...soft snow near the summit of Mount McGinnis, looking at the startling contrast of light and shadow on the Mendenhall Glacier. "Oct. 20 and it's still beautiful," I thought. "This just can't be real." In short, I have been hiking. A...

...center's Saturday kids program, will start up again in October. Families are reminded to plan for Halloween fun at the glacier Oct. 30. The free Friday night Fireside Lecture program will resume in January with cultural and natural history presentations...