Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site

Worthington Glacier is an excellent example of a typical valley glacier and one of the most accessible glaciers in Alaska. For the last 150 years, the glacier has been steadily melting back or retreating. It is not likely to completely disappear because its upper basin at 5,500 feet collects about 28 feet of snow each year. The glacier is named for the transit man of an 1899 survey party mapping an ice-free corridor to Alaska’s Interior who survived being swept away in a glacial stream.