Remember that glacier we passed yesterday?
We drove back to it today for an extended visit.
The Glennallen and Matanuska Glacier part of the trip
The Matanuska Glacier; the largest glacier in the United States accessible by car. Twenty-seven miles long and up to four miles wide. It advances a foot a day. I left the map on satellite view to show the giant icefield to the south feeding so many glaciers.
We started from here.
The trail led off to the side, through the glacial moraine.
The walking surface looked like sand and gravel, but underneath the surface layer it was all ice.
Many spots required makeshift bridges.
We hiked until the sand gravel ice mixture was all ice.
As is the case with glaciers, the weather got noticeably colder as we got right up to it.
On the way back, we stopped by Lake Louise Lodge. Not the Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada (Near Banff), but the one in Alaska.
Know what frost heaves look like? They look a lot like this.
It’s a woo-hoo ride.
And finished the day with more local cuisine.
The view from the gas station.
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