Tourist Tips

—› A huge percentage of visitors go see the Mendenhall Glacier, one of 38 glaciers making up the Juneau Icefield — a mountainous, frozen expanse dividing Juneau and Canada. To really get up close, book a guided trip. There’s nothing like walking around on a dense, frozen, slow-motion river of ice, peering down into the cobalt depths or — if you’re lucky and a guide deems them safe enough — stepping into one of the glacier’s shimmering, crystalline ice caves.