Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When Melissa Arnot, Adam Russell and Jon Mancuso headed for the remoteness of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, it was to cleanse the events on Everest with a wilderness climbing experience. But Alaska can be an unforgiving place. Instead of a quiet glacier camp and rejuvenating alpine climb on 14,831-foot Mt. Bear in the St. Elias range, her small self-supported team experienced sketchy crevasse-ridden navigation, multiple life-threatening situations and a storm that held them captive until they ran out of food. Snowbound Alaska captures their brutal alpine climbing experience.
When Melissa Arnot, Adam Russell and Jon Mancuso headed for the remoteness of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, it was to cleanse the events on Everest with a wilderness climbing experience. But Alaska can be an unforgiving place. Instead of a quiet glacier camp and rejuvenating alpine climb on 14,831-foot Mt. Bear in the St. Elias range, her small self-supported team experienced sketchy crevasse-ridden navigation, multiple life-threatening situations and a storm that held them captive until they ran out of food. Snowbound Alaska captures their brutal alpine climbing experience.
