Portage Glacier Anchorage

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  • 1

    Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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    ... together again for our next excursion to Whittier where we planned to tour the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center and take a Portage Glacier Cruise. We had not long been on the Seward Highway, heading south, when we approached an emergency vehicle ...

  • 2

    Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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    ... them. There are additional pullouts as the highway nears Girdwood. These last pullouts offer an opportunity to catch a first glimpse of Portage Glacier in the mountains at the far end of the Inlet. When we arrived at Alyeska Ski Resort, the weather ...

  • 3

    Glaciers galore!!!

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    ... to this Glacier was only an hour and for 30 minutes of this we sat in front of it so it wasn’t very long. The Portage Glacier was just as pretty as the Holgate Glacier, and it made Vera and I think that doing Portage would have been better instead ...

  • 4

    July 12

    ... 11 Today was another wonderful day spent enjoying Alaska's mountain beauty. We rode a bus about 30 miles down the Seward Highway to Portage Glacier where we got on a good sized boat and rode it (on Portage Lake) to the glacier. There were a number of ...

  • 5

    Alaska

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    ... . People call it the holy water as it is chilled and really pure. It tasted fantastic. We carried along the highway to Portage Glacier where there is a river where you can view salmon spawning. When we looked over the railing there were around 100 salmon ...

  • 6

    Cheese Blocks: relaxing weekend in Anchorage

    ... sleepy downtown Anchorage is during the cold months!  Eventually we checked out the visitors center for ideas on a short hike where Portage Glacier was recommended to us.  The drive out was beautiful!  There was "terminal dust" (snow) on ...

  • 7

    On the way to Seward

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    ... , the Williwaw fish viewing observation deck. Down in the stream were spawning salmon, reds and silvers. Went on up to the Portage Glacier, did a trip through the parking lot and headed back down to the Seward Highway. Our stop for the night was in a ...

  • 8

    Early Arrival and Scenic Drive

    ... town.  So, we headed south on a breathtaking drive through the mountains.  We drove along the Turnagain Arm, past the Portage Glacier area, and beside the Kenai Lake.  We stopped at a number of scenic spots along the way to take pictures ...

  • 9

    Fabulous sunny day in Anchorage and environs!

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    ... Point where we hoped to see the beautiful baby Beluga, but although the scene was beautiful the baby was illusive.    Portage Glacier was very interesting and we saw some icebergs floating loose as well.       At ...

  • 10

    Cruising in a camper through the Yukon

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    ... of grass.  It all made the walk more exciting!!   So we are back in Anchorage now, and will spend the next two weeks making day trips, seeing Portage Glacier, Alyeska Ski Resort, and hopefully Prince William Sound and Whittier as ...