List of glaciers in the United States
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Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
s are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or further west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier
Lilliput Glacier
Lilliput Glacier is the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier has an area of and it lies on the shaded north-facing vertical cliff of Mount Stewart, being the southernmost glacier in the United States....
in Tulare County
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...
, east of the Central Valley of California.
Glaciers of Alaska
- Aialik GlacierAialik GlacierThe Aialik Glacier is a glacier in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of Alaska. It drains into Aialik Bay....
- Kenai Peninsula - Aurora GlacierAurora GlacierAurora Glacier is a four-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads east of July Fourth Mountain and trends northwest to an icefield between the heads of Reid and Brady Glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 61 miles northwest of Hoonah.The glacier is the namesake for...
- Glacier Bay - Bacon GlacierBacon GlacierBacon Glacier is a glacier in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, US, close to the Canadian border. It drains into Bacon Creek. The glacier has an elevation of , and is located at . Like many other place names in Alaska, Bacon Glacier also reflects the importance of food to the early prospectors and...
- Barnard GlacierBarnard GlacierBarnard Glacier is a 53-km-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends southwest to the Chitina River east of Hawkins Glacier, southeast of McCarthy in the Saint Elias Mountains....
- Bear Glacier - Aialik Peninsula, Resurrection Bay
- Bering GlacierBering GlacierBering Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It currently terminates in Vitus Lake south of Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, about from the Gulf of Alaska. Combined with the Bagley Icefield, where the snow that feeds the glacier accumulates, the Bering is the largest glacier...
- Black Rapids
- Brady GlacierBrady GlacierBrady Glacier is a 24-mile-long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at and trends south to Taylor Bay, 46 miles northwest of Hoonah. It was named by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for missionary and later governor Rev. John Green...
- Byron Glacier
- Carroll GlacierCarroll GlacierCarroll Glacier is a 15-mile-long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins near the Alaska-Canada boundary and continues southeast to its 1950 terminus, 1 mile north of Queens Inlet, 71 miles northwest of Hoonah....
- Glacier Bay - Chenega GlacierChenega GlacierChenega Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Prince William Sound and on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.Chenega Glacier was named in 1905 for Chenega Island and the nearby community of Chenega Bay. The glacier is a tourist attraction, drawing many kayakers and small cruise...
- Prince William Sound - Clark GlacierClark GlacierClark Glacier is an 8-mile-long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads northwest to its 1961 terminus at the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 78 miles northwest of Hoonah, Alaska. It was named by W. O. Field and W. S...
- Glacier Bay - Columbia GlacierColumbia Glacier (Alaska)The Columbia Glacier is a glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of several glaciers in the area named for elite U.S. colleges, in this case Columbia University, and was named by the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899...
- Prince William Sound - Davidson GlacierDavidson GlacierThe Davidson Glacier is a large valley glacier near Haines, Alaska that finds its source in the Chilkat Range.-History:The Davidson Glacier was originally discovered by 1867 and was recounted by John Muir in his famous travels in and around Glacier Bay in 1879. The glacier was, at that time, a...
- Lynn Canal - Exit GlacierExit GlacierExit Glacier is a glacier derived from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska.It received its name because it served as the exit for the first recorded crossing of the Harding Icefield in 1968.- History :...
- Kenai Peninsula - Fairweather GlacierFairweather GlacierFairweather Glacier is a 19-mile-long glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the west slope of Mount Salisbury and continues west to its 1961 terminus 0.2 miles east of Cape Fairweather, 100 miles northwest of Hoonah.Fairweather Glacier is...
- Godwin Glacier
- Grand Pacific GlacierGrand Pacific GlacierGrand Pacific Glacier is a 25-mile long glacier in British Columbia and Alaska. It begins in Glacier Bay National Park in the St...
- Glacier Bay
- Grewingk GlacierGrewingk GlacierGrewingk Glacier is a 13-mile-long glacier located in the Kenai Mountains, near Kachemak Bay, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at and trends northwest to , 15 miles east-southeast of Homer. It was named in 1880 by W. H. Dall of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for Constantin Grewingk....
- Kenai Peninsula - Guyot GlacierGuyot GlacierGuyot Glacier is a long and wide glacier located in the east end of the Robinson Mountains in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins north of Yaga Peak and heads east-southeast to Icy Bay, south of the Guyot Hills and northwest of Yakutat. It borders Yahtse Glacier on the northeast. The glacier...
- Harding IcefieldHarding IcefieldThe Harding Icefield is an expansive icefield located in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It is also partially located in Kenai Fjords National Park. It is named for United States President Warren G...
- Kenai Peninsula - Harvard GlacierHarvard GlacierThe Harvard Glacier is a large tidewater glacier in the Alaska's Prince William Sound. The glacier has a 1.5-mile wide face where it calves into the College Fjord. The Harvard Glacier is the second largest glacier in the Prince William Sound, after the Columbia Glacier. It is a popular destination...
- Prince William Sound - Hawkins GlacierHawkins GlacierHawkins Glacier is a 22-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends southwest from Mount Bona to its terminus at the Chitina River west of Barnard Glacier, 37 miles southeast of McCarthy....
- Holgate Glacier - Kenai Fjords National Park
- Hubbard GlacierHubbard GlacierHubbard Glacier is a glacier located in eastern Alaska and part of Canada.The longest source for Hubbard Glacier originates from its snout and is located at about at about , approximately west of Mt. Walsh with an altitude around . A shorter tributary glacier begins at the easternmost summit on...
- Disenchantment Bay - Johns Hopkins GlacierJohns Hopkins GlacierJohns Hopkins Glacier is a long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and trends east to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, southwest of the terminus of Clark Glacier and northwest...
- Glacier Bay - Juneau IcefieldJuneau IcefieldThe Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska and continues north through the border with British Columbia and is the fifth-largest ice field in the Western Hemisphere, extending through an area of in the Coast Range ranging north to south and east to west. The...
- Kahiltna GlacierKahiltna GlacierKahiltna Glacier is a long glacier of the Alaska Range in the U.S. state of Alaska. It starts on the southwest slope of Mount McKinley near Kahiltna Pass . Its main channel runs almost due south between Mount Foraker to the west and Mount Hunter to the east.- Forks :The glacier has a few notable...
- Kennicott GlacierKennicott GlacierKennicott Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends southeast 43 km from Mount Blackburn to its terminus at the head of the Kennicott River in the Wrangell Mountains. It is located in the middle of Wrangell-St...
- Klutlan GlacierKlutlan GlacierKlutlan Glacier is a long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located southwest of Mount Natazhat and flows east across the border with Canada, then north to form the headwaters of the Klutlan River. Its native name was reported in 1891 by C. W. Hayes of the United States Geological Survey....
- Kuskulana GlacierKuskulana GlacierThe Kuskulana Glacier is a glacier in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska.The Kuskulana Glacier trends southwest 24 km from Mount Blackburn to its terminus at the head of Kuskulana River, 46 km northwest of McCarthy in the Wrangell Mountains.Kuskulana is an Indian name given in 1900 by T. G...
