Mendenhall Glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake

The center of Mendenhall Glacier’s terminus on November 23, 2025. Scientists confirm the glacier is no longer interfacing with Mendenhall Lake. (Photo by Alix Soliman/KTOO)
For the first time, Juneau’s famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake, which was hidden beneath a thick sheet of glacial ice only a couple of hundred years ago. Scientists say this means the glacier has entered a new phase of its retreat.
Jason Amundson, a glaciologist at the University of Alaska