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Four scenes from a late-August hike on the Harding Icefield Trail with CJ.
Green meadows and waterfalls, blue ice at the edge of Exit Glacier, and wildflowers still blooming when most of Alaska’s season is already fading.
Full story and photos here:
https://lwpetersen.substack.com/p/harding-icefield-trail-august-2025
A wide view of steep, rocky mountains above the Harding Icefield Trail, with patches of lingering snow near the peaks and several thin waterfalls running down green, shrub-covered slopes toward the valley below under an overcast sky.
A close-up of a small cluster of blue Myosotis asiatica flowers with yellow centers, standing on a thin green stem. The flowers are sharply focused while the surrounding leaves and grasses form a soft green blur in the background, with a few water droplets visible on a blade of grass.
A sloping section of Exit Glacier fills most of the frame, showing bright blue crevasses and dark debris streaks, with rounded green hills and small shrubs in the foreground contrasting against the ice.
A hiker wearing a teal knit hat and a red backpack stands on dark, rocky ground at the edge of a snowfield, facing the cracked, blue-white surface of Exit Glacier and the foggy icefield beyond.
