Nugget Falls

Nugget Falls, also called Nugget Creek Falls or Mendenhall Glacier Falls, is an Alaska waterfall formed by meltwater from Nugget Glacier, a tributary of the Mendenhall Glacier. At the base of Bullard Mountain, Nugget Creek flows through a hanging valley and drops 377 feet in two tiers into Mendenhall Lake, then continues through the Mendenhall River toward the Inside Passage. The falls are closely linked to the shifting glacier landscape. Before the Mendenhall Glacier receded, the water was described as falling directly onto the glacier or being partly covered by it, making the falls a visible sign of the region’s active glacial geology.

Juneau, Alaska · United States