Two people fell through the ice on Mendenhall Lake near the face of the glacier on Monday afternoon, but managed to escape without life-threatening harm, according to Capital City Fire/Rescue.

Juneau’s iconic waterfall cascades down the mountainside next to Mendenhall Glacier. Watching the rushing water merge into iceberg-filled Mendenhall Lake is a once-in-a-lifetime sight.

and lands in Mendenhall Lake (which is fed by the Mendenhall Glacier). The falls can be reached by an easy hike that includes ...

I was a U.S. Forest Service park ranger at Mendenhall Glacier for 14 years until I retired in 2018. Having lived in Juneau since 1969, I have watched the dramatic changes in glacial ice and the ...

Mendenhall Glacier welcomes more than 400,000 ... You can also pick up a map detailing the various hiking paths around the glacier. Many recent visitors saw the glacier while on a cruise port ...

So while Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier steals most of the ... with cliffs that rise more than 3,000 feet on either side and waterfalls that cascade down the steep rock walls. During the summer ...