Matanuska Glacier in Alaska

One of the benefits of traveling is be able to do fun things in new places. I was teaching in Anchorage last week and was able to take one day and drive to the Matanuska Glacier. It was about a 3-hour drive. This is one of the few glaciers that is easily accessible from a major highway. A short walk/hike and I was able to walk on the glacier. It was fun. I do wish I had more appropriate shoes so I could have walked closer to the main glacier wall. Oh well…

Here is a short one-minute video of what I saw as I was standing in the middle of the glacier. If you listen closely you can hear the sound of water running off the glacier as it melts. Everywhere I’m standing is ice. The rocks and stones you see have been moved with the ice over literally hundreds of years.

Colorado does have competition. Alaska is beautiful, just quite a bit harder to get to!

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2 thoughts on “Matanuska Glacier in Alaska”

  1. I love it when the aspen turn. They are always so beautiful against the background of the green firs.