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"Day rides, overnight pack trips, photography excursions for Dall sheep, Mountain Grizzly and Black Bears, Alaska-Yukon Moose, Mountain Caribou, Timber Wolf, fox, wolverine, lynx, coyote and all kinds of small critters ‘n such! Gold panning the old placer claims, glacier walks, mountain climbs or just jump on your horse and ride around in circles if you wish. Go fishing for Lake Trout, Arctic Grayling and Ling Cod. You get rained on, snowed on, mosquito bit, saddle-sore, sunburned and maybe even bucked off old Twister. What the heck, that’s just part of what goes with the territory. Now, all joking aside we really have some good stock, something for everyone. For those mellow people we have mellow horses, for those spirited people we have spirited horses and for those people who would rather not ride horses we have horses that would rather not be ridden. At the end of the day you’ll sit down to mouth-watering meals. Ranch style home cooked meals at the lodge or sitting at your camp fire, there’s no freeze dried food served here. We invite you to the unspoiled, accessible only by air, wilderness experience you will never forget. Comfortable cabins nestled in the Chisana Valley of the Wrangell Mountains"...Terry Overly.
“Shushanna”
Chisana is located in the remote South Wrangell St. Elias National Park / Preserve. This is some of the most beautiful and majestic scenery anywhere in Alaska. For someone who wants to get off the beaten path and away from the mainstream of tourism, this is the place for you. Our facilities are located on 80 acres of private land and are totally surrounded by magnificent wilderness on all sides. There are no roads into Chisana at all. The only way in is to fly in. We are truly one of the most remote and scenic areas in Alaska. You will be right in the middle of it. Although secluded, as we are, the facilities here at Pioneer Outfitters are very comfortable, clean and with a relaxed atmosphere. Pioneer Outfitters has been owned and operated by the same family for over five decades. We treat you like family here because when you are with Pioneer Outfitters, you are family.
Our Pack Trips vary in length and with your interests in mind when you are our guest. You may want to visit the old gold claims to pan for gold or hike up to the top of an 8000’ peak just to look around. Maybe ride hoses over t the foot of the Chisana Glacier, where you may see caribou on the river bar or bears digging ground squirrels on the hillside. We may just pack up and ride the old Chisana Trail for a day or two. There is wildlife everywhere. Dall sheep are seen on almost every mountain, caribou roam the tundra and across the riverbeds. We may even spook up an old bull Alaska Moose around almost any bend in the trail, and of course there is the Grizzly bear. You can run into one of them critters most anywhere. This is a wild untouched place.
My ranch is located in the middle of the Wrangell St. Elias National Park / Preserve, which was rated as the most scenic and majestic Park in the world. We are one of the full time concessionaires that operate year round in this Park. The only access into our ranch is by air. We can show you Alaska, the way Alaska was meant to be seen. Wild. Raw.
Breathtaking. The Wrangell St. Elias National Park is not just another Park; it is the real Alaska. Unlike most Parks, where there are roads, tour buses, and picnic tables and where the animals stand and pose for pictures and eat out of your hand, the animals here are free and wild, just like the country they live in. This is Alaska, The Great Land. Come and Experience it with us.