While many of Alaska's best destinations are tightly guarded secrets, the largest vehicle-accessible glacier in North America is a favorite that locals don't mind showing off.

It took a final 18 hours of hard work, but the Icefall Doctors have completed the difficult, winding route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall.

Snowpack conditions for river basins in southwest Montana have improved but more snow is needed in the weeks ahead to augment accumulation as summer approaches.