Root Glacier

Glaciers absolutely fascinate me. Their size, bright blue colors, and structural characteristics almost seem otherworldly. Running flows of water, deep cravasses, creaks, moans, and calves that sound like cannon blasts are a constant reminder that they are changing under your feet and in front of your eyes.

At the end of the road in Kennicott, there's a trail that heads out into the Wrangell Mountains. At their base is Root. With crampons, we were able to climb our way onto the glacier and wander around.





As we made our way back, we paralleled a small stream of water slurping through cracks, falling and rushing downhill as it made its way toward the canyon below. Before reaching the glacier's edge it forms this ice tunnel...