Exit Glacier Special Use Area

In January of 2000, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Mining, Land, and Water, Southcentral Regional Land Office (SCRO) designated under 11 AAC 96.014(b)(20) approximately 420 acres of land as the Exit Glacier Special Use Area (EGSUA). The SCRO determined these lands, due to their public recreation and tourism value, warrant additional protections. To protect the stated resource values of the EGSUA it is more intensely managed by regulating activities, mainly camping, that would otherwise be generally allowed on State land.

The following regulations have been adopted to protect the valued resources:

11 AAC 96.014(b)(20) for Exit Glacier Road, ADL number 227699, described in the Kenai Area Plan as Unit 359A, as shown on the map entitled Exit Glacier Road Special Use Area, dated October 16, 2002, and adopted by reference, setting up and using a camp is allowed as provided in 11 AAC 96.020(a)(4)(A), except that

(A) the period of use is limited to eight consecutive days; moving the use to another site at least two miles away starts a new eight-day period; a person may not relocate a camp, structure, or any related equipment within two miles of the original site for at least 96 hours after the end of the eight-day period for the original site;

(B) trash, garbage, or waste, including human waste, must be removed or properly disposed of in a toilet or trash facility approved by the department; and

(C) the department may close a site to camping if the site is subject to camping for longer than the allowed period, abandoned trash, garbage, or waste, unsanitary conditions, or other recurring problems;