Programs

Spencer Glacier Guided Hikes

Affiliated Organization: Chugach National Forest

Description
Subjects & Audience
Locations
Cost
Partners

Affiliated Organization Contact

Chugach National Forest

161 East 1st Avenue, Door 8

Anchorage, Alaska 99508
http://www.fs.usda.gov/chugach/
(907) 754-2311
(907) 743-9476

Program Contact

Nicholas Racine
(907) 754-2311

Program Type

Activity Guide
Calendar
Classroom Visits
Curriculum-based Programs
Demonstrations
Environmental Monitoring
Field Trip
How to Manual
Internet Activity
Interpretation
Lesson Plan/Activities
Map
Poster Brochure
Presentation
Residential and/or Camp
Resource Guide/Catalogue
Service-Learning
Supplemental Curriculum
Traveling Trunks

Description

This hike is offered through the Alaska Railroad & the CNF-GRD. Hike begins at the Spencer Whistle Stop, the 1st installment of five proposed Whistle Stops from Portage AK to Grandview. This experience brings visitors into the backcountry of the Kenai Peninsula by rail & there is no other way to get there. Visitors are led through the valley of Placer River & ends at a viewing platform overlookins Spencer Glacier. This hike lasts 1 hour & is offered daily, Totoal distance (RT) is 2.6 miles.

Subjects

Alaska Ecology
Archeology
Arts
Biology
Climate Change
Employability
English/Language Arts
Environmental Education
Forest Service
Geography
Geology
Health
History
Invasive Species
Math
Paleontology
Recycling
Social Studies
STEM
Sustainability
Technology
Wilderness
Wildlife
Wildlife Safety
World Languages

Audience

K-12
Elementary
Junior High/Middle School
High School
Kindergarten
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Teachers/Educators
Adults
Public

Region

Southcentral
Southeast
Southwest
Interior
Arctic Slope

City/Town/Village

Anchorage

Indoor/Outdoor/Both

Indoor
Outdoor
Both

Duration of Program

Less than 2 hours
2 hours to a day
2 to 7 days
More than a week
More than a month

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