Multiple tour companies plus public buses run to this mountain glacier, meaning some of the best Alaskan cruise excursions can be found here. The glacier extends from the Juneau Icefield to Mendenhall Lake. The more challenging aspect of Mendenhall Glacier and the Juneau Icefield is getting close to it. There are a couple of options among the best Alaskan cruise excursions to Mendenhall. Our favorite is the the Mendenhall Glacier Trek , a full-day adventure for active travelers.
A second choice is the self-guided kayak tour , though this one is limited to those with previous kayaking experience. Laughton Glacier is a great stop for getting out on a glacier without taking a flightseeing tour. However, it does require you to lace up your hiking boots and commit most of the day to it. The hike itself is not very difficult, rising only about feet over miles and making for what active adventurers find to be among the best Alaskan cruise excursions.
One of the nicest parts about Laughton Glacier is that you can spend as much time on the glacier as you wish, provided you make it back to the tracks in time to catch the last train home. This one starts at mile 5, conveniently marked by an awesome red caboose which you can rent overnight if you have the time!
This glacier hike, one of the best Alaskan cruise excursions for nature lovers, is more about the journey through one of the last remaining old-growth forests. The Davidson Glacier outside of Haines is an awesome valley glacier that originally extended all the way into the Lynn Canal. The glacial flow extends back through the Chilkat mountains until it merges with ice flow that forms Glacier Bay on the opposite side of the landmass.
One of the more exclusive glaciers on this list, Davidson glacier is only accessed by 1 tour: Glacier Point Wilderness Safari. President Harding is the only president to ever visit Skagway. Luckily, we have compiled a list of some of the best glacier tours and have categorized each experience by sea, air, or land.
Perhaps the most intimate way to experience the awesome scale of Alaska's glaciers is on the water. The tidewater glaciers of Prince William Sound and the Kenai Fjords extend down from mountain peaks and out into the sea. Hundreds of feet high and miles long, you can the hear ice crackling and sizzling as trapped air bubbles slowly escape. One of the most dramatic events in all of nature is witnessing a tidewater glacier unleash a house-sized block of ice into the ocean.
The resulting icebergs can create enormous waves when they hit kayakers beware! Cruises and sea kayak trips also let you see lots of marine life, such as playful sea otters and shy harbor seals. From the air , you won't feel the power of calving, but you will gain a perspective you can't experience from the ground. You'll see how massive icefields, dozens of miles long, spill into valleys to create glaciers. These expansive sheets of ice leave only the highest mountain peaks and ridges peeking through.
The Harding Icefield near Seward is a classic example, and is one of the few icefields easily accessible by foot a five-hour hike from Exit Glacier, rising from sea-level to 3,ft.
Also best seen from a plane are piedmont glaciers, where several glaciers join at the foot of a mountain range to create a fan-like pattern of ice and rock. These beautiful formations are best spotted in Southeast Alaska.
Partake in a land based tour that allows you to direct access to glaciers. Driving over rocks, splashing through mud, and exploring Alaska terrain on an ATV is an excellent way to experience glaciers on land. Or, explore ice caves and crevasses on foot with a guided hiking tour that will take you up to, and sometimes directly onto a glacier. The focus of the 3. This was on scenic cruising day, you could see Dawes Glacier from the ship, but not as close. So this why I took the tour.
I know I have written about view glaciers before, but this time was a very different experience because it was sunny! You can see Dawes Glacier from the ship, but not as close. The sail in is beautiful and we had great weather that makes all the difference. The fjords are tall mountains, some snow-capped others covered in trees, with the odd waterfall in between. Around the fjords are floating icebergs, some small, some big, so sailing through the fjords is challenging for the cruise ship.
Going on a smaller boat that is built for sailing up close to a glacier through the ice is the better option how to see a glacier in Alaska. Seeing Dawes Glacier up close makes you realised how big the glacier really is, our boat looked tiny. Ships navigate tight S-Turns en route to the glaciers, with 3,foot cliff sides on either side of the boat.
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