- Lamplugh GlacierLamplugh GlacierLamplugh Glacier is an 8-mile-long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads north to its 1961 terminus in Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1.4 miles west of Ptarmigan Creek and 76 miles northwest of Hoonah. The glacier was named by Lawrence Martin of...
- Glacier Bay - LeConte GlacierLeConte GlacierLeConte Glacier is a and glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows southwest to the head of LeConte Bay. It was named in 1887 by U.S. Navy Lieutenant-Commander Charles M. Thomas in honor of a California biologist Joseph LeConte...
- Lituya GlacierLituya GlacierLituya Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, its source is in the Fairweather Range and it feeds into Lituya Bay on the gulf coast of Southeast Alaska....
- Logan GlacierLogan GlacierLogan Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It heads down the northern slopes of Mount Logan in the Yukon, flowing northwest across the Canada-United States boundary to form the headwaters of the Chitina River. It was named for its nearness to Mount Logan.-References:...
- Malaspina GlacierMalaspina GlacierThe Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the largest piedmont glacier the world. Situated at the head of the Alaska Panhandle, it is about wide and long, with an area of some . It is named in honor of Alessandro Malaspina, an Italian explorer in the service of the Spanish Navy, who visited...
- Margerie GlacierMargerie GlacierMargerie Glacier is a 21-mile-long tide water glacier in Glacier Bay in Alaska and is part of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. It begins on the south slope of Mount Root, at the Alaska-Canada border in the Fairweather Range, and flows southeast and northeast to Tarr Inlet...
- Glacier Bay - Martin River GlacierMartin River GlacierMartin River Glacier is a 25-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows southwest to its terminus at the head of the Martin River, 20 miles northeast of Katalla, in the Chugach Mountains....
- Matanuska GlacierMatanuska GlacierMatanuska Glacier is a valley glacier in the US state of Alaska. At long by wide, it is the largest glacier accessible by car in the United States. Its terminus is the source of the Matanuska River. It lies near the Glenn Highway about northeast of Anchorage. Matanuska Glacier flows about per day...
- McCall Glacier - Brooks RangeBrooks RangeThe Brooks Range is a mountain range in far northern North America. It stretches from west to east across northern Alaska and into Canada's Yukon Territory, a total distance of about 1100 km . The mountains top out at over 2,700 m . The range is believed to be approximately 126 million years old...
, Romanzoff Mountains - McCarty GlacierMcCarty GlacierThe McCarty Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.The glacier is named for William McCarty, a former resident of Seward.-External links:* *...
- Kenai Peninsula/Harding Icefield - Meares GlacierMeares GlacierThe Meares Glacier is a large and only tidewater glacier at the head of Unakwik Inlet in Chugach National Forest, Alaska. The glacier is one of the many in Prince William Sound, and is about 79.6 miles east of Anchorage. The glacier is named for eighteenth century British naval captain John Meares...
- Prince William Sound - Mendenhall GlacierMendenhall GlacierMendenhall Glacier is a glacier about long located in Mendenhall Valley, about from downtown Juneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska....
- Miles GlacierMiles GlacierMiles Glacier is a -long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It flows west to its terminus at Miles Lake , north of Goat Mountain and north of Katalla. It was named in 1885 after U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles by a Lt. Allen during his Alaska expedition.- References :...
- Muir GlacierMuir GlacierMuir Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is currently about wide at the terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier and calved icebergs from a wall of ice 60 m tall.Muir Glacier has undergone very rapid,...
- Glacier Bay - Nabesna GlacierNabesna GlacierNabesna Glacier is a glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fed by deep snowfall in the Wrangell Mountains, the 75 mile long Nabesna is the longest valley glacier in North America and the world's longest interior valley glacier....
- Portage GlacierPortage GlacierPortage Glacier is a glacier on the Kenai Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaskaand is included within the Chugach National Forest. It is located south of Portage Lake and 6 km west of Whittier....
- Pedersen Glacier - Kenai Fjords National Park
- Princeton GlacierPrinceton GlacierThe Princeton Glacier is a glacier in the Sargent Icefield, Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.The glacier was named in 1909 for Princeton University by George Perkins of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey....
- Kenai Peninsula - Reid GlacierReid GlacierReid Glacier is an 11-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It trends north to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, two miles south of Glacier Bay and 72 miles northwest of Hoonah. It was named by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition for Harry Fielding Reid....
- Glacier Bay - Riggs GlacierRiggs GlacierRiggs Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the southern slope of the Takhinsha Mountains, 6 km southeast of Mount Harris and flows south-southeast to the head of Muir Inlet, 69 km southwest of Skagway.It was named by...
- Glacier Bay - Ruth GlacierRuth GlacierRuth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. Its upper reaches are almost three vertical miles below the summit of Mount McKinley. The glacier's "Great Gorge" is one mile wide, and drops almost over ten miles , with crevasses along the surface...
- Denali - Sargent IcefieldSargent IcefieldThe Sargent Icefield is a large icefield located on the eastern portion of the Kenai Peninsula bordering Prince William Sound in Alaska. The ice field has numerous outflow glaciers including the Chenega, Princeton, and Ellsworth Glaciers....
- Kenai Peninsula - Scott GlacierScott Glacier (Alaska)Scott Glacier is a 15-mile-long glacier located in the Chugach Mountains, near Cordova, Alaska. It begins at and trends southwest to , 13 miles east northeast of Cordova. The Scott Glacier was named in 1908 after a "local miner"....
- Stikine IcecapStikine IcecapThe Stikine Icecap is a large icefield straddled on the Alaska–British Columbia boundary in the Alaska Panhandle region. It lies in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains...
- Taku GlacierTaku GlacierTaku Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, just southeast of the city of Juneau. Recognized as the deepest and thickest glacier known in the world, the Taku Glacier is measured at ....
- Taku River/Juneau Icefield - Tana GlacierTana GlacierTana Glacier is a 17-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins at Bagley Icefield and flows northwest to its 1950 terminus near the head of the Tana River. Its name, of Alaska Native origin, was first recorded by prospectors in 1900....
- Tazlina GlacierTazlina GlacierTazlina Glacier is a 25-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins 1.5 miles north of Mount Cashman and flows north to its terminus one mile south of Tazlina Lake and 43 miles north of Valdez. Tazlina glacier is the largest northward flowing glacier in the Chugach Mountains...
- Tustumena GlacierTustumena GlacierThe Tustumena Glacier is a glacier located on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. The Tustumena Glacier begins in the Harding Icefield and makes its way down west for about until its terminus roughly before Tustumena Lake. The glacier is retreating....
- Variegated GlacierVariegated GlacierVariegated Glacier is one of several glaciers which connect to Russell Fjord in Alaska. Variegated Glacier has been of considerable scientific interest because it surges every 20 years....
- Yahtse GlacierYahtse GlacierYahtse Glacier is a 40-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the southeast slope of Mount Miller and trends southeast along the north border of Guyot Glacier to Icy Bay, just east of Guyot Hills and 70 miles northwest of Yakutat. The western extent is an icefield....
