We signed up for the advanced trek with Mica guides, a guiding company founded by the woman who I lived with in Haines, Alaska. She very kindly hooked us up with a day trip, a full day of glacier exploration: visiting crevasses, moulins, deep canyons, blue pools.
Read MoreOur first steps on the glacier ice were aided by rope and crampons. One by one we climbed up a short incline to reunite with our guide who acted as our anchor on the short climb. This small gain in elevation brought us on top of the glacier. Now we stood on an expansive field of solid white ice.
Read MoreAfter the two introductory moulins and blue pools, we began to make our way though ice corridors towards the largest blue pond of the day. Earlier in the summer this valley had been a lake. Using the photograph above will give you a point of reference, we were standing at the bottom of an old lake, the bottom of a bathtub.
Read MoreOne by one we climbed up ropes established by our wonderful guide to reach the top of the glacier. From here we searched for our final stop of the day, a waterfall. We walked across the ice in what had become our usual formation, a single file line like ducklings following their mama.
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