Glenallen to Valdez

A view of the Wrangell Mountains from Pippin Lake, south of Copper Center, on the Richardson Highway. This photo has been selected to represent the "Copper Plateau taiga" ecoregion on the National Geographic/World Wildlife Fund web site on the ecoregions of the world. See http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na0604.html