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Juneau Icefield
Parent Ranges: North America / Pacific Cordillera / Coast Mountains / Boundary Ranges
Area: 6397 sq km . Automap

Location: Dwarfing the temperate-zone icecaps of the southern Coast Ranges of BC, the Juneau Icefield is the among the largest contiguous icemasses in North America, exceeded in area only by the larger Malaspina-St. Elias icefields connecting Glacier and Yakutat Bays to Kluane National Park at the intersection of the AK, YT and BC boundaries. The Juneau Icefield lies above and east of Juneau AK, between there and Atlin and Tagish Lakes, and its northern end is right above the town of Skagway AK.

KeyPasses: Warm Pass, In Sloko Pass

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Top Trips
38 Juneau Icefield Ski Traverse Dave Williams
37 Coast Range, Saint Elias and Chugach Mountains Traverse (multiyear) Dave Williams

Top Photos
23Devils Paw - From the Air to the East Matt Lucas
13Vintage Govt Aerial Of Nunatak On Llewellyn Glacier, Juneau Icefield Mike Cleven
11Devils Paw and Area Kevin Altheim
11Devils Paw and Michael's Sword Kevin Altheim
9Mount Hefty and BP 109 NW5 Dan Richardson
8Devils Paw - Closeup of West Side Kevin Altheim
7Michael's Sword Kevin Altheim


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