Mt. Blackburn K'ala'i Tl'aad' Interpretation Signs ~ Willow Creek, Alaska
Reaching 16,390 feet (4,966 m ) in elevation, Mt. Blackburn towers above the land. Storms struggle to pass over this imposing mountain, stalling as they climb. Feet after feet of snow falls as the storms slowly rise or dissipate. Over time, this snow turns into ice & feeds Mt. Blackburn's abundant glaciers. These glaciers actively change the land. They combine to form immense glaciers, like the Kennicott glacier. Their movement creates knife edge ridgelines & jagged peaks. They also change the park's major rivers. Melted glacial ice, & the rock it eroded, turns the waterways draining Mt. Blackburn into cold, muddy, swift moving rivers. Fittingly, the Ahtna people call Mt. Blackburn K"als"Tl"aadi-the one at cold waters.
*On the opposite side of Mt. Blackburn, several small glaciers combine to create the 27 mile long Kennicott glacier. Its strips are different colored rocks from these glaciers.
Mt. Blackburn K'ala'i Tl'aad' Interpretation Signs ~ Willow Creek, Alaska
Reaching 16,390 feet (4,966 m ) in elevation, Mt. Blackburn towers above the land. Storms struggle to pass over this imposing mountain, stalling as they climb. Feet after feet of snow falls as the storms slowly rise or dissipate. Over time, this snow turns into ice & feeds Mt. Blackburn's abundant glaciers. These glaciers actively change the land. They combine to form immense glaciers, like the Kennicott glacier. Their movement creates knife edge ridgelines & jagged peaks. They also change the park's major rivers. Melted glacial ice, & the rock it eroded, turns the waterways draining Mt. Blackburn into cold, muddy, swift moving rivers. Fittingly, the Ahtna people call Mt. Blackburn K"als"Tl"aadi-the one at cold waters.
*On the opposite side of Mt. Blackburn, several small glaciers combine to create the 27 mile long Kennicott glacier. Its strips are different colored rocks from these glaciers.