Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska

2024 Tus sau: Cyrus Reynolds | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-08 03:57

Mendenhall Glacier tsuas yog 12 mais ntawm plawv nroog Juneau, Alaska, uas piav qhia nws qhov chaw. Cov neeg tuaj saib tuaj yeem taug kev mus rau Mendenhall Lake ntawm ko taw ntawm lub qhov dej khov ntawm lub rooj zaum muaj lub rooj zaum muaj peev xwm siv tau Photo Point Trail. Ob peb txoj kev taug kev muaj sijhawm los saib cov dej khov thiab cov tsiaj qus ntawm Alaska's Tongass National Forest.

Mendenhall Glacier

Lub caij ncov, uas yog lub Tsib Hlis mus txog rau lub Cuaj Hli, kev nkag mus rau thaj chaw saib glacier thiab txhua txoj kev tshwj tsis yog Photo Point Trail yog pub dawb, tab sis Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Neeg Qhua tau them $ 5 tus nqi nkag rau cov neeg tuaj saib hnub nyoog 16 xyoo thiab laus dua. Tus nqi no muab rau koj nkag mus rau Chaw Saib Xyuas Chaw, Photo Point Trail, thiab txhua chav dej hauv qhov chaw. Yog tias koj muaj Daim Federal Recreation Lands Senior pass, koj yuav tsis tas them tus nqi.

Mendenhall Glacier's Visitor Center nta lub qhov rais loj uas muaj qhov pom kev pom ntawm lub qhov dej khov. Cov neeg tuaj saib tuaj yeem saib qhov kev nthuav qhia audio-visual, saib cov khoom pov thawj, thiab kawm txog Juneau Icefield. Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Chaw yog qhib txhua xyoo, txawm hais tias lub caij ntuj no muaj kev txwv. US Forest Service rangers thiab cov qhua hais lus muaj cov kev pabcuam tshwj xeeb txhua xyoo.

Thaum ntau tus neeg mus rau Mendenhall Glacier nrog pab pawg ncig xyuas lossis taug kev mus rau ntug dej, koj tuaj yeem mus rauglacier ntawm koj tus kheej. Koj tuaj yeem caij tsheb tavxij los ntawm Juneau, tsav tsheb mus rau glacier nrog lub tsheb xauj, lossis caij tsheb npav hauv nroog mus rau Glacier Spur Road thiab taug kev mus rau lwm qhov (1.5 mais). Tseem muaj ob lub tuam txhab ncig xyuas ntiag tug uas muaj kev pabcuam tsheb thauj mus los nruab nrab ntawm Juneau lub nkoj caij nkoj thiab cov dej khov, M&M Tours of Juneau, thiab Juneau Tours.

Photo Point Trail

Lub rooj zaum muaj log-txhim kho Diam duab Point Trail yog 0.3 mais ntev. Txoj kev yog paved thiab yooj yim rau kev taug kev. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws, nws muaj qhov pom zoo ntawm Mendenhall Lake, Mendenhall Glacier thiab Nugget Falls. Yog tias koj mus ntsib thawj lub Tsib Hlis thiab xaus lub Cuaj Hli, koj yuav tsum tau them tus nqi nkag $ 5 txhawm rau taug kev raws Txoj Kev Photo Point.

Nugget Falls, thaum kawg ntawm Nugget Creek, ntws mus rau hauv Mendenhall Lake. Txoj kev mus rau Nugget Falls ceg tawm ntawm Mendenhall Glacier's Photo Point Trail thiab coj koj mus rau ko taw ntawm dej tsaws tsag. Txoj kev ob-mais yog qhov tiaj tus thiab feem ntau tsis muaj pav. Koj tuaj yeem taug kev ncaj nraim mus rau qhov dej tsaws tsag thaum koj mus txog qhov kawg ntawm txoj kev. Nws yuav siv koj li ib teev taug kev Nugget Falls Trail.

