Greenstone & Thimbleberry's Blog: Nebesna Road

On the road from Tok to Nabesna Road with Mt Sanford dominating the view

We drove from Tok down to Nebesna Road which leads east into the Wrangell St. Elias NP. It's a rustic road so Steve and Gary decided to drop off and camp at the first spot in next to a nice creek. Steve was able to do some fishing there and caught a Dolly Varden trout. Joyce and I continued on in about 16 more miles and found a nice spot with a picnic table and great views of Mt Jarvis and Sanford to the south of us. Jackson Lake was between us and the mountains so we kept an eye on the area hoping to see a moose or a bear. No such luck, but you never know! It was a pleasant night overall. We played a few card games before turning in for a good nights sleep.

Mt. Jarvis with Jackson Lake in the foreground from our campsite

Mt Sanford - 17,000 plus feet high

In the morning we met up with the others and headed down the Richardson Hwy towards Valdez. (pronounced Val-deeze) The scenery was wonderful the whole way along.We saw several white capped mountains, including Sanford, Wrangell, Jarvis and Blackburn as we drove along. We also went by Worthington Glacier and Billy Mitchell Mountain. We made it down to the Thompson Pass area and camped at Blueberry Lake state rec campground. It was one of our favorite campsites of the whole trip. The lake is only a few acres in size in a setting surrounded by mountains. We did some hiking in the area and enjoyed looking for wildlife across the valley behind our campsite. Gary eventually spotted a black bear across on a mountain side. We all watching the bear move along.