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Featured Canwell Glacier and Rainbow Basin

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  • Ice Amphitheater

    Ice Amphitheater

    A large amphitheater-like room in an ice cave under the Canwell Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range.

  • Supraglacial Stream on the Canwell Glacier

    Supraglacial Stream on the Canwell Glacier

  • Institute Glow

    Institute Glow

    Institute Peak over the Canwell Glacier and Miller Creek at sunset.

  • Glacier Ice

    Glacier Ice

    Gorgeous color and texture in the ice of a glacier cave in the terminal moraine of the Canwell Glacier.

  • Falls and Ice

    Falls and Ice

    Small waterfalls into a glacial stream on the Canwell Glacier.

  • Rainbow

    Rainbow

    A rainbow over the mountains in the Alaska Range from the Canwell Glacier.

  • Two Entrances

    Two Entrances

    Two entrances to a glacier cave in the Canwell Glacier. The left entrance, I needed to duck down to go through. The right entrance was about 30 feet tall.

  • Moulin 180

    Moulin 180

    Canwell Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range

  • Canwell terminus

    Canwell terminus

    How many seasons can you count in this photo? This is the terminus of the Canwell Glacier in the Alaska Range - east of the Richardson Highway. Taken August 31, 2014.

  • Canwell Glacier Caves

    Canwell Glacier Caves

    Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Glacier Ice Texture

    Glacier Ice Texture

    Stunning views of blue ice texture and sunlight in the Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Tunnel Ice

    Tunnel Ice

    Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Glacier Cavern

    Glacier Cavern

    Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Clear Ice

    Clear Ice

    This was some of the clearest glacier ice I've ever seen with a clean view of the till beneath.

  • A brief opportunity

    A brief opportunity

    It was cloudy almost all night. Then, at 3am there was a small break, and then the aurora exploded through it. This lasted for about two or three minutes before the aurora moved off to the south and out of my little window. Then the window closed, then it snowed.

  • Glacier Ice Texture

    Glacier Ice Texture

    Stunning views of blue ice texture and sunlight in the Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • The view from my campsite

    The view from my campsite

    This was were I holed up for the night, hoping for aurora, but getting a lot more in the way of winter weather instead. I'll say that I sure wasn't expecting stumble on such a wonderful spot to stay the night. In the Alaska Range - near the Canwell Glacier

  • Glacier Cavern

    Glacier Cavern

    Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Hiking on the Canwell Glacier

    Hiking on the Canwell Glacier

    Overlooking a 30-foot deep canyon from the medial moraine.

  • Sunset Reflection

    Sunset Reflection

    Over one of the Miller Creek drainages.

  • Wildflower Stream

    Wildflower Stream

    We stumbled on this really beautiful stream up above the Canwell Glacier in the Alaska Range. It's too bad that it turned out to not get us where we wanted to go, but it was a nice distraction.

  • Glacier Ice Texture

    Glacier Ice Texture

    Stunning views of blue ice texture and sunlight in the Canwell Glacier caves in the Alaska Range - August 22, 2021

  • Cold Morning

    Cold Morning

    Supraglacial stream on the Canwell Glacier. We had a beautiful hike in, then it started raining. When we woke up there was a dusting of snow on the tent and the air was crisp.

  • Miller Creek

    Miller Creek

    Looking over the very full Miller Creek from the toe of the Canwell Glacier.

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