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are some glaciers you can There to, but very few that you can drive to. Just 15 miles from Seward stroll many cruises embark and —where Glacier is one of the disembark—Exit popular road-accessible most in the state. In fact, you can glaciers almost right up to the face of it walk 30 minutes, by way of the Edge of in Glacier Trail. the Glacier is not huge, but it looks Exit up close, so it makes a great big for photos. It’s also a good place to learn about glacial spot since it’s receding quickly; movement, even a guide marking its there's photos of the week P H O T O S B Y K I A S A M M O N ice, ice baby recession over the past 120 years. 29 venture
see the glacier, you can just take To of the pullouts all along the one —each with great photo ops highway you can drive near the glacier’s —or for up-close photos. One edge Access to the glacier is on qualifier: land, so there’s a $15 fee. private getting close isn’t enough, you can If join a guiding company for a also hike, ice climbing class or glacier trip (with the option of either rafting or whitewater routes). The scenic ice walls, deep blue holes sheer moulins) and creaking ice (called the very least, it’s a great excuse At drive the Glenn Highway. This road to gives you a feel for the colorful trip guides and backcountry adventurers, who live in these remote Alaskans of the state. It’s easy to corners a couple days out here, thanks spend the great lodges—not the big, to lodges, but intimate, cruise-circuit places that attract family-run likely seen those iconic glacier You’ve with hunks of ice crashing images, the ocean. But to experience into humbling sight in person, your that bet is to go to Prince William best Sound. glaciers originate high in Tidewater mountains and cover dozens of the before plunging into the sea. miles 90 minutes from Anchorage by Only or train, Prince William Sound has car tidewater glaciers than more on earth, and it’s one of anywhere easiest places to take a glacier the It’s also one of the most cruise. places: the glaciers aren’t affordable far away, and there are terribly companies to choose from. multiple Alaska has just one glacier Southeast by road, but it makes up accessible its novelty in being extremely for you can even take a cab accessible: tours take between four and Most hours, but there are two distinct five of cruises, and they offer types experiences: You’ll see different glaciers on the high-speed more as the Surprise catamarans—such in Harriman Fjord, which Glacier people think is the best calving some in the sound. The slower glacier boats, on the other hand, cruising more time at the glaciers they spend and those trips often include visit, Bay, where you can listen Blackstone the creaking and cracking ice to 12 miles outside of Juneau, Located Glacier gets more than Mendenhall visitors each year. You can 400,000 there by taking a narrated bus get but you can also go on your tour, A taxi to the glacier costs $35 own: way, while a shuttle bus is just $8 one way. each half-mile wide, the glacier feeds A Lake, which stays pretty Mendenhall While there are some placid: in the <strong>lake</strong>, the face ranges icebergs 5 to 200 feet tall, so you can’t from booming calving action. expect can, however, do some good You There’s a Forest Service exploring. Center overlooking the <strong>lake</strong> Visitor glacier, which has a large aerial and of the icefield, an informational map and spotting scopes ($3). video Forest Service also maintains The trails. One of them is The Trail several Time, a ½-mile paved interpretive of with signs marking the glacier’s walk, The East Glacier Trail, recession. is a 3.5 mile loop with meanwhile, feet of elevation gain, which 500 you a good bird’s eye view of gives features looking for alaska Being able to walk up to any glacier is a stunning experience, and this big boy is the biggest, and perhaps most impressive roadside glacier, in part because you can easily touch it. Just a 2.5-hour drive from Anchorage, the Matanuska Glacier sits off the scenic but less-traveled Glenn Highway. More than four miles wide at its terminus, Matanuska is so massive that the water flowing out of its snout forms the roaring Matanuska River. W O R D S B Y L A U R A P A L M E R make it an unforgettable experience. here pretty easily. independent-minded travelers. the ice. while eating prime rib and king crab. venture 29
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