Outdoors columnist John Schandelmeier: The Castner Ice Cave has gone from an isolated curiosity in the Alaska Range to a major tourist attraction over the years
There is plenty of evidence of foot traffic near the opening of Castner Ice Cave on March 31, 2022.
What we term an ice cave is simply a hole under a glacier where the glacial creek begins from somewhere under the glacier. Some caves are large enough to walk into, some are not. Melt water from the glacier, caused by transferred summer heat, or heat from a geothermal source under the glacier begins the flow. The water, which is almost always at a constant temperature, carves its way through the glacier on its way to the ocean — whether that be 20 feet or 1,000 miles.
It is the spring sun that brings the mass of tourists to the Castner. That — and tour operators. Six years ago the Castner Cave was not where it is today. You could go there and never see another person. Three years back, you would see folks there on weekends during February and March. Last year I was amazed to see 50 people on a Saturday in early April. On spring break two weeks ago, more than 300 college kids and other tourists visited Castner Cave — on a single Wednesday.
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