The crust was rock-solid and there was plenty of snow and I knew exactly where I wanted to go: Spencer Glacier. I had been up here a couple of years ago, but on that day the crust was softening quickly, so we didn't stay long. Today I wanted to explore

It took about an hour of fairly easy skiing to reach the glacier. I was lucky that most of the snow bridges were still intact. The trip can be a lot longer if you have to deal with a lot of creek crossings.

Icebergs on Spencer Lake, with the glacier in the background.

They say that these bergs can flip over, even when lodged in the ice. But since I saw plenty of snowmobile tracks on them, I decided it was okay for a quick photo.

A few of them were pretty big!

Crust cruising right up to the glacier face. These tracks are on the moraine in front of the glacier.

I couldn't resist the temptation - I had to jump on the glacier for a little bit of glacier skiing.

It sure is nice of them to put these picnic tables out for us crust skiers, but they make it kind of hard to hold on to your lunch!

Originally thought these were wolf tracks, but are probably wolverine based on the three-print pattern.