George And Audrey DeLange
Exit Glacier, Page Twenty
August 1998
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Here we are at Exit Glacier! Exit Glacier is the only area of the Kenai Fjords National Park, accessible by road and is a popular Alaska tourist destination. Exit Glacier area is accessible via a nine-mile road from the Seward Highway, just outside the town of Seward, Alaska. The road
enters the park in the last mile and terminates in a parking lot. Exit Glacier flows from the 300-square-mile Harding Icefield, and visitors can approach the towering glacier face on a one-half mile footpath.
The glacier is one of several that branch downward from the Harding ice field - a massive field of ice spanning the peaks of several mountains. Exit Glacier flows from the ice field down through two mountains where it creates a small river from its glacial melt.
The Harding Icefield Trail, a 8-mile roundtrip with 3500' elevation gain to overlook the icefield which is the source of the Exit Glacier (and others), starts at the foot of the glacier and follows the glacier flank upwards. We are now really getting into the spirit of Alaska!
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| Up The Path To Exit Glacier | This One Is Easy To Visit |
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| Lets Cross The Footbridge | OK! Then We Can Get Close! |
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| The Ice Is So Dense From The Weight | Of The Snow, Only Blue Light Gets Out From The Sunlight |
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| Shining Through The Ice | Thus, Blue Ice, Says George Mr. Science! |
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| This Is Quite A Glacier! | I Sure Am Small Next To It! |
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| Look At The Crack | Hey, I Can Touch The Glacier! |
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| I Can Touch The Glacier Too! | Look How It Is Melting! |
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| You Can See Where The Hard Glacier Ice Cut Into The Rock! | Look! Gravel and Silt Streams Created By The Glacier |
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| Fire Weed Is An Index Plant Of New Growth After A Glacier Has Melted | A Pool Formed By Glacier Meltwater |
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