[siteorigin_widget class=”WP_Widget_Media_Image”][/siteorigin_widget] One question we get asked here consistently is if we have wildlife on the glacier. Since the only plant life on the glacier is the glacier moss, there isn’t any sort of food source that would sustain animals such as moose and bear. Therefore, you wouldn’t see anything of the sort on the […]

Summertime tours are now available which means trekking across glacier terrain, drinking glacier water, and sunshine. We are open seven days a week!   Due to summer conditions, ice caves are no longer available for exploring. However, ice cave tour season will be back before you know it! Give us a call for more information […]

Happy Spring! Here in the Matanuska Valley, we are experiencing rising temperatures and bluebird days. That means we are transitioning from the winter season to the summer season. Here are some of our recent pictures for you to enjoy. We hope you come and enjoy the glacier before the winter conditions are gone! We are […]

Here at the Matanuska Glacier, we have plenty of blue ice to explore! Vibrant colors shine in both the winter and summer seasons for our clients to enjoy and photograph. Ever wonder why blue ice is blue? Well, due to the chemical bond between oxygen and hydrogen in water, it absorbs light in the red […]

Looking for an authentic Alaskan adventure? We got you covered. The Matanuska is the largest glacier accessible by car. Beginning in the northern snow and ice fields of Mount Witherspoon (12,023 feet) and Mount Marcus Baker (13,176 feet), it begins its descent from a hanging glacier to the valley floor. The Chugach mountains receive the […]

November 14, 2017 Yet another Alaskan winter is upon us here at the Matanuska Glacier. The snow has fallen, covering the many cracks and crevasses of the glacier. With this, glacier caves are beginning to form within the ice. Caves are carved out by water running through the glacier producing one of the most popular […]