Portage Glacier is a great destination to visit and enjoy a picnic with family or a special someone. The drive to the glacier is beautiful and the surrounding area is also breathtaking.

Portage Glacier is a great destination to visit and enjoy a picnic with family or a special someone. The drive to the glacier is beautiful and the surrounding area is also breathtaking.
Close to Anchorage, easy access, picturesque vistas, visitor's center w/ friendly Rangers, nice rest stop on the way to Seward!
Beautiful View, glacier to see, visitor center is really interesting!! Might get the chance to see some glaciers!! Souvenir shop (which I always Love) nice place to visit & bring out of town guests!!!
Great view from camp site with mountains nearby. Saw mother moose with calf, porcupine, coyote and eagles on hike near Glacier.
this is natural beauty at its finest, very accessible and literally beyond words, must be experienced
I was lucky enough to fly over this outstanding see of ice. If you really want to see it in its full majesty, you'd better hurry because at the rate of melting ice due to climate change, you're only going to see a tenth of what people were able to see some 15 years ago. However, this panorama is simply...
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Good naturalist center and good view of the glacier. It takes a while to get there from Anchorage, but we were there in the fall and the drive was quite beautiful.
Well worth the drive from Anchorage. Absolutely stunning views even on the day we visited which was overcast. The drive down the Seward Highway is a must do when in Anchorage.
When I was a kid you didn't need the boat to see this glacier, now you do. It is a beautiful place - even in summer it will be cold. Take the boat ride and enjoy it all
This review is for Portage Glacier itself, not the visitor center or cruise to see the glacier.
There are more easily viewed glaciers in Alaska, and this one isn't one of them. Kayak or paddle the north shore of the lake (where it is legal to do so) from the turn out before the Whittier tunnel, or take the cruise...
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