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Valley of the Glaciers out of Skagway ok, we took a special helicopter tour- Pilot's choice It was incredible! We felt like we had a sneak peak into Nature's beginning	Ok, strap on your seat belts and lets go, You will need to wear headphones and you cannot be afraid of heights or have a queasy stomach! This will be the rollercoaster ride of your life!	The views out of the windows cannot be properly represented with photos, but we will give you a little sneak preview. Our recommendation is to do this if you ever get a chance!
There were many statuesque mountains and cliffs	Many of the glaciers carried rocks and glacier dust on the surface or buried within along for the ride	Some of the glaciers had already retreated down the sides of the canyon walls, exposing bare, rugged cliffs.

The Chilkat Glacier System is famous for the many thrilling vertical features. It has tons of steep mountains covered in beautiful hanging glaciers. There are spectacular icefalls and frozen rivers of ice that have carved their paths into these rock for millions of years.	Incredibly huge cracks in this glacier
This crevasse to the left is over 100-200 ft long if not more, the picture does not show how massive these really are		Large crevasses develop as the glaciers grind and twist across the landscape and split open
		Cars could fall into these crevasses and never be found!

Our pilot is going to take us right through those peaks in the mountain in front of us- hang on to your seats	On some, they have flattened out, already wearing their paths through the hills, smoothing them out and making new valleys
Ferebee Glacier has jagged peaks surrounding the Chilkat Glacier, and the dramatic Meade glacier Many of the cliffs had walls of ice hanging precariously to the sides, breaking off and shifting constantly over time	Here the snow packs look ready to fall off the jagged cliffs	Some of the jagged cliff were really breath taking
The never ending oceans and rivers of ice was mind boggling!	The size of the ice fields was staggering	Ice rivers flowing into larger ice rivers!!!!
Hey, this river of ice and glacier is absolutely awe inspiring, lets get closer	Spectacular. . . . . .	Take a close look at a crevasse- ooh, I'll bet this goes down for miles, considering this ice field is over 5 miles wide- deceiving isn't it- the perception of size was very hard to establish!

Again, this looks like a dirt road on the Arizona dessert- it is actually over 5 miles wide and is a an example of how a glacier cuts a valley through the mountains	The fingers of ice slowly crawling down the mountain tops
Some of the mountains had been smoothed out by the glaciers constant erosion against the surface walls	The view was continually out of this world. I felt like I was on another planet- it was so alien and strange looking in some places	Imagine how deep those Crevasses are. . . . .


		This gives you an idea of how large some of the ice fields are- the helicopter looks remarkably small in this photo!
Uh oh, here we go again, our pilot must have been a stunt driver in another life, he continually went up and through some of the astounding cracks and peaks with the helicopter and then down the slopes we rode on the other side
Here is a view and we come over and down some of the mountains. . .	More phenomenal ice rivers!