A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in parts of Juneau, seeping through flood barriers and flowing into a few ...

After nearly a decade, the U.S. Forest Service has finalized its planto overhaul Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The project has provoked hundreds — if not thousands — of public comments ...

The aurora borealis danced over the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. Hundreds of Juneauites flocked to dark ...

How hefty? You can expect to shell out at least $300 or more per person for most of these excursions. Even though shore ...

Every year for about a decade, the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, has flooded from meltwater buildup on a nearby glacier. Those floods were minor until 2023, when a couple of dozen homes in ...

The torrent of frigid meltwater that burst from an Alaskan glacier Tuesday and flooded at least 100 homes, swamped cars and forced residents to wade to safety has become a summertime scourge for the ...

Twelve inches of fresh powder had just fallen at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska, when I arrived for my first day of skiing last February. Snow packed the slumping branches of towering pines and ...

Since Juneau, Alaska, offers so many activities, ships generally spend a full day in port. Here's what to see and do in the ...