PA12DRVR wrote:
The Portage Glacier is a freshwater glacier that one used to be able to walk to from the road (long before the current B-B visitor center) but has now receded to the point of needing a boat to get to it.
One way to get good views and photos of Portage Glacier without taking the boat ride is to hike to the top of Portage Pass from Whittier. It is only a 2-mile round-trip with a 750-foot elevation gain uphill from Whittier. Use the gravel "Forest Access" road just after the Whittier end of the tunnel to get to the trailhead. Wear boots as the trail can really get muddy, but, on a sunny day, the views from the top are spectacular!