- Yale GlacierYale GlacierYale Glacier is a 20-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins between Mount Cardozo and Mount Einstein and trends southwest to Yale Arm of College Fjord, 47 miles west of Valdez. It was named for Yale University by members of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition....
Glaciers of the Pacific Coast Ranges
The Pacific Coast RangesPacific Coast Ranges
The Pacific Coast Ranges and the Pacific Mountain System are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico...
include glaciers in the three states on the Pacific Coast.
Washington
Olympic Mountains
Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains is a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high - Mount Olympus is the highest at - but the western slopes of the Olympics rise directly out of the Pacific...
- Mount OlympusMount Olympus (Washington)Mount Olympus is the tallest and most prominent mountain in the Olympic Mountains of western Washington state. Located on the Olympic Peninsula, it is the central feature of Olympic National Park. Mount Olympus is the highest summit of the Olympic Mountains, however, peaks such as Mount Constance,...
- Blue GlacierBlue GlacierBlue Glacier is a large glacier located to the north of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains of Washington. The glacier covers an area of and contains of ice and snow in spite of its low terminus elevation...
- Hoh GlacierHoh GlacierHoh Glacier is a glacier on Mount Olympus in the Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of the U.S. state of Washington. It is the source of the Hoh River. Hoh Glacier is the longest glacier on Mount Olympus at , though it is smaller in volume than Blue Glacier....
- Hubert GlacierHubert GlacierHubert Glacier is a medium-sized glacier located on the south side of Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. Due to its southern orientation, the glacier is smaller than those on the north side of Mount Olympus, such as Blue Glacier....
- Humes Glacier
- Jeffers GlacierJeffers GlacierJeffers Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice, relatively small compared to the nearby Blue Glacier, is located southeast of Mount Olympus. Beginning at foot of a very steep headwall at about , the glacier flows and descends northeast to...
- White GlacierWhite Glacier (Mount Tom)White Glacier is a medium-sized glacier located to the northeast of Mount Tom in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park, Washington state, United States. The glacier, located in between Mount Tom and Mount Olympus, starts at around...
- Blue Glacier
- Other peaks
- Anderson GlacierAnderson GlacierAnderson Glacier is a glacier located in a cirque south of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park. The southward-facing glacier starts on the steep headwalls of the cirque at about to . It flows down to about before terminating. Meltwater from the glacier enters a lake...
- Eel GlacierEel GlacierEel Glacier is a glacier located to the north of Mount Anderson in a cirque. The northward-facing glacier starts at about in elevation, with an arm extending up to . As the glacier flows north, it descends in elevation to about at its terminus. Meltwater from the glacier gives rise to Silt Creek,...
- Queets GlacierQueets GlacierQueets Glacier is a glacier located in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park. The body of ice lies on the northwest side of Mount Queets. Starting at an elevation of about , the glacier descends northwest, bounded by two arêtes on either side. The ice reaches as low as before terminating...
- Anderson Glacier
North Cascades
North Cascades
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in Canada as the Cascade Mountains...
(non-volcanoes)
- Boston Glacier — Boston PeakBoston PeakBoston Peak is a tall peak in the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington and within North Cascades National Park. At in elevation it is the 26th highest peak in Washington. Its nearest higher neighbor is Buckner Mountain, to the east.-Description:...
- Challenger GlacierChallenger GlacierChallenger Glacier is a tidewater glacier on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Located east of Baudissin Glacier, Challenger Glacier is wide and flows into the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to Saddle Point. To the east of Challenger Glacier is Downes...
— Mount ChallengerMount ChallengerMount Challenger is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, . It is south of Mount Kent. The area saw some action during the Falklands War, and some of it is still mined. The Murrell River rises on Mount Challenger.... - Chickamin Glacier — Dome PeakDome PeakDome Peak is a high, massive, glaciated mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of Washington's North Cascades. The remote location of Dome Peak, combined with its height, make it a less common destination for Cascade Range mountaineers. Dome Peak is at the southern end of the Ptarmigan Traverse...
- Columbia GlacierColumbia Glacier (Washington)Columbia Glacier is a glacier located in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises from 4,700 to about 5,600 feet above sea level...
— Columbia Peak - East Nooksack Glacier — Mount ShuksanMount ShuksanMount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park. Shuksan rises in Whatcom County, Washington immediately to the east of Mount Baker, and south of the Canadian border. The mountain's name Shuksan is derived from the Lummi word [šéqsən], said to mean "high peak". The highest...
- Eldorado Glacier — Eldorado PeakEldorado PeakEldorado Peak is a peak in the North Cascades of the U.S. state of Washington, about east of Concrete. It is located in North Cascades National Park at the head of Marble Creek and west of Inspiration Glacier. Other glaciers in the immediate vicinity include Eldorado Glacier and McAllister Glacier....
- Hinman Glacier
- Inspiration Glacier — Eldorado Peak
- Klawatti Glacier
- Lower Curtis GlacierLower Curtis GlacierLower Curtis Glacier is located in North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for photographer Asahel Curtis, the glacier is in a cirque on the western slopes of Mount Shuksan...
- Lynch Glacier — Mount DanielMount DanielMount Daniel is the highest summit on the Cascade Range crest of Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the central Washington, USA. It is the highest point in King and Kittitas counties. Streams on its eastern slopes form the headwaters of the Cle Elum River.- Geology :...
- McAllister Glacier
- Neve Glacier — Snowfield Peak
- Price Glacier — Mount Shuksan
- Lyman Glacier (North Cascades) — North Cascades
- South Cascade GlacierSouth Cascade GlacierSouth Cascade Glacier is a large alpine glacier in the North Cascades of Washington, USA. It is bordered on the east by 8,261-foot Sentinel Peak, and is about 17 miles north of Glacier Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness...
- Sulphide Glacier — Mount Shuksan
Mount Baker
Mount Baker
Mount Baker , also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States. It is the second-most active volcano in the range after Mount Saint Helens...
- Bastile Glacier
- Boulder Glacier
- Coleman Glacier
- Deming GlacierDeming GlacierDeming Glacier is a tributary glacier flowing along the north side of Novasio Ridge to enter Man-o-War Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
- Easton GlacierEaston GlacierEaston Glacier is one of the more prominent alpine glaciers on Mount Baker in the North Cascades Range of Washington state, USA. Named for Charles F. Easton of Bellingham, who did much to preserve the history of Mount Baker, it is positioned on the south face of the mountain and can be accessed by...
- Hadley Glacier
- Mazama Glacier
- Park Glacier
- Rainbow GlacierRainbow GlacierRainbow Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of Rainbow Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and has visible crevasses in satellite imagery...
- Roosevelt Glacier
- Shales Glacier
- Squak Glacier
- Talum Glacier
- Thunder GlacierThunder GlacierThunder Glacier is a through glacier, 4 nautical miles long, which extends in an east-west direction across Wiencke Island between Sierra DuFief and the Wall Range, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably known since the discovery of Wiencke Island by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1898...
