Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat A exclusive Bear Glacier sea kayaking, hiking, beach combing wilderness haven.

Kenai Fjords National Park
Bear Glacier Sea Kayaking, Lodging, And Camping Options
An exclusive sea kayaking, hiking, and beachcombing wilderness haven.

"Sea Kayaking among Bear Glacier giant icebergs is so much fun most sea kayakers have a hard time leaving".

Just a short water taxi or helicopter ride from Seward, Bear Glacier is the most spectacular and scenic sea kayaking destinatsion available in the Seward area. Visit our Bear Glacier Photo Album.

• Bear Glacier's low profile face calves along crevasses into mountainous size icebergs. This feature differs from other Kenai Fjords glaciers that have high faces. When their faces calve, the ice shatters into small ice pieces.

  1-day Guided Bear Glacier sea kayaking trips from Seward.
• Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat multi-day all-inclusive tour package.
• Corporate getaway and small group meeting location.

Also available for those who want to do their own thing.

• Bear Glacier water taxi service.
• Sea kayak rentals, and camping gear rentals.
• Hostel style lodging.

The Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat features comfortable modern 12' X 12' WeatherPORT shelters, a fabric tension structure with wood floors and 2 single beds. WeatherPORT shelters are used as permanent shelters in remote location around the world and are proven to offer comfortable lodging—in every weather condition—from Greenland to Antarctica. Also there is a large main gathering and dinning shelter.

Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat Actives.

• Guided Sea kayaking in a protected paradise amongst giant icebergs.
• Sea kayaking on your own.
• Guided naturalist-led hikes.
• Hiking on your own.
• Outdoor photography.
• Wildlife Viewing and Birding.
• Stroll along the glacier moraine beach in front of Bear Glacier Lake combing for seashell, glass ball fishing floats, and other beach treasures.
• Camping on your own.
• Just relaxing, enjoying spectacular views and reflecting on the awe-inspiring surroundings while others kayak or hike.

Bear Glacier is the largest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park and dumps into a large lake separated from the Pacific Ocean by a narrow glacier moraine. Bear Glacier is located 30 roadless miles south of Seward and is accessible by water taxi boat or helicopter.

Wildlife in the area includes black bears, mountain goats, coyotes, wolverines and harbor seals that come into the lake for protection from the Orca whales that cruise just outside along the beach. For birders, this area is the nesting area for a large variety of birds.

Related Bear Glacier Natural History Links
Bear Glacier Changes With Global Warming
FatPaddler.com at Bear Glacier
Iceberg Sizes, Shapes And Classifications
Kenai Fjords Glaciers - Glacial Features
Harding Icefield
A Tour of the Life of a Glacier

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