#March2025Knik Glacier**
📍 **Location**: 1.5 hours drive from Anchorage
🚌 **Transportation**: Drive to Matanuska River Park and then take a helicopter/hovercraft
🌟 **Featured Experience**:
Take a helicopter to the glacier ($350/person), hike in the blue ice cave with spikes, and canoe close to the ice wall in summer. In winter, there is a "Glacier Aurora Tour" where you can set up a tent on the ice field and wait for the aurora.
🍴 **Nearby food**:
- **Musk Ox Farm Café**: Musk beef burger
- **Long Rifle Lodge**: Wild berry pie at the Glacier View Restaurant
📸 **Check-in spot**:
- Take a bird's-eye view of the glacier cracks from the helicopter hatch
- Translucent blue icicles in the ice cave
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