Glacier Peak
Glacier Peak
Glacier Peak is the most isolated of the five major stratovolcanoes of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in Washington...
- Chocolate Glacier
- Cool Glacier
- Dusty Glacier
- Ermine Glacier
- Honeycomb Glacier
- Kennedy Glacier
- Milk Creek Glacier (vanished in the 1990s)
- North Guardian Glacier
- Ptarmigan Glacier
- Scimitar Glacier
- Sitkum Glacier
- Suiattle Glacier
- Vista Glacier
- White River Glacier
- White Chuck Glacier
Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier is a massive stratovolcano located southeast of Seattle in the state of Washington, United States. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of . Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most...
- Carbon GlacierCarbon GlacierCarbon Glacier is an album by Laura Veirs, released in 2004. The song Rapture was heard during the episode "Save Me", from the first season of Grey's Anatomy.-Track listing:#"Ether Sings" – 3:44#"Icebound Stream" – 3:04#"Rapture" – 3:06...
- Cowlitz GlacierCowlitz GlacierThe Cowlitz Glacier is a large glacier on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. The body of ice covers and has a volume of 6 billion ft3 . The glacier starts at an elevation of and flows southeast downhill. An adjacent glacier, the Paradise Glacier, is connected to this glacier...
- Edmunds GlacierEdmunds GlacierThe Edmunds Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on Mount Rainier in Washington. Named in 1883 for Vermont George F. Edmunds, who visited nearby Spray Park that year, the body of ice covers 0.5 mile2 and has a volume of 1.1 billion feet3 . The glacier lies on the western flank of the volcano below...
- Emmons GlacierEmmons GlacierEmmons Glacier is a glacier on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier, in Washington. At , it has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States. The glacier was named after the geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons after his involvement in a survey of Mount Rainier in...
- Flett GlacierFlett GlacierThe Flett Glacier is actually two glaciers on the northwestern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers an area of and contains 100 million ft3 of ice. The glaciers actually lie on a subsidiary peak of Rainier, the Observation Rock. There are two sections of glacial ice, an eastern lobe...
- Fryingpan GlacierFryingpan GlacierThe Fryingpan Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the eastern face of the Little Tahoma Peak just to the east of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers an area of 1.3 mi2 and contains 2.9 billion ft3 of ice...
— Little Tahoma - Ingraham GlacierIngraham GlacierThe Ingraham Glacier is a large glacier on the eastern flank of Mount Rainier, Washington. Named for the Mount Rainier enthusiast Edward Sturgis Ingraham, it covers an area of and contains of ice...
- Inter GlacierInter GlacierThe Inter Glacier or Interglacier, is a small glacier on the northeast face of Mount Rainier in Washington. The body of ice has a volume of 0.6 billion feet3 and covers an area of 0.3 mile2 . The glacier lies on top of a wedge called the Steamboat Prow in between the Emmons Glacier to the south...
- Kautz GlacierKautz GlacierThe Kautz Glacier is a narrow glacier on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for August Kautz, who is sometimes credited for the first ascent of Mount Rainier, covers and contains 7.8 billion ft3 of ice. Upper Kautz Glacier extends south from the summit ice cap to Kautz Ice...
- Liberty Cap GlacierLiberty Cap GlacierThe Liberty Cap Glacier is a small glacier located near the summit of Mount Rainier, Washington. True to its name, the glacier does start at the Liberty Cap above the steep and rocky Sunset Amphitheater and the Mowich Face. Since the topography of Mount Rainier is very jagged and uneven, the...
- Nisqually GlacierNisqually GlacierThe Nisqually Glacier is one of the larger glaciers on the southern face of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is one of the most easily viewed on the mountain, and is accessible from the Paradise visitor facilities in Mount Rainier National Park. The glacier is currently...
- North Mowich GlacierNorth Mowich GlacierThe North Mowich Glacier is a glacier located on the northwest flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 9.5 billion ft3 of ice. Starting from the foot of Rainier's steep Mowich Face at about , the glacier first consists of two lobes of ice that flow downhill to the northwest....
- Ohanapecosh GlacierOhanapecosh GlacierThe Ohanapecosh Glacier is small glacier located on Mount Rainier's southeastern flanks in Washington. It covers and contains 1.3 billion ft3 of ice. The glacier consists of several lobes of ice interconnected by thin snowfields. Most of the glacier lies at an elevation of to , near the Whitman...
— Little Tahoma - Paradise GlacierParadise GlacierThe Paradise Glacier is a glacier on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 0.8 billion ft3 with Stevens Glacier included. The glacier is bounded to the west by the Muir Snowfield, Anvil Rock and McClure Rock. There is a single extant main lobe of the glacier,...
- Puyallup GlacierPuyallup GlacierThe Puyallup Glacier is a glacier on the west flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 10.2 billion ft3 of ice. Sharing the same source of ice as the northern South Mowich Glacier, the Puyallup Glacier begins as a branch off the ice stream that flow out of the Sunset...
- Pyramid GlacierPyramid GlacierThe Pyramid Glacier is actually a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the south-southwestern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 400 million ft3 of ice. The glaciers lie at an elevation ranging from about to . The Success Divide separates this glacier from...
- Russell GlacierRussell Glacier (Mount Rainier)The Russell Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the north flank of Mount Rainier, Washington. Named for the geologist Israel Russell, it covers and contains 3.1 billion ft3 of ice. Starting from its highest point at , the Russell Glacier flows northeast towards the Carbon Glacier and...
- Sarvent Glacier — Cowlitz Chimneys
- South Mowich GlacierSouth Mowich GlacierThe South Mowich Glacier is a glacier located on the western flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 4.5 billion ft3 of ice. Starting from the high-altitude cliffs above the Sunset Amphitheater at over , the glacier flows west down Mount Rainier. The glacier is connected to...
- South Tahoma GlacierSouth Tahoma GlacierThe South Tahoma Glacier is a glacier located on the southwest flank of Mount Rainier in State of Washington. It covers and contains 4.6 billion ft3 of ice. Starting from an elevation of around at the base of a steep cliff, the glacier flows down southwest with the larger, adjacent Tahoma...
- Success GlacierSuccess GlacierThe Success Glacier is a small glacier located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 500 million cubic ft of ice. The glacier is bounded to the northwest by the Success Cleaver and to the east by the Kautz Cleaver. Starting from a steep rocky slope at...
- Tahoma GlacierTahoma GlacierThe Tahoma Glacier is a long glacier mostly on the western flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. It covers and contains 4.3 billion ft3 of ice. The glacier starts out near the summit of the volcano at over...
- Van Trump GlacierVan Trump GlacierThe Van Trump Glacier is actually a scattering of glaciers and snowfields located on the southern flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after P. B. Van Trump, who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier, the glacier covers and contains 500 million ft3 of ice. The glacier is located...
