Alaska may feel worlds away, but from Seattle — the closest major gateway — it’s just a two-hour flight, and you can be adventuring by lunchtime.
Mendenhall Glacier is just 20 minutes from downtown, and you can explore its icy, ethereal beauty by hiking, paddling, or riding in a helicopter.
Warm up with crab legs bigger than your head at Tracy’s King Crab Shack (my death-row meal), or head to Hangar on the Wharf, a restaurant in an actual airplane hangar, for freshly caught halibut and salmon.
Then, wash it down at Alaskan Brewing Company with beer flavored by glacier water, spruce tips, and alder smoke.
In the only capital where a glacier can be part of your post-flight plans, Juneau pairs trailheads and tide-to-table seafood with scenery that’s cool (literally).
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