Lwm txoj kev ntawm Mendenhall Glacier suav nrog ib mais Trail of Time, 1/4 mais Steep Creek Loop thiab 3.5 mais East Glacier Loop. Mendenhall Glacier txoj kev yog qhib txhua hnub los ntawm 6:00 a. m. mus txog ib tag hmo, txawm tias thaum Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Qhua raug kaw. Yog tias koj npaj mus taug kev lossis taug kev thaum koj mus ntsib, hnav khaub ncaws kom tsim nyog thiab hnav khau hiking lossis lwm yam khau nrogcov khau looj plab hlaub tsim rau qhov chaw ntub thiab nplua. Nqa zaub mov thiab dej yog tias koj taug kev mus ntev.

Lub Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center qhib thaum 8:00 teev sawv ntxov txog 7:30 teev tsaus ntuj txij lub Tsib Hlis mus txog Lub Kaum Hli. Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Neeg Qhua kuj tseem qhib txij lub Kaum Hli mus txog Lub Peb Hlis, tab sis cov sij hawm muaj tsawg dua thiab cov huab cua hauv cheeb tsam tuaj yeem ua rau Lub Chaw Qhua tuaj yeem kaw ua ntej lossis qhib tom qab lub sijhawm tshaj tawm. Lub Chaw Saib Xyuas Neeg Qhua feem ntau raug kaw thaum lub Plaub Hlis; tshawb xyuas lub tiaj ua si lub vev xaib kom paub cov ntaub ntawv tshiab.

Bergy Bits

Ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev mus ntsib glacier yog saib lub glacier "calve." Nyob rau hauv cov txheej txheem no, loj chunks ntawm dej khov tawg tawm ntawm lub glacier thiab poob rau hauv dej. Cov dej khov me me yog hu ua "bergy bits." Nws tsis tuaj yeem kwv yees tias thaum twg cov dej khov nab kuab yuav ua rau lub plab, tab sis koj yuav nco ntsoov nws mus ib txhis yog tias koj muaj hmoo txaus los nyob ntawd thaum nws tshwm sim. (Lub tswv yim: Koj yuav pom cov calve glacier zoo dua nyob rau hnub sov, tshav ntuj.)

Dab tsi yog qhov dej khov, Txawm li cas los?

Ib daim ntawv glacier thaum lub pob daus tsis yaj tag nrho, tab sis nws hloov pauv los ntawm cov daus ntxiv. Thaum kawg, cov daus compressed ua dej khov. Lub zog ntawm lub ntiajteb txawj nqus rub lub glacier downhill. Lub glacier tau hais tias yuav thim rov qab thaum nws tsis txav mus rau pem hauv ntej thiab nqes toj vim tias nws tau yaj sai dua li cov daus tshiab thiab dej khov tuaj yeem sib sau.

Raws li cov dej khov txav mus, nws khawb av thiab pob zeb. Lub glacier deposits pob zeb thiab av ntawmNws lub ntsiab lus, uas, nyob rau hauv Mendenhall Glacier rooj plaub, yog Mendenhall Lake. Koj tuaj yeem pom tias qee lub pas dej thiab dej hauv Alaska pom muaj huab. Qhov no yog vim cov av nplua nuj, hmoov av uas glaciers tsim. Cov hmoov no ntws mus rau hauv pas dej thiab cov dej ntws nrog rau cov dej uas yaj los ntawm cov dej khov.

Tsis txhob ntxias cov Bears

Juneau yog lub teb chaws dais. Tsis txhob tso cov zaub mov lossis cov ntaub qhwv pov tseg rau ntawm txoj kev lossis hauv qhov chaw nres tsheb. Cov neeg hauv zos yuav hais kom koj nqa "yuav mace" los tua dais. Koj tuaj yeem hnav " dais tswb," uas ua suab nrov ceeb toom bears ntawm koj txoj hauv kev, thaum koj nyob ntawm txoj kev. Yog tias koj pom ib tug dais, maj mam rov qab mus, qw thiab ua suab nrov. Tsis txhob sim los ze zog - tsis muaj daim duab tsim nyog rau mauling - thiab tsis txhob tig thiab khiav, raws li tus dais txiav txim siab koj yog neeg raug tsim txom.

Chaw nyob

8510 Mendenhall Loop RoadJuneau, AK 99801