North of Juneau along the Glacier Highway, Mendenhall Glacier is 12 miles long, 1.5 miles wide with ice up to 800 feet thick. The Juneau Icefield, from which the glacier descends, covers 1,500 square miles. We went rafting on the Mendenhall River and canoed and kayaked on Mendenhall Lake! Helicopter tours of Mendenhall and other Juneau Icefield glaciers were also available. One of many of the trails at the lake took us to the Steep Creek fish viewing site, where we watched spawning red and silver salmon.
Check Out the Glacier Cam
3 comments:
The "Glacier Cam" was an awesome feature that you added to your blog! What a great selling point for this vacation. There aren't many other places on Earth where you can see such grand natural wonders! I'm jealous. I hope someday I can experience it for myself. What a trip!
I think everyone should get to see an Alaskan glacier in their lifetime. How sad that global warming is expected to destroy them within the next 50 to 100 years. Better see them while you can!
My parents have actually been to Alaska and they walked on the Mendenhall Glacier. Great pictures!
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