Worthington Glacier Gallery
Pictures of, from, or near Worthington Glacier.
Nestled in the Chugach Mountains in Thompson Pass, Worthington Glacier is a popular tourist destination as it is right off the highway and has easy access. We offer guided tours of Worthington Glacier for those wishing to explore inside the glacier. There are paved trails to the viewing platform and well packed gravel trails to the glacier face. From the viewing platform to the glacier, it is maybe a 10-minute walk. Most people who are able to walk stairs unaided should be able to walk to the face of the glacier without difficulty. DO NOT approach within 100ft of the face of the glacier. Rocks fall off the face of the glacier and have caused injuries and a fatality.
There is ample paved parking with parking for both passenger cars and RV's. There are four outhouses and no running water. We operate the concession building where snacks, drinks and some souvenirs are available for purchase. We are also happy to answer any questions you may have.
The glacier is receding at a fast pace and the face of the glacier becomes taller and more steep each year.
Pets are permitted on leashes. Leashes must be no more than 9ft.
Hiking
There is Worthington Glacier Ridge Trail a steep trail to the left of the paved area that leads to the viewing platform. This is a maintained trail and is kept in good condition, but it is an aggressive hike the follows Worthington Glacier along the southern ridge.
From Anchorage take the Glenn Highway to Glennallen, then turn south to Valdez on the Richardson Highway. From Fairbanks, drive south to Valdez on the Richardson Highway, or from Valdez drive north 32 miles (about 40 minutes) on the Richardson.
Worthington Glacier is at 29 mile on the Richardson Highway. It's impossible to miss, unless it's whiteout conditions.
In the late 1990's the glacier extended to the pond, and the viewing deck, in the past two decades it has retreated over a quarter mile.
Naming: Worthington was a local name reported in 1900 by F. C. Schrader, USGS.
101 Wall, Blueberry Block, Republic of Boulder, The Sunny Side,
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Routes:Angel, Bridal Veil Falls (Ice Climb), Cidersicle, Crystal Visions, Dire Straits, Fang Gully, Fast Friends, Fishing for Fools, Flying Cloud, Foolagain, Glass Onion, Greensteps, Hanging Tree Left, Hanging Tree Right, Horsetail Falls (Ice Climb), Hung Jury, Jaws Wall, Mud Slide, My Three Rats, Oil Slick, Popsicle Pillar, POS, Secret Journey, Simple Twist of Fate, Ski Race, Spring Loaded, Stem City, The Bight, Tokyo Express, Tsuri Gane, VAC,
Lakes:Blueberry Lake, Greyling Lake, Thompson Lake, Trap Lake, Worthington Lake,
Locales:19 Mile Wall, Bald Boy, Bro Bowl, Catchers Mitt, Cracked Ice, DOT Face, Fracture Canyon, Girls, Heavenly, Heiden View Face, Little Girls, Little Odyssey, Loveland Basin, Mega Sumo, Moonlight Basin, Nick's Happy Valley, North Odyssey, Python, RFS, Road Run, School Bus, Skate Park, Snatch, Valley of the Tusk, Vertigo,
Mountains:Girls Mountain, Meteorite Mountain, Odessey,
Parks:Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site,
Mountain Passes:Ptarmigan Drop, Thompson Pass,
Peaks:Acapulco, Berlin Wall, Bronto, Cracked Ice, F-Top, Goodwills, Halibut Head, Ivory Tusk, Little Matterhorn, Loveland Peak, Python, Repeater Peak, RFS, Rhinestone Cowgirl, Sapphire, Satellite, Sina Benchmark, Stone Mountain, Tones Temple, Twentyseven Mile Peak, Whistlers Mother,
Ridges:Routes:300 Days of Sunshine and Attitude, 5 Star Everything, 919, Afternoon Shadow Boxing, Anchor Man, Another Foolish Route, Artic Oven Lovin, Babar Yoga, Backflip Bum, Balaclava Joy, Bio-Dome, Blueberry Crack , Bluebies, Casa Bonita, Chain Letters From the Dalai Lama, Chain Letters to the Dalai Lama, Curry Popcorn, E-Talk the Talk, Elitist's Overcompensation, Entrepreneur, Ewok the Walk, Find The Cure, Fixe Fixie, Flatirons, Follow the Medallion, Game On!, Gingerade, Grandma's Barley Soup, Happy Rosh Hashana, Honey Badger, Hunka Munka, I Got A Fever of 5.7, I Love Lamp, Kombucha Crack, Last Train to Chossville, Learning Center for Ants, Love Bubble, Lucky Number Fifty-Sleven, McCarthy Bus Lane, McSchmiggens, Mecha Streisand, Meet You at the Station, Mimosa Morning, My Subaru Loves the Environment, Neptune, North Slope, Northurn Lights Delight, On The Grid, Organic, Party on Garth, Party on Wayne, Philanthroparian, Pika's Penthouse, Pika's Playhouse, Ping Pong Madness, S.K.K., Salami Heist, Saturday Night Fever, Scouts Honor, Sharp End, Six Figure Bums, Snot a Rocket, South Park, Steave's Goalie, Steve's Tanker, Stoken the Stove, Sway Penny Yoga, Talons, Thursday Night Cruiser, Tibetan Prayer Flags Made in China, Trustafarian (Rasta With a Trust Fund), Unknown, Unknown 3, Valet at the Movement, What Would Squeak Do?, Yippie (Yuppie Hippie),
Streams:Bear Creek, Bench Creek, Brown Creek, Browns Creek, Cascade Creek, Heiden Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Sheep Creek, Wortmanns Creek,
Routes:Browns Creek Trail, DOT Glacier Trail, Little Odessey Trail, Pack Trail of 1899, Thompson Pass Pipeline Access Road, Trans-Alaska Trail - Valdez to Thompson Pass, Tsina River Trail, Worthington Glacier Ridge Trail,
Valleys:Heiden Canyon, Keystone Canyon, Snowslide Gulch,
Waterfalls:Pictures of, from, or near Worthington Glacier.
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Buff-bellied Pipit, Common Raven, Willow Ptarmigan, Barrow's Goldeneye, Black-billed Magpie, Merlin, Canada Goose, Semipalmated Plover, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Bohemian Waxwing, White-winged Crossbill, Common Redpoll, Wilson's Snipe, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Herring Gull, Golden-crowned Sparrow, American Robin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pine Grosbeak, Common Gull, Varied Thrush, Short-eared Owl, Swainson's Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Wilson's Warbler