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4 July 2018. Kennicott

4 July 2018. Kennicott AK

4th of July!  We took the first shuttle up the five miles to the historic Mining Town of Kennicott.  Most of this town is owned by the forest service, and they are in the process of restoring it, bit by bit.  The town shut down when the Kennicott Copper mine took all the copper out of the surrounding area, around 1938.  We toured several buildings, very cool! 

Historic mining town of Kennicott AK
Several areas of Kennicott have not yet been restored!
Huge Boilers/ Generators to heat, make electricty for the town. They reminded me of the ones you have to fix, Mike H!

The highlight here, however, was the 2 mile hike outside of town to the Root Glacier.  We had packed our lunch and took this hike, and then climbed onto the “foot” of the Glacier, itself.  A little bit slippery – but Chuck took some great footage with the drone

Kennicott and Root Glaciers – I cant tell where one begins and the other ends. The brown mounds on the bottom of this photo are the Morraine – it is all ice, but with a layer of dirt on top.
The trail to the Root Glacier had some fun parts – like walking a plank across a waterfall.
The trail to the Root Glacier
Walking on the Root Glacier
See – I was on the Root Glacier, too!
Drone shot of us on the Root Glacier
We watched some folk ice climbing on the Root Glacier

Here is a YouTube link to our Drone footage on the Glacier: