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Purple fireweed stands in a green valley below a hanging glacier at the head of a steep mountain cirque.

Glacier

Denver Glacier

Hanging glacier at the head of the East Fork Skagway River, seen from the Denver trail or by helicopter to a sled dog camp.

Reference 193

Tongass National Forest · USFS

Viewing access
Train · Hike · Helicopter

Denver Glacier hangs above the East Fork of the Skagway River in the Sawtooth Mountains. Hikers see it from the Denver Glacier trail, which starts at the Denver Caboose Cabin by the WP&YR Denver flag stop. Temsco flies visitors to a dog camp on the glacier in summer under a Forest Service permit.

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Connected places & operators

Hiking · Flightseeing · Dog sledding

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Last updated 2026-11-13