61 ° 2' 37.864" N,
145 ° 31' 3.63" W
Valdez-Cordova (CA)
5 mi (8.05 km)
4206 ft (1281.99 m)
The easiest way to access Marshall Glacier other than by plane or helicopter out of Valdez. Is to take the Bench Glacier approach and work your way east across the bench through the alpine. This would also be the easiest land based route in winter on snowmachine (snowmobile).
In the Chugach Mountains, trending north to its terminus 3 miles southwest of Marshall Pass and 25 miles east of Valdez. (AK-T1)
Marshall Glacier sits outside of Valdez and can be seen from the Richardson Highway, while driving down Thompson Pass towards Valdez. It sits on a slope across a valley from the highway. Marshall Glacier is a fairly mild glacier with most of it's rapid elevation drop being at its terminus.
Marshall Glacier sits on the east side of Marshall Pass which means all of its drainage flows down to the Copper River.
Local name published in the 1950's by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). (AK-T1)
Naming: Marshall Glacier is a local name published in the 1950's by USGS. Likely taking it's name from Marshall Pass which it feeds into, which was named in 1898 by Captain W.R. Abercrombie.
Pictures of, from, or near Marshall Glacier.
101 Wall, Blueberry Block, Republic of Boulder, The Sunny Side,
Glaciers:Bench Glacier, Cordova Glacier, Deserted Glacier, Glacier G214282E60871N, Glacier G214285E60829N, Glacier G214286E60849N, Glacier G214289E60837N, Glacier G214291E60861N, Glacier G214304E61253N, Glacier G214314E61049N, Glacier G214320E61230N, Glacier G214328E60976N, Glacier G214334E60964N, Glacier G214344E60960N, Glacier G214354E60949N, Glacier G214367E61057N, Glacier G214372E61254N, Glacier G214425E61262N, Glacier G214428E61155N, Glacier G214430E61162N, Glacier G214432E61145N, Glacier G214486E61259N, Glacier G214552E61248N, Glacier G214560E61231N, Glacier G214575E61240N, Glacier G214627E61131N, Glacier G214638E61142N, Heiden Glacier, Marshall Glacier, Pencil Glacier, Tasnuna Glacier, The Beach, Woodworth Glacier,
Routes:Lakes:Blueberry Lake, Thompson Lake, Worthington Lake,
Locales:43 Mile Chute, Bald Boy, Cracked Ice, Crudbusters, Deep Crudbusters, Diamond, Disney World, Gun Barrels, Heavenly, Iguana Backs, Little Diamond, Little Odyssey, Lizard Head, Mega Sumo, Mercury, Moonlight Basin, Nick's Happy Valley, North Odyssey, Promise Land, Python, Repeater Couloirs, RFS, Road Run, School Bus, Snatch, Stairway, Three Pigs, Three Towers, Valley of the Tusk, Vertigo,
Mountains:Mount Dimond, Mount Dimond, The Island, Odessey, Pontoon,
Parks:Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site,
Mountain Passes:Marshall Pass, Ptarmigan Drop, Thompson Pass,
Peaks:Berlin Wall, Bronto, Cracked Ice, Elephant, Elephant Crud, Goodwills, Halibut Head, Ivory Tusk, Little Matterhorn, Purple Nurple, Python, RFS, Rhinestone Cowgirl, Stairway, The Tusk, Total Crud, Wilbur's,
Mountain Ranges:Ridges:40.5 Wall, Hippy Ridge, Sushi Bar, The Books,
Routes:300 Days of Sunshine and Attitude, 5 Star Everything, 919, Afternoon Shadow Boxing, Anchor Man, Another Foolish Route, Artic Oven Lovin, Babar Yoga, Backflip Bum, Balaclava Joy, Bio-Dome, Blueberry Crack , Bluebies, Casa Bonita, Chain Letters From the Dalai Lama, Chain Letters to the Dalai Lama, Curry Popcorn, E-Talk the Talk, Elitist's Overcompensation, Entrepreneur, Ewok the Walk, Find The Cure, Fixe Fixie, Flatirons, Follow the Medallion, Game On!, Gingerade, Grandma's Barley Soup, Happy Rosh Hashana, Honey Badger, Hunka Munka, I Got A Fever of 5.7, I Love Lamp, Kombucha Crack, Last Train to Chossville, Learning Center for Ants, Love Bubble, Lucky Number Fifty-Sleven, McCarthy Bus Lane, McSchmiggens, Mecha Streisand, Meet You at the Station, Mimosa Morning, My Subaru Loves the Environment, Neptune, North Slope, Northurn Lights Delight, On The Grid, Organic, Party on Garth, Party on Wayne, Philanthroparian, Pika's Penthouse, Pika's Playhouse, Ping Pong Madness, S.K.K., Salami Heist, Saturday Night Fever, Scouts Honor, Sharp End, Six Figure Bums, Snot a Rocket, South Park, Steave's Goalie, Steve's Tanker, Stoken the Stove, Sway Penny Yoga, Talons, Thursday Night Cruiser, Tibetan Prayer Flags Made in China, Trustafarian (Rasta With a Trust Fund), Unknown, Unknown 3, Valet at the Movement, What Would Squeak Do?, Yippie (Yuppie Hippie),
Streams:Cascade Creek, Heiden Creek, Ptarmigan Creek, Small Creek,
Routes:Little Odessey Trail, Thompson Pass Pipeline Access Road, Trans-Alaska Trail - Valdez to Thompson Pass, Tsina River Trail, Worthington Glacier Ridge Trail,
