Exit Glacier at Kenai Fjords

Kenai Fjords National Park is both on land and in water.  We ventured out to the actual glacier area, where you can take a mile hike up to the glacier.

 That's the glacier straight ahead.  We learned that glaciers differ from just snow on the mountain in appearance.  Glaciers have a blue tint to them because their ice doesn't absorb the blue pigments.



 The kids were troopers, hiking two miles round trip.

We all agreed the water felt cold.

 There's the glacier.

We had the most amazing luck...a brown bear was walking across the glacier as we approached!  It was so neat to watch him walk across that glacier.  I guess it doesn't happen that often, as we talked to the park ranger back near the parking lot.

 You can see a bit of the blue tint to the glacier.

 The bear was still walking around.

 He crossed the glacier and headed higher into the mountains.

 Walk back down

Exit Glacier in Seward was a neat place to check out, and we're glad we were able to make the two-mile-round trip hike with the kids.  We ended our time in Seward at Exit Glacier.  The next morning, we had a 500+ mile drive north to Denali.