Here there are opportunities for adventure, a living laboratory for observing the ebb and flow of glaciers, and a chance to study life as it returns in the wake of retreating ice. Amidst majestic scenery, Glacier Bay offers us now, and for all time, a connection to a powerful and wild landscape. Located in Southeast Alaska. The area is famous for volcanoes, brown bears, fish, and rugged wilderness. Park headquarters located in King Salmon, Alaska.
Air charters fly over the coast for flight seeing and access to the fjords.
Boat tours and charters are available from Seward. In summer, boat tours ply the coast, observing calving glaciers, sea birds, and marine mammals. The discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon brought thousands of gold hungry stampeders to Skagway and Dyea, Alaska. The White Pass Trail from Skagway, and the Chilkoot Trail from Dyea were the most popular overland routes to the gold fields. Today the park has a visitor center in Skagway and administers the Chilkoot Trail and White Pass Trail units.