

An evening hike was steep! But most everything around the cabin is steep.
(See the ridge behind? We went up that the next morning.)

The next morning we headed up the ridge to the west of the cabin. 

Attaining the ridge-line made things a little easier.

The weather was gorgeous!

Ridge hiking in Alaska is a favored activity!

We eventually stopped for lunch and a rest.

Friends, hiking, and great views! What could be better?!

How about a dose of silliness?!

A flat spot on the ridge.

And then the final descent to the cabin. (See it way down there?)