For generations, the glacier fanned out across the lake that it carved out. Now, after two decades of rapid retreat, ...

People can find Christmas trees by hiking out on the trails, but there are also a couple of accessible spots just off of ...

The aurora borealis danced over the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. Hundreds of Juneauites flocked to dark areas of town to catch particularly strong performances from the northern ...

After nearly a decade, the U.S. Forest Service has finalized its planto overhaul Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The project has provoked hundreds — if not thousands — of public comments ...

A floatplane taxis near docked cruise ships as it prepares to take off on July 6, 2023, in the Gastineau Channel, along the downtown waterfront in Juneau, Alaska. As the Mendenhall Glacier continues ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in parts of Juneau, seeping through flood barriers and flowing into a few ...

Every year for about a decade, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, has flooded from meltwater buildup on a nearby glacier. Those floods were minor until 2023, when a couple of dozen homes in ...

Twelve inches of fresh powder had just fallen at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska, when I arrived for my first day of skiing last February. Snow packed the slumping branches of towering pines and ...