- Wilson GlacierWilson Glacier (Mount Rainier)The Wilson Glacier is a medium-sized tributary glacier located on the southeast flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after A.D. Wilson, who was part of an early ascent of Mount Rainier, the body of ice has an area of and has a volume of 1.9 billion feet3 . The glacier is directly feeds ice...
- Whitman GlacierWhitman GlacierThe Whitman Glacier is a medium-sized glacier on the eastern flank of Little Tahoma Peak, a sub-peak of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named for the missionary Marcus Whitman, it covers and contains 4.4 billion ft3 of ice. Starting from near the rocky spire of Little Tahoma at , the glacier flows...
— Little Tahoma - Williwakas GlacierWilliwakas GlacierThe Williwakas Glacier is a glacier located on the south flank of Mount Rainier in Washington. The glacier lies below the Paradise Glacier. Due to its relatively low elevation—–—the glacier is small and surrounded by small snow fields above the regional tree line. A stubby peak is located to the...
- Winthrop GlacierWinthrop GlacierThe Winthrop Glacier is a large glacier on the northeastern side of Mount Rainier in Washington. Named after Theodore Winthrop, the body of ice covers 3.5 mile2 and has a volume of 18.5 billion feet3 . Starting at over at the Columbia Crest, the glacier heads north and descends steeply over the...
Goat Rocks
Goat Rocks
The Goat Rocks are a series of rugged volcanic peaks in the Cascade Range, roughly between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in southern Washington state. They are named after the numerous mountain goats which live in the area, and are at the core of the eponymous Goat Rocks Wilderness.- Geography and...
- Conrad GlacierConrad GlacierThe Conrad Glacier is a small glacier located in the Goat Rocks region of Washington. Lying on the shaded north side of the Gilbert Peak, the glacier flows north-northeast from an elevation of to a lake at , where the glacier terminates....
- McCall Glacier
- Meade GlacierMeade GlacierThe Meade Glacier is a small, east-facing glacier located in the Goat Rocks region in Washington. The glacier lies to the south of the Gilbert Peak and it ranges in elevation from over down to about . The Conrad Glacier is located to the north this glacier....
- Packwood GlacierPackwood GlacierThe Packwood Glacier is a small, northwest-facing glacier located in the Goat Rocks region of Washington. The glacier lies to the north of the Old Snowy Mountain and averages about in elevation. The much larger McCall Glacier is located to the east....
- Tieton Glacier
Mount Adams
Mount Adams (Washington)
Mount Adams is a potentially activestratovolcano in the Cascade Range and the second-highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington.Adams is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, and is one of the arc's largest volcanoes,...
- Adams GlacierAdams Glacier (Mount Adams)The Adams Glacier is a large mountain glacier situated on the northwest flank of Mount Adams, a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the largest glacier on Mount Adams, flowing down from the summit icecap at over for over to a terminus near .Between , the glacier flows through a...
- Avalanche Glacier
- Crescent GlacierCrescent Glacier (Mount Adams)The Crescent Glacier is a small glacier located southeast of Mount Adams in Washington. A small subpeak of Mount Adams, named South Butte, rises nearby. In addition, the Crescent Glacier is located quite close to another small glacier, the Gotchen Glacier, located just to the east. The Crescent...
- Gotchen Glacier
- Klickitat Glacier
- Lava Glacier
- Lyman Glacier
- Mazama Glacier
- Pinnacle Glacier
- Rusk GlacierRusk GlacierThe Rusk Glacier is a medium-sized glacier located on the eastern face of Mount Adams in Washington. Starting at an elevation of over at just below The Castle, the glacier flows eastward down slope. A significant portion of the glacier is covered by rock debris and in the middle of the glacier, at...
- Wilson Glacier
- White Salmon GlacierWhite Salmon GlacierThe White Salmon Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Adams in Washington. The glacier starts southwest of the summit crater at an elevation of . Ice flows southwest downhill until the glacier's terminus at about elevation. The glacier also contributes ice to the much larger Avalanche Glacier at...
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is south of Seattle, Washington and northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a...
- Crater GlacierCrater GlacierThe Crater Glacier is a geologically young glacier that is located on Mount Saint Helens, in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier formed after the 1980 Eruption and due to its location, the body of ice grew rapidly, unknown to the public for nearly 20 years...
Oregon
Wallowa MountainsWallowa Mountains
The Wallowa Mountains are a mountain range located in the Columbia Plateau of northeastern Oregon in the United States. The range runs approximately 40 mi northwest to southeast in southwestern Wallowa County between the Blue Mountains to the west and the Snake River to the east. The range is...
- Benson Glacier - Eagle Cap
Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
- Coe Glacier
- Coalman GlacierCoalman GlacierThe Coalman Glacier is a glacier located on the upper slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the mountain's highest glacier ranging from about 10,500 to 11,200 ft , located within the crater rim, southwest of the peak...
- Eliot Glacier
- Glisan Glacier
- Ladd Glacier
- Langille Glacier
- Newton-Clark Glacier
- Palmer GlacierPalmer GlacierThe Palmer Glacier is a glacier located on the upper slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is on the south side of the mountain ranging in elevation from about 6,200 to 9,300 ft , and was named for Joel Palmer, an Oregon pioneer...
- Reid GlacierReid Glacier (Oregon)Reid Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the west slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It ranges in elevation from about 6,000 to 9,800 ft . The glacier is the source of the Sandy River. The upper extent of the glacier is known for extensive crevasses.The glacier is a...
- Sandy GlacierSandy GlacierSandy Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the west slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It extends in elevation from about . The glacier is the source of Muddy Fork, a tributary of the Sandy River. The upper extent of the glacier is known for extensive crevasses.The glacier is a...
- White River Glacier
- Zigzag GlacierZigzag GlacierThe Zigzag Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the upper southwest slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.It ranges in elevation from 7,200 to 10,200 ft with fingers in canyons extending to about 6,400 ft , and lies almost entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness. The upper...
Mount Jefferson
Mount Jefferson (Oregon)
Mount Jefferson is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, part of the Cascade Range, and is the second highest mountain in Oregon. Situated in the far northeastern corner of Linn County on the Jefferson County line, about east of Corvallis, Mount Jefferson is in a rugged wilderness and is...
- Whitewater Glacier
- Jefferson Park Glacier
- Russell Glacier
- Waldo Glacier
- Milk Creek Glacier
Three Sisters
Three Sisters (Oregon)
The Three Sisters are three volcanic peaks of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range in Oregon, each of which exceeds in elevation. They are the third, fourth, and fifth highest peaks in the state of Oregon and are located in the Three Sisters Wilderness, about southwest from the nearest...
Region
- Thayer Glacier - North Sister
- Linn Glacier - North Sister
- Villard Glacier - North Sister
- Collier Glacier - North & Middle Sisters
- Hayden Glacier - Middle Sister
- Diller Glacier - Middle Sister
- Renfrew Glacier - Middle Sister
- Irving GlacierIrving GlacierIrving Glacier is a glacier that flows northwest between Coombs Hills and Wyandot Ridge to enter Odell Glacier, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. Named in association with nearby Wyandot Ridge after Captain R.K. Irving, U.S. Navy, commander of USS Wyandot, a cargo ship in the Ross Sea Unit in...
