Exit Glacier then and now - BikeHikeSafari

I visited Exit Glacier in May 1997 and have happy memories climbing around the terminal moraine and even into an ice cave! On my return in May 2014 things have changed. I’ll let the photos do the talking!

May 1997 that little dot on the left wearing a yellow backpack is me standing on the terminal moraine, bit of a change! — Me standing on the terminal moraine of Exit Glacier May 1997 that little dot on the left wearing a yellow backpack is me, bit of a change!

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The end of the glacier May 2014. I would have been about 50m under the glacier in May 1997, millions of tons of ice has since melted! — Me standing on the end of Exit glacier 2014. I would have been about 50m under the glacier in May 1997, millions of tons of ice has since melted!

This is about where the glacier ended in May 1997 — Me standing in about the same place as in the photo above May 2014.

May 1997 from the viewpoint on the side of the road

May 2014 from the viewpoint on the side of the road

There is now a walking path where the glacier was in May 1997!

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