Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska

Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska

Featured in “Alaska ~ Beyond Your Dreams” – September 2009.

Flying into the mountains in a ski-plane to land at the top of the Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park. The dark line that follows the curve of this river of ice is a medial moraine composed of rocks and sediment that have been compacted together as the ice continued to move down the mountain. The Great Gorge is reputed to be the tallest, steepest-sided gorge in the world – including the depth of the ice, which is about 3700 feet, and the visible mountainsides at about 5000 feet, it is about 8700 feet deep!

[Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier]

[U.S. National Park Service website]

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