Today's adventure is to Kenai Fjords National Park and an interesting trek to Exit Glacier, one of only a few that you can walk to.
Its mile-wide icy tongue drops from the Harding Icefield hanging above the valley floor.
It's a nice hike through the glacial silt area --
with several interesting stream crossings--
ending in a wonderful up hill trail to the glacier face.
The glacier is the source of the Resurrection River--
--a braided network of streams and estuaries responsible for a large portion of Seward's salmon population.
Scrapes, scars and boulders are left in the terrain by the receding field of ice.
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