Exit Glacier Hike

While in Seward, we hiked up to an overlook of Exit Glacier. This is one of the few glaciers that are still accessible via a reasonable hike from the road. We decided to take the longer trail up to a meadow near the treeline to overlook the glacier from a higher vantage point after taking the short 1.2 mile ranger led hike to the face of the glacier. (The glacier is receding so quickly, you can no longer "touch" the glacier from the most developed hiking trail.)
Our additional hike was 5 miles round trip after which we also walked across the river outflow to the toe of the glacier so that we could see it from the "bottom" and also touch it.

Unfortunately, our late start didn't allow us to hike the 8 1/2 miles up to the Harding Icefield so that we could get a glimpse of the origins of all of these glaciers in the area.