Paddling near McCarthy, AK

McCarthy sits inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, home to North America's largest concentration of glaciers and thousands of rivers. Paddling here centers on glacial lakes—most notably Kennicott Glacier Lake—where kayakers and packrafters navigate among floating icebergs on water that formed only in the past few decades. The Nizina Lake area, reached by bush plane, adds a remote iceberg-paddling option for those wanting a more expedition-style day.