Knik Glacier

Total Miles
20.3

Technical Rating

6

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

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Knik Glacier
6

Trail Overview

The Knik Glacier Trail is a system that offers a wide variety of pathways to take to get back to the Glacier. This ride has lots of photo opportunities. It's a great weekend ride due to it being 25 minutes from Wasilla and an hour from Anchorage. Go out and have some fun!

Photos of Knik Glacier

Knik Glacier
Knik Glacier

Difficulty

This ride has some very deep water crossings. Make sure you walk before you cross and go with people that can help you recover if you get stuck.

Technical Rating

6

Status Reports

Jacob Cohen
Feb 15, 2025
4x4
Open
Beaver dam creek crossing is blown out and quite rough. Frame banger
Nick Klepac
May 04, 2024
2024 Polaris Sportsman 850
Open
Muddy/Wet
Trail was great. Was our first time riding to the glacier. Strongly recommend going with someone who knows the area as we took a few wrong turns and it costed us a lot of time!
Mitchell Peterson
Mar 16, 2024
SxS
Open
Snow/Ice
Frozen solid. Easy to access. 2wd accessible
Christian Colon
Apr 19, 2023
SxS
Open

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