Akaka Falls Trail Hakalau, Hawaii. A ... Located in Tongass National Forest about 12 miles from Juneau, the Mendenhall Glacier has produced Nugget Falls, a fan-like waterfall that leads into a lake.

Visitors to Southeastern Alaska have only one option when it comes to up-close ice-gazing: Mendenhall Glacier. The 13-mile long floe ends in an iceberg-studded lake 30 minutes outside of Juneau.

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Water gushes down Nugget Falls as visitors make a short hike to the cataract adjacent to Mendenhall Glacier on Monday, August 14, 2017, in Juneau. (Erik Hill / ADN) ...

Traversing the Mendenhall Glacier. By GABE DONOHOE; Friday, ... The hike out the West Glacier Trail is a little over four miles, ... We stay roped up together so that if one person falls in, ...

For a more family-friendly or accessible option, Nugget Falls Trail brings you around the other side of Mendenhall Lake directly to a massive waterfall with views of the glacier from a bit farther ...

The Mendenhall Glacier, ... Trail to loop back to the Welcome Center plaza, which would eliminate the trail’s existing intersection with Nugget Falls Trail.

The Mendenhall Glacier, rear, is seen from the glacier visitor center, on June 30, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. Pictured at right is Nugget Falls. Estimates suggest that by 2050, the glacier may not ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A proposed U.S. Forest Service commercial tourism plan for Mendenhall Glacier would ban commercial hikes on a popular trail but increase commercial opportunities in other locations.