An eyewitness, who was skating on the frozen glacial lake about a 56-mile drive southeast from Anchorage, said she heard ...

Portage Lake, with the opportunity to skate to a glacier, has been one of the most popular destinations for several years. Chugach National Forest officials say “hundreds” of people visited Portage ...

Two individuals stranded on Portage Lake after a glacier calved were rescued by ice climbers before emergency responders ...

Ice climbers came to the rescue of two people who became stranded when a piece of glacier broke off and crashed onto a lake in Alaska, officials said.