Once down the gravel path (which, btw, was put there by this glacier as it receded), our bus went to the "turn around" place, which is a circle about 100' in diameter, to which all the buses and people outside them are restricted. We could walk around there, take photos and just stare in awe at this incredible glacier. It was a very impressive and humbling experience to stand in the presence of such a massive amount of snow and ice.
The photo on the bottom shows a cap of one of the glacier. We were pretty far from the thing and I don't know exactly how deep that snow is, but it's probably in the range of, believe it or not, 100'. The top photo is of a "cup" glacier which is a glacier that, as it moves, scoops out a cup-like shape in the mountains supporting it. I liked this one the best because it showed the most variety of the colors reflected by the different types of snow/ice in the glacier.
I came away from this experience wanting to learn a lot more about these formations and their effect on weather and the environment.
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