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WORTHINGTON GLACIER
The two RV Gypsies and their family hiked up Worthington Glacier
The goal is to reach the ice cave (the black hole to the left of the glacier in the left photo below). The sign says the glacier is unstable. The lady who works in the visitor center said that the ice cave is also very unstable and we must not enter the ice cave. August 10, 2009; It was soon discovered that the entire glacier is unstable.
Starting up the glacier. Even the dirt/rocky part is part of the actual glacier.
This is a much steeper climb than it looks, so a rest stop is in order.
looking off to the side of the glacier at the beautiful scenery
The little red spot in front of the lake in the photo to the right is a person.
Finally - the ice cave! There are loud sounds coming from inside the cave, must be the ice melting and caving.
   
looking down at the lake - the green spot is the roof of the visitor center
deep crevices in the glacier
Time to go down - it was decided to try a different way down that hopefully will be easier
At first the new trail seemed to go up, not down, but eventually the trail came out by the visitor center. Karen thought the down trail was easier, but everyone else thought the up trail was the easier of the two trails. (If you want to call climbing over big boulders a trail)
 
Now that they are down off the glacier, they see the sign that the trail is closed and that it is steep, primitive and difficult. They had started the climb up from down by the lake, not from this point and that is why they didn't see the sign.
sign and shovel outside the visitor's center

go to the next pageday 2 - climbing the other side of
Worthington Glacier