Glacier Bay Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Glacier Bay Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib

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caption =
locator_x = 46
locator_y = 167
location = Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area and Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska, USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 59
lat_minutes = 04
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 136
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds =
long_direction = W
area = 2,664,876 acres (10,784 km²)
established = 1980
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = National Park Service

Glacier Bay Wilderness is a wilderness area in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of the park section of 3.28-million-acre (13,300 km²) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Surrounded by a spectacular, glaciated horseshoe rim of mountains, the bay is sheltered by the Fairweather Range to the west and the Saint Elias Mountains on the north. The highest peaks, topped by Mount Fairweather at convert|15300|ft|m, stand almost three miles (5 km) above the sea and attract intrepid mountaineers. No trails exist, but backpacking is growing increasingly popular, often along numerous icy streams sometimes welcoming and sometimes choked with brush. Brown and black bears are numerous on shore. Firearms are not permitted in the park section.

References

* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Glacier%20Bay Wilderness.net (public domain)]