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• Exit Glacier, in Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward. It's an eight-mile drive off the Seward Highway and then a quarter-mile walk.
• Matanuska Glacier, along the Glenn Highway east of Palmer. Drive into Glacier Park Resort or see it from the highway.
• Kennicott and Root glaciers, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park near McCarthy. The McCarthy Road ends almost at the snout of the Kennicott.
• Worthington Glacier, along the Richardson Highway near Thompson Pass east of Valdez.
• Byron, in the Chugach National Forest near Portage Lake south of Anchorage. Access is off the road to the M/V Ptarmigan, the sightseeing boat that visits Portage Glacier.
• The glacier near the top of Mount Alyeska. Take the tram to the chalet, then walk uphill along the road until you reach the snowfield and ice.

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