Visiting the Mendenhall Glacier is one of the most popular activities in Juneau, for locals as we as visitors. This 2½-mile-long river of ice is one of the 38 large glaciers that flow from the the Juneau Icefield, a 1500 square mile expanse of rock, snow and ice. This is the view from the Mendenhall Visitor Center. For cruise ship passengers, the Photo Point Trail is most heavily used of the trails here - it runs about 600 yards to the end of the peninsula in the center of the photo.

This photograph is © 2014 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.