Biking to the Base of the Herbert Glacier

Julie and I biked to the base of the Herbert Glacier yesterday with a couple of friends... and the dogs, too.

After some debate about the trail conditions, we set off to about 5 miles of packed snow each way... well actually a 12" wide rut in the packed snow most of the way, articulated by icy sheets on the hills. In general we did pretty well, although we now understand that there are studded mountain bike tires out there, made specially for this kind of adventure...

It was a perfect day. We reckoned that people spend thousands of dollars for such a view, and we are blessed to get it for pretty cheap, just right down the road.

And the dogs slept really well last night after their ten-mile run.

KL

Walking on the Glacier

This was a few weeks ago... a beautiful Sunday hike across the lake ice with Jessica and Julie to the face of the Mendenhall, and up the lateral moraine on the west side to gain the glacier itself.

Next time, the gals get on the ice with me...


KML