- Middle Sister - Prouty Glacier - South Sister
- Lost Creek Glacier - South Sister
- Eugene Glacier - South Sister
- Skinner GlacierSkinner GlacierSkinner Glacier is a glacier on the west edge of Palmer Land, flowing south-southwest between Mount Dixey and Mount Flower to enter George VI Sound just east of Carse Point. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Alexander C. Skinner, British Antarctic Survey geologist at...
- South Sister - Carver Glacier - South Sister
- Lewis GlacierLewis GlacierLewis Glacier is the northerly of two glaciers flowing east into Seligman Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. The glacier was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , who named it for...
- South Sister - Clark Glacier - South Sister
- Bend Glacier - Broken TopBroken TopBroken Top is an extinct, glacially eroded stratovolcano in Oregon, part of the extensive Cascade Range. Located south of the Three Sisters peaks, the volcano, residing within the Three Sisters Wilderness, is 20 miles west of Bend, Oregon in Deschutes County...
- Crook Glacier - Broken Top
- Dutchman Glacier - Mount BachelorMount BachelorMount Bachelor, formerly named Bachelor Butte, is a stratovolcano atop a shield volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range of central Oregon.The Mount Bachelor ski area has operated on the mountain since 1958....
Other Cascade Peaks
- Jack Glacier - Three Fingered JackThree Fingered JackThree Fingered Jack, named for its distinctive shape, is a Pleistocene volcano in the Cascade Range of Oregon. It is a deeply glaciated shield volcano and consists mainly of basaltic andesite lava...
- Diamond GlacierDiamond GlacierDiamond Glacier is a glacier in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Mount Garibaldi massif between Atwell Peak and Diamond Head.-References:...
- Diamond PeakDiamond Peak (Oregon)Diamond Peak is a shield volcano in south west Oregon and is part of the Cascade Range. The mountain is located near Willamette Pass in the Diamond Peak Wilderness within the Willamette National Forest.... - Lathrop Glacier - Mount ThielsenMount ThielsenMount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn, is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey. Because Mount Thielsen stopped erupting 250,000 years ago, glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano's structure, creating precipitous slopes and its horn-like peak...
- Sholes Glacier - Mount McLoughlinMount McLoughlinMount McLoughlin is a steep-sided lava cone built on top of a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of southern Oregon and within the Sky Lakes Wilderness area. It is one of the volcanic peaks in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain is north of Mount Shasta, south of Crater Lake, and west of Upper...
(vanished in early 1900s, but articles and photos exist)
California
Trinity AlpsTrinity Alps
The Trinity Alps are mountains in Northern California, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, located to the northwest of Redding. Elevations there range from to at Thompson Peak. The Trinity Alps Wilderness covers , making it the second largest wilderness area in California...
- (Unnamed) under Mount Thompson (http://glaciers.research.pdx.edu/california.php)
Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta is located at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California and at is the second highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth highest in California...
- Bolam GlacierBolam GlacierThe Bolam Glacier is a glacier situated on the northern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It is the second longest glacier in California behind the nearby Whitney Glacier, and the fourth largest and most voluminous after the neighboring Hotlum Glacier, Whitney Glacier, and...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=41.41711&lon=-122.18878&s=48&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG) - Hotlum GlacierHotlum GlacierThe Hotlum Glacier is a glacier situated on the northeast flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It is the largest and most voluminous glacier in California, although not as thick or long as the nearby Whitney Glacier...
- Konwakiton GlacierKonwakiton GlacierThe Konwakiton Glacier is a glacier situated on the southern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It occupies the head of a large cirque on the south side of Shasta's Misery Hill cone, just northeast of the prominent outcrop of Thumb Rock at about 11,500 feet...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=41.39483&lon=-122.19332&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=48) - Mud Creek GlacierMud Creek GlacierThe Mud Creek Glacier is the southernmost glacier on Mount Shasta in the U.S. state of California. It lies to the east of Sargents Ridge on Peak 11,267 at around 10,800 feet . The glacier is smaller than the northern ones on Mount Shasta such as Whitney, Hotlum, Bolam, and Wintun Glaciers....
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=41.39483&lon=-122.19332&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=48) - Watkins GlacierWatkins GlacierThe Watkins Glacier is a glacier situated on the southeastern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It occupies a small cirque in the Clear Creek drainage. It is the smallest officially-named glacier on Mount Shasta, and it was not accorded that status until 1976, following a...
- Wintun GlacierWintun GlacierThe Wintun Glacier is a glacier situated on the eastern flank of Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. It is both the third largest and third most voluminous glacier in California after the neighboring Hotlum Glacier and the Whitney Glacier...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=41.41711&lon=-122.18878&s=48&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG) - Whitney GlacierWhitney GlacierThe Whitney Glacier is a glacier situated on Mount Shasta, in the U.S. state of California. The Whitney Glacier is the longest glacier and the only valley glacier in California. In area and volume, it ranks second in the state behind the nearby Hotlum Glacier. In 1986, the glacier was measured to...
Sierra Nevada
- Conness GlacierConness GlacierThe Conness Glacier is a glacier located on the steep northeast cirque on Mount Conness, east of the Sierra Nevada crest. The glacier is situated at about 11,500 feet and can be seen from Saddlebag Lake to the east. The glacier is the largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada north of Tioga Pass or...
- Mount Conness (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.97028&lon=-119.3175) - Dana GlacierDana GlacierThe Dana Glacier is located inside a northwest facing cirque located east of the 13,061 feet Mount Dana on the eastern border of Yosemite National Park, California. It is very close to Tioga Pass and Highway 120...
- Mount DanaMount DanaMount Dana is a mountain on the eastern edge of Yosemite National Park in the U.S. state of California. At an elevation of , it is the second highest mountain in Yosemite . Mount Dana is the highest peak in Yosemite that is a simple hike to the summit... - Darwin GlacierDarwin Glacier (California)Darwin Glacier is a mountain glacier located on the north side of Mount Darwin in the Sierra Nevada, California. The glacier is located in Kings Canyon National Park. The glacier inherited its name from Mount Darwin, named for Charles Robert Darwin....
- Mount DarwinMount Darwin (California)Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada, on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in the Kings Canyon National Park and the Inyo National Forest of California. Two Australian geologists, Ernest Clayton Andrews and Willard D. Johnson, made the first recorded ascent on... - Goethe Glacier - Mount Goethe
- Lilliput GlacierLilliput GlacierLilliput Glacier is the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier has an area of and it lies on the shaded north-facing vertical cliff of Mount Stewart, being the southernmost glacier in the United States....
- Mount StewartMount Stewart (California)Mount Stewart is on the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. It is located in Sequoia National Park, southeast of Triple Divide Peak and northwest of Black Kaweah. The High Sierra Trail traverses Kaweah Gap south of the summit and Lilliput Glacier is on the...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=36.58139&lon=-118.55111&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG25&size=l&s=50) - Lyell GlacierLyell GlacierThere is also a Lyell Glacier, South GeorgiaLyell Glacier is a small glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier was discovered by John Muir in 1871 , and is the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park. The glacier lies on the northern slopes of Mount Lyell.The glacier has retreated...
