Root Glacier Ice Climb, Alaska

In Kennicott, you can actually hike onto the Root Glacier and explore an unreal world of moulons, pressure ridges, fathomless blue water pools, and exquisite and ice formations. This is also where Heather and I did some ice climbing...

we are about to climb this

ice is slippery

gear & safety check

the twin peaks as I call them

this is actually huge

heather on Ascent

me on the belay

heather on round two

me getting a grip

scaling to the top

much bigger in person

looking over the expanse

a successful day

watch your step

root glacier