Glacier Walk

Brian and I received a free Glacier Helicopter tour for our help with the Juneau Cancer Walk. We got lucky and had a fantastic sunny day for our trip in mid-September.

Getting ready to take off!

Mendenhall Valley, where we live. The glacier points north and we live about two miles from Mendenhall Lake, straight south of the glacier.
The top of Thunder Mountain which is east of our house.
Getting closer!

Coming in for the landing.
Walking on the glacier was really cool. You did have to look out for holes, rivers, ridges, etc.
This is a "hut" that the tour company keeps on the glacier during the summer months. It provides shelter and some basic necessities if a tour group is stranded because of weather or mechanical. One of the guides told us that they did have some trouble with weather one day and a tour group had to spend about 8 hours in the thing. That would be an experience wouldn't it!!
Yep, that's me all bundled up.
Watch that hole! Don't trip!!
These pictures don't do the glacier justice. The ice was so brilliant blue or white in spots; the color in these doesn't even come close.
The sun was just setting behind the mountains when our tour was done. When the sun disappeared, the temperature began to drop instantly!
Going home.