Matanuska Glacier Day Trip from Anchorage

Discover the Matanuska Glacier on this hike from Anchorage. This is an activity that lasts about eight hours and for groups of about 12 people, where a professional guide will accompany you on this hike. Included is transportation to and from your hotel, a 100-mile drive to downtown Anchorage, plus snacks and bottled water to recharge your batteries.

This glacier is one of the largest drivable glaciers in Alaska. It is approximately 43 kilometres long and has become a popular destination for travellers seeking to admire nature.

In fact, on this glacier you can walk on the glacier itself. Its unique features, such as crevasses, ice caves and seracs, offer a spectacular view, as well as the surrounding landscapes, such as the Chugach Mountains or the Matanuska River.

As a curiosity, among which you will learn with the guide who will be making live comments in the van during the trip, it is estimated that the glacier's ice is about 5,000 years old, which means that it has been accumulating and flowing slowly for millennia. Precisely, this glacier is constantly changing and moving, and some areas of the ice are advancing while others are receding.