Description
The Mendenhall Glacier is Alaska’s backyard glacier. Located just 12 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska’s captial city, the Mendenhall Glacier is one of 38 glaciers flowing from the 1,500 square mile expanse of rock, snow and ice known as the Juneau Icefield. Mendenhall Lake is a fresh water lake created by rainwater and glacier melt, which often freezes over in winter.