Programs
Spencer Glacier Guided Hikes
Affiliated Organization: Chugach National Forest
Affiliated Organization Contact
- Chugach National Forest
161 East 1st Avenue, Door 8
Anchorage, Alaska 99508 - http://www.fs.usda.gov/chugach/
- (907) 754-2311
- (907) 743-9476
Program Contact
- Nicholas Racine
- (907) 754-2311
Program Type
- Activity Guide
- Calendar
- Classroom Visits
- Curriculum-based Programs
- Demonstrations
- Environmental Monitoring
- Field Trip
- How to Manual
- Internet Activity
- Interpretation
- Lesson Plan/Activities
- Map
- Poster Brochure
- Presentation
- Residential and/or Camp
- Resource Guide/Catalogue
- Service-Learning
- Supplemental Curriculum
- Traveling Trunks
Description
This hike is offered through the Alaska Railroad & the CNF-GRD. Hike begins at the Spencer Whistle Stop, the 1st installment of five proposed Whistle Stops from Portage AK to Grandview. This experience brings visitors into the backcountry of the Kenai Peninsula by rail & there is no other way to get there. Visitors are led through the valley of Placer River & ends at a viewing platform overlookins Spencer Glacier. This hike lasts 1 hour & is offered daily, Totoal distance (RT) is 2.6 miles.
Subjects
- Alaska Ecology
- Archeology
- Arts
- Biology
- Climate Change
- Employability
- English/Language Arts
- Environmental Education
- Forest Service
- Geography
- Geology
- Health
- History
- Invasive Species
- Math
- Paleontology
- Recycling
- Social Studies
- STEM
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Safety
- World Languages
Audience
- K-12
- Elementary
- Junior High/Middle School
- High School
- Kindergarten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- Teachers/Educators
- Adults
- Public
Region
- Southcentral
- Southeast
- Southwest
- Interior
- Arctic Slope
City/Town/Village
Anchorage
Indoor/Outdoor/Both
- Indoor
- Outdoor
- Both
Duration of Program
- Less than 2 hours
- 2 hours to a day
- 2 to 7 days
- More than a week
- More than a month
Pay to Participate
- Yes
- No
Program Evaluation
None
Partners
Alaska Railroad