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May
Instagram-Worthy Locations along the Glenn Highway – Discovering Alaska’s Picture-Perfect Gems Here are the top Instagrammable spots along the Glenn Highway that you must stop and see. Most can fit in a day trip between Anchorage and the Matanuska Glacier! Our experienced tour guides at the Matanuska Glacier have compiled this list of the top […]
Aug
Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska. It boasts five-star dining and hospitality while at the same time is surrounded by wildlife, breathtaking views, and adventure. Here are a few of our favorite things to do near Anchorage, Alaska. If you’d like an adventure, then this list is for you. Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Located […]
Apr
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 […]
Feb
We recently stumbled upon Jasmin Alley’s thorough and descriptive article about visiting Matanuska Glacier. A skilled travel writer, her blog post covers history, facts, directions, and just about anything you’d need to know to plan your own visit to Matanuska Glacier, to include where to procure your entrance ticket and glacier tours. Alley’s travel advice […]
Feb
We were so excited this morning to learn National Geographic Travel (Instagram handle natgeotravel) and photographer Toby Harriman featured his winter glacier tour of Matanuska Glacier on Instagram with an epic blue ice crevasse photo. Harriman explained that this year he made his first WINTER pilgrimage to the glacier, and judging by the photo and […]
Nov
One of the most common questions asked of our guides is whether they prefer summer or winter on the glacier. The answer is not so simple; it’s like comparing night and day. While there are some who have a preference, the truth is there is no comparison. Instead of having glacier summer and glacier winter […]
Apr
Touring The Matanuska Glacier During Covid-19 For those of us who live and work out by the Matanuska Glacier, life doesn’t seem too much different since COVID-19 sent us all into lockdown. We already live sixty miles from Palmer (the nearest town with a grocery store), and on any given day we may only see […]
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