Hiking in the Chugach National Forest

           The Chugach National Forest is a 5.4 million acre (23,000 km²) United
           States National Forest in south central Alaska. It is located in the
           mountains surrounding Prince William Sound including the eastern Kenai
           Peninsula and the delta of the Copper River. It is the second-largest
           (third-largest if the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is considered
           as one entity) forest in the U.S. national forest system, and is the
           northernmost national forest. The Chugach National Forest envelops
           Prince William Sound and is surrounded by the Chugach Mountains. It was
           originally designated in 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt and was originally
           23 million acres in size. Approximately one-third of the area of the
           forest is rocks and ice. 

           Though the Chugach forest is largely wild, with only 90 miles of Forest
           Service roads, none of it is currently designated as wilderness.