- Mount Lyell - Maclure GlacierMaclure GlacierMaclure Glacier is a glacier located on Mount Maclure in the Sierra Nevada crest of Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Like most glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, the Maclure Glacier is a small cirque glacier that is 0.3 mi long and covers an area of...
- Mount MaclureMount MaclureMount Maclure is the nearest neighbor to Mount Lyell, the highest point in Yosemite National Park. Mount Maclure is located at the southeast end of the Cathedral Range, about northwest of Lyell. It is named for William Maclure, was a pioneer in American geology, who produced one of the earliest...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.74556&lon=-119.28194&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG25&size=l&s=50) - Matthes GlaciersMatthes GlaciersThe Matthes Glaciers refers to a group of glaciers along the Glacier Divide in the Sierra Nevada, California. The glaciers were named for Francois E. Matthes....
- Mendel GlacierMendel GlacierThe Mendel Glacier is a glacier on the north side of Mount Mendel in the Sierra Nevada, California. The name is commonly used, however the name is not recognized by the United States Geological Survey in the Geographic Names Information System....
- Mount Mendel (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.17494&lon=-118.68122&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG25&size=l&s=50) - Mount Fiske Glacier - Mount Fiske
- Mount Warlow Glacier - Mount Warlow
- Middle Palisade GlacierMiddle Palisade GlacierThe Middle Palisade Glacier is a glacier located in the central Sierra Nevada of California. The alpine glacier is situated on the northeast side of Middle Palisade. The glacier is located at...
- Middle PalisadeMiddle PalisadeMiddle Palisade is a peak in the Palisades group, part of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range in the US state of California. It is the twelfth highest peak in the state....
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.08495&lon=-118.48787&s=100&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG) - Norman Clyde GlacierNorman Clyde GlacierNorman Clyde Glacier is a small glacier located in the crest of the Sierra Nevada Range in the John Muir Wilderness of Inyo National Forest in Inyo County, California. The glacier is located under the 13,920 foot Norman Clyde Peak, which lies on the edge of Kings Canyon National Park...
- Norman Clyde PeakNorman Clyde PeakNorman Clyde Peak, standing tall, is in natural company among the high peaks of the Palisades region of the Sierra Nevada in California. It lies on the Palisades' main ridge, between Middle Palisade and Palisade Crest. Norman Clyde Glacier on its north face, and Middle Palisade Glacier on its east...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=37.08495&lon=-118.48787&s=100&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG) - Palisade Glacier - North PalisadeNorth PalisadeNorth Palisade is the third highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California. It is the highest peak of the Palisades group of peaks in the central part of the range. It sports a small glacier and several highly prized rock climbing routes on its northeast side.- History :North Palisade...
- Powell Glacier - Mount Powell
Glaciers of Nevada (in the Basin and Range Province)
Basin and Range Province lies east of the Coast Ranges and west of the Rockies.- Wheeler Glacier - Great Basin National ParkGreat Basin National ParkGreat Basin National Park is a United States National Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near the Utah border. The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains. Topographically, this area is...
Colorado
See also Glaciers of Colorado.- Andrews GlacierAndrews GlacierAndrews Glacier is a cirque glacier located on the east side of Andrews Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park. Neighboring peaks are Taylor and Shark Tooth .-External links:*...
- Andrews Pass (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.2875&lon=-105.68333) - Arapaho Glacier - between NorthNorth Arapaho PeakNorth Arapaho Peak is a mountain on the Continental Divide in Colorado, one of the 637 peaks above in elevation in the state . It is located in the Indian Peaks area of the Front Range in Boulder County and Grand County, Colorado, within the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area of Arapaho and Roosevelt...
and South Arapaho Peaks (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.02361&lon=-105.64722) - Fair Glacier - Apache Peak (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.06&lon=-105.65694)
- Isabelle Glacier - Shoshone Peak (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.06389&lon=-105.64444)
- Mills Glacier - Longs PeakLongs PeakLongs Peak is one of the 53 mountains with summits over 14,000 feet in Colorado. It can be prominently seen from Longmont, Colorado, as well as from the rest of the Colorado Front Range. It is named after Major Stephen Long, who explored the area in the 1820s...
, Rocky Mountain National ParkRocky Mountain National ParkRocky Mountain National Park is a national park located in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Colorado.It features majestic mountain views, a variety of wildlife, varied climates and environments—from wooded forests to mountain tundra—and easy access to back-country trails...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.25556&lon=-105.60972) - Moomaw Glacier (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.21194&lon=-105.66889)
- Peck Glacier - (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.06528&lon=-105.665)
- Rowe Glacier - (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.48833&lon=-105.64444)
- Saint Marys Glacier - (http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=39.83583&lon=-105.64639)
- Saint Vrain Glaciers
- Sprague Glacier
- Taylor Glacier
- The Dove - north of Longs PeakLongs PeakLongs Peak is one of the 53 mountains with summits over 14,000 feet in Colorado. It can be prominently seen from Longmont, Colorado, as well as from the rest of the Colorado Front Range. It is named after Major Stephen Long, who explored the area in the 1820s...
(http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.25889&lon=-105.6175) - Tyndall GlacierTyndall Glacier, ColoradoTyndall Glacier is a rock glacier located in Rocky Mountain National Park on the east side of the Continental Divide between Hallett Peak and .-External links:...
Montana
- Agassiz GlacierAgassiz GlacierAgassiz Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . It is named after Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-American glaciologist. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Kintla Peak west of the Continental Divide. Agassiz Glacier is one of several glaciers that have...
- Glacier National Park (U.S.) - Ahern GlacierAhern Glacier (Montana)Ahern Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier was named after George Patrick Ahern. Ahern Glacier is situated on a ridge between Ipasha Peak to the north and Ahern Peak to the south at an elevation between and above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Baby GlacierBaby Glacier (Montana)Baby Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. Baby Glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Numa Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the...
- Glacier National Park - Beartooth GlacierBeartooth GlacierBeartooth Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in a cirque northeast of Beartooth Mountain at an average elevation of above sea level....
- Beartooth MountainsBeartooth MountainsThe Beartooth Mountains are located in south central Montana and northwest Wyoming, U.S. and are part of the 900,000 acre Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, within Custer, Gallatin and Shoshone National Forests. The Beartooths are the location of Granite Peak, which at 12,807 feet is the highest... - Blackfoot GlacierBlackfoot Glacier-See also:* List of glaciers in the United States* Glaciers in Glacier National Park...
- Glacier National Park - Blackwell GlacierBlackwell GlacierBlackwell Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated immediately north of Snowshoe Peak in the Cabinet Mountains. The glacier consists of numerous small ice patches....
- Cabinet MountainsCabinet MountainsThe Cabinet Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains, located in northwest Montana and the Idaho panhandle, in the United States. The mountains cover an area of 2,134 square miles... - Boulder Glacier (Montana)Boulder Glacier (Montana)Boulder Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacier is situated to the north of Boulder Peak and west of the Continental Divide. Between 1966 and 2005, Boulder Glacier lost more than 75 percent of its surface area...
- Glacier National Park - Carter GlaciersCarter GlaciersThe Carter Glaciers are located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glaciers are situated along a ridge immediately to the east of the Continental Divide, mainly below an unnamed peak which rises to . The glaciers cover an area of approximately at an elevation between and ...
- Glacier National Park - Castle Rock GlacierCastle Rock GlacierCastle Rock Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated south of Castle Rock Mountain in the Beartooth Mountains. The glacier terminus is a proglacial lake....
- Beartooth Mountains - Chaney GlacierChaney GlacierChaney Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacier is situated in a cirque to the northeast of Mount Kipp on the eastern side of the Continental Divide. Chaney Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S...
- Glacier National Park - Dixon GlacierDixon GlacierDixon Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the north of The Sentinel at an elevation between and above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Fissure GlacierFissure GlacierFissure Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated east of Lowary Peak in the Mission Range....
- Mission MountainsMission MountainsThe Mission Mountains or Mission Range are a range of the Rocky Mountains located in northwestern Montana in the United States. They lie chiefly in Lake County and Missoula County and are south and east of Flathead Lake and west of the Swan Range... - Gem GlacierGem GlacierGem Glacier is the smallest named glacier in Glacier National Park . Located on the east side of the Continental Divide arete known as the Garden Wall, the glacier is situated on the cliff face above the better known Grinnell Glacier. Gem Glacier is a hanging glacier, and drapes down from the...
- Glacier National Park - Granite GlacierGranite GlacierGranite Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is on the north slope of Granite Peak, the highest summit in Montana. The glacier covers approximately ....
- Beartooth Mountains - Grant GlacierGrant GlacierGrant Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Flathead National Forest. The glacier is situated in a cirque and lies below the east slopes of Mount Grant . Grant Glacier is just south of Stanton Glacier and both are southwest of Glacier National Park...
- Flathead National ForestFlathead National ForestThe Flathead National Forest is a national forest in the western part of the U.S. state of Montana. The forest covers of which about 1 million acres is designated wilderness. It is named after the Flathead Indians who lived in the area. The forest is located in the Rocky Mountains with elevations... - Grasshopper GlacierGrasshopper Glacier (Montana)Grasshopper Glacier is a glacier located in the Beartooth Mountains, Custer National Forest, Montana, U.S.. The glacier is within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The glacier is approximately long and wide...
- Beartooth Mountains - Gray Wolf GlacierGray Wolf GlacierGray Wolf Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is immediately northeast of Gray Wolf Peak. The glacier covers approximately ....
- Mission Mountains - Grinnell GlacierGrinnell GlacierGrinnell Glacier is located in the heart of Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is named for George Bird Grinnell, an early American conservationist and explorer, who was also a strong advocate of ensuring the creation of Glacier National Park...
- Glacier National Park - Harris GlacierHarris GlacierHarris Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the northeast of Parke Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited...
- Glacier National Park - Harrison GlacierHarrison GlacierHarrison Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. Situated on a southeast facing ridge immediately south of Mount Jackson, Harrison Glacier is the largest glacier in Glacier National Park and was estimated in 2010 to have an area of...
- Glacier National Park - Herbst GlacierHerbst GlacierHerbst Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is northeast of Mount Custer at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the minimum size to qualify...
- Glacier National Park - Hidden GlacierHidden GlacierHidden Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of , nestled within a cirque between Mount Villard to the east and Glacier Peak to the west. The glacier covers approximately ....
- Beartooth Mountains - Hopper GlacierHopper GlacierHopper Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated north of Sky Pilot Mountain in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of above sea level....
- Beartooth Mountains - Hudson GlacierHudson GlacierHudson Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque immediately to the east of the Continental Divide at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of ...
- Glacier National Park - Ipasha GlacierIpasha GlacierIpasha Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque to the southeast of Chaney Glacier and immediately east of the Continental Divide at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately as...
- Glacier National Park - Jackson GlacierJackson GlacierJackson Glacier is approximately the seventh largest of the remaining 25 glaciers in Glacier National Park located in the U.S. state of Montana. A part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the park, Jackson Glacier rests on the north side of Mount Jackson...
- Glacier National Park - Kintla GlacierKintla GlacierKintla Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated on a plateau southwest of Kintla Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier has numerous crevasses and is actually two glaciers with a combined area of as of 2005...
- Glacier National Park - Logan GlacierLogan Glacier (Montana)Logan Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacier is situated in a cirque to the northeast of Mount Logan. Estimated in 2005 to cover an area of , Logan Glacier covered almost in 1966, a reduction in area of 40 percent in about 40 years.-See also:* List...
- Glacier National Park - Lupfer GlacierLupfer GlacierLupfer Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of Mount Phillips at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the...
- Glacier National Park - McDonald GlacierMcDonald GlacierMcDonald Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is immediately north of McDonald Peak. The glacier covers approximately and is located in a cirque below McDonald Peak....
- Mission Mountains - Miche Wabun GlacierMiche Wabun GlacierMiche Wabun Glacier is a glacier remnant located in the U.S. state of Montana in the northeastern region of Glacier National Park. The glacieret is situated in a cirque to the east of Goat Haunt Mountain. Miche Wabun Glacier was measured in 2009 to have retreated to less than in area, considered...
- Glacier National Park - Mountaineer GlacierMountaineer GlacierMountaineer Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is north of Mountaineer Peak. The glacier covers approximately ....
- Mission Mountains - North Swiftcurrent GlacierNorth Swiftcurrent GlacierNorth Swiftcurrent Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of the Continental Divide and north of Swiftcurrent Mountain at an elevation between and above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Old Sun GlacierOld Sun GlacierOld Sun Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east and northeast of the Mount Merritt at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier was named after a sun priest of the Blackfoot called "Ntas", translated to...
- Glacier National Park - Phantom GlacierPhantom GlacierPhantom Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is immediately south of Arch Lake....
- Beartooth Mountains - Piegan GlacierPiegan GlacierPiegan Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the southeast slope of Piegan Mountain and just below the summit at an elevation between and above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Pumpelly GlacierPumpelly GlacierPumpelly Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately northeast of Blackfoot Mountain at an elevation between and above sea level. Pumpelly Glacier is just west of the Continental Divide and adjacent to Pumpkin Glacier, the two...
- Glacier National Park - Pumpkin GlacierPumpkin GlacierPumpkin Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is northeast of Blackfoot Mountain and adjacent to Pumpelly Glacier, the two glaciers separated by crevasses. Pumpkin Glacier covers approximately at elevations between and above sea level. Pumpkin...
- Glacier National Park - Rainbow GlacierRainbow GlacierRainbow Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately to the east of Rainbow Peak at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of approximately and has visible crevasses in satellite imagery...
- Glacier National Park - Red Eagle GlacierRed Eagle GlacierