Juneau Trip Overview
Experience the famous Mendenhall Glacier up close and personal during this 6 hour adventure which includes paddling and glacier exploration. Paddle up to the magnificent Mendenhall Glacier, over Mendenhall Lake, and past Nugget Falls to experience glacier exploration along the edge of the glacier.
Accessing ice caves, moulins, or any other glacial feature is not guaranteed: The Mendenhall Glacier features are in constant change. Your guide will assess each available feature prior to accessing to determine if it’s safe to explore. The Mendenhall Glacier is receding on a daily basis and due to this we are seeing significant changes to the surface of the glacier. There are very limited safe areas to access and explore on the ice with crampons. Safety is our number one priority and we can not guarantee every trip will hike on the glacier. The edge of the glacier has some of the most stunning features; caves, tunnels, tubes, and crevasses which create those beautiful blue colors.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Juneau, United States
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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Experience the famous Mendenhall Glacier up close and personal during this 6 hour adventure which includes paddling and glacier exploration. Paddle up to the magnificent Mendenhall Glacier, over Mendenhall Lake, and past Nugget Falls to experience glacier exploration along the edge of the glacier.
Accessing ice caves, moulins, or any other glacial feature is not guaranteed: The Mendenhall Glacier features are in constant change. Your guide will assess each available feature prior to accessing to determine if it’s safe to explore. The Mendenhall Glacier is receding on a daily basis and due to this we are seeing significant changes to the surface of the glacier. There are very limited safe areas to access and explore on the ice with crampons. Safety is our number one priority and we can not guarantee every trip will hike on the glacier. The edge of the glacier has some of the most stunning features; caves, tunnels, tubes, and crevasses which create those beautiful blue colors.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Above & Beyond Alaska, 2767 Sherwood Ln # C, Juneau, AK 99801-8546
Guests will be transported from pick up location to gear warehouse. At the warehouse is the gear fitting, orientation, and chance to use restrooms.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Valley, Juneau, AK
Pull on your boots, and step into the cool waters of the peaceful Mendenhall Lake as you stare at the mighty Mendenhall Glacier in front of you. During this tour, you will be guided on a canoe paddle
across a lake fed by the glacier melt.
Once you round the rock peninsula, the face of the glacier confronts. Blocks of ice stand tall, waiting for the right moment to calve into the waters.
Once you make landfall you will hike a short distance across rocky
terrain, and to the edge of the glacier which is in constant change as features that disappear and reappear over the course of the season. Your guide will take you on a tour of the glacier’s accessible features along the edge, which may include exploring the other worldliness of an ice cave, hiking by glacier blue
conduits and ice tubes, or peering into the deep blue well of a moulin.
It’s truly classic scene of Alaskan beauty.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: West Glacier Trailhead, Skaters Cabin Road, Juneau, AK 99801
De-gear and return transport back to the main office, followed by transport back to meeting location.
Duration: 1 hour
