Balance

Rocks on ice pedestals on the Castner Glacier. The rocks insulate the ice beneath them, so the surrounding ice melts faster.

Through the channel

Remnants of an ice cave on the Castner Glacier. Now it's just a giant arch.

Mt. Silvertip

Looking up Mt. Silvertip from the Castner Glacier

Western View

On the edge of the Castner Glacier in the Deltas looking down the Castner Valley into the Eastern Alaska Range. Sunny, snowy and 30 below temperatures make for fun camping and skiing!

Probe

Skiers probing for moulins near an ice wall.

Castner Glacier

Looking up the northern White Princess Branch of the Castner Glacier from the medial moraine.

Snowy and cloud-covered

Crystal Ceiling

Large ice crystals on the ceiling of a cave in the Castner Glacier.

Glacier Stream

Water-filling station on the Castner Glacier.

Snowy surface

The Castner Glacier is partially vegetated with a lot of willows and alders. It makes for interesting skiing when the snow is soft. Black Cap and White Princess are off in the distance with some lenticulars starting to form.

Ice Arch

White Princess Through the Ice Arch

Up the Creek

Jenn snowshoeing up Caster Creek to the toe of the Glacier

Camp

Building a snow wall as a wind barrier around our tent at the terminus of the Castner Glacier.

Alaska Range

Mountains over the Delta River Valley from the terminus of the Castner Glacier.

Lynx Tracks

Lynx tracks traversing a moraine on the Castner Glacier into the Castner Creek drainage.

Under the Ice

Over the Castner Glacier

Black Cap in the Shade, the Castner Glacier in the light

More cracks

Longitudinal crevasses on the Castner Glacier. These cracks often form where the glacier valley widens, increasing the tensile stress on the ice and run parallel to the flow direction. These are less common than transverse crevasses that run perpendicular to the flow direction and often occur where the glacier steepens (you can see a few transverse crevasses on the upper right side of this image). More photos of the Castner Glacier here.

Castner Creek

Looking up Castner Creek into the Deltas. Black Cap is on the left, White Princess is hiding behind a cloud. Kind of a gloomy afternoon.

Ice Wall

Ice Arch

Perspective

Looking down the Castner Glacier.