Monthly Archives: April 2021

The Snow Expires in One Week… Give or Take

Matanuska Glacier’s seasonal blanket of snow has more in common with milk than just being white. Like milk it doesn’t last long. It has an expiration date. It’ll melt away, become runoff feeding the Matanuska River leaving behind an expanse of glacial till, mud, open crevasses and new challenges and dangers for glacier travel. Not […]