RHH's photos with the keyword: richardson highway

This is Gulkana Glacier along Highway 4 in Alaska. We drove there after heading north from the Denali Highway but did not go all the way to Fairbanks. We drove this far intending to drive to the glacier but the road was to rough for our rental vehicle.

Taken near Gulkana Glacier along Highway 4 in Alaska. We had intended to drive to the glacier but the road was too rough for our vehicle.

When in Alaska in 2015 we traveled the Richardson Highway as far as Gulkana Glacier intending to hike to the glacier. We discovered, however, that our rental car was not up to the rough road we had to take and were limited to photos from the area west of the glacier.

On our 2015 trip to Alaska we traveled from Anchorage to Denali and then took the old Denali Highway across to the Richardson Highway. We went north on the Richardson Highway as far as Gulkana Glacier, shown here, intending to go up to the glacier. We discovered, however, that the road was far too rough for our rental car and so we had to be satisfied with taking photos from this vantage point.

Horsetails Falls (there are many others) is found in Thompson Pass between Glennallen and Valdez, Alaska. The weather on the way to Valdez was the worst of the whole trip. We had to take these pictures from inside the car. It was raining so hard that we could not keep our lenses dry. As to other falls with the same name, there is another Horsetail Falls near Whittier, Alaska, one in the Columbia River gorge west of Portland and another In Yosemite National Park. There are also falls with that name in the Ozarks and near Tahoe.

After driving east to the end of the Denali Highway and to the ghost town of Paxson we turned north towards Fairbanks and drove to Gakona Glacier, visible near the center of the picture. We stopped at the overlook along the highway but also drove out into the open area to the west of the glacier. We had hoped to hike to the glacier from the end of the road, but the road became so rough and difficult that we finally gave it up. The flowers in the foreground are Eskimo Potato and Hairy Alpine Milk Vetch.

Worthington Glacier is along the Richardson Highway in Thompson Pass and on the way to Valdez. We spent quite a bit of time there climbing up to the glacier and exploring the area. The day was overcast or rainy but that helped capture the colors of the ice.

Worthington Glacier is along the Richardson Highway to Valdez and is an easy hike. There is a viewing area near the car park but it is possible to hike both to the hills above the glacier and to the foot of the glacier, both of which we did. Like so many other glaciers this one is receding and the pond and debris are in the area where the glacier reached not long ago.

There are two Bridal Veil Falls in our area and must be hundreds of others, but this falls is in Alaska along the Richardson Highway between Glennallen and Valdez - in Keystone Canyon, a part of Thompson Pass. The day was the worst day of our trip, with rain and very low clouds, but we managed a hike to Worthington Glacier and stopped for pictures at various points in Thompson Pass before heading back to Glennallen.