Alaska’s top tourist attraction, the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, is reaching its capacity for commercial tours this year sooner than in previous years, due to the growing number of visitors. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Mendenhall Glacier
This means tour operators are also facing limits in the second half of the summer season on how many tours have permits to visit the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, which is overseen by the U.S. Forest Service. Business owners knew this day was coming, but it still stings, said Serene Hutchinson, general manager of Juneau Tours, which has operated for more than 20 years. She said her business plans to carefully manage its remaining permits for glacier visits. But she’s also trying to make up for the limits with additional city tours of Juneau and with whale-watching tours. She acknowledged that for Juneau visitors, the glacier is iconic.
She added that she feels sympathy for Forest Service staff facing public criticism: “We’re a small town and we know them all personally. … I’m grateful for them and I trust them to make the right decision.”
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