Quite a few of the images I capture are key-worded “vast” in my Lightroom catalog. Here, as I was walking along the glacial moraine at Sheridan Lake, I turned around just in time to catch Barbra and two visiting friends taking in the landscape. Located about 17 miles from our home in Cordova, a short walk through spruce and hemlock forests leads to this magical lake where, in wintertime people ice skate among massive structures of ice and in springtime and early summer kayak and canoe through the same setting.
It was June 12 when we visited the lake, but here on the edge of Alaska’s Chugach National Forest, the world’s northernmost rainforest, it’s still spring as these willow flowers attest.
That’s Sheridan Mountain on the left side of this image – another hike for another day. Just right of center is a peek view of Sheridan Glacier itself.
We’re hoping to visit this lake again soon with our pack rafts, hopefully on a day with a little nicer light. It’d be interesting to get a closer view of the ice, and to put a watercraft of known size in the picture to provide a sense of scale.
Having arrived in Cordova by ferry from Whittier (a 100-mile cruise across Prince William Sound) on May 15, although most of our time has been given to setting up our new home, we’ve already managed to feather in a handful of hikes. With nearly 20 named Forest Service trails within a short drive – and all of them changing with the seasons, all of them beautiful as they wind through stands of moss-draped evergreens, through muskeg, up mountains and along lakes, rivers and streams, there will be lots more to come. So stay tuned!
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Stunning!
Thanks Kim!
Impressive.
Thanks! You have some beautiful photographs on your site!
Thanks. 😊
It is so nice to see a post from you again, strangers that we are. We loved Alaska during our only visit in 2008 and are going back for a short visit to the Kenai in August.
Good to hear from you, too! Other projects took us away from Cutterlight these past months, but we’re looking forward to resuming regular publication now. Thanks for reading!
I kind of like the light – it really makes the blue in the glaciers! Sounds like you will have a lot to explore!
Hi Mary. Yes, that’s one of the trade-offs… the blue really does pop under overcast skies. Lots and lots of hiking up here! Haven’t figured out the fishing yet. We’ve identified 40 species of birds so far!
Hi Jack,
Appreciate staying connected. I spent this past year in Utqiagvik. Look forward to your new posts from Cordova……… Rick Luthi
Good to hear from you, Rick. Yes, I had heard you were up there. Hope it was a good year. I’m staying busy. Going through six years of photos from The Lake… writing projects… and determined to hike all 20 or so trails here in Cordova this summer. So, we’ll be posting articles and photos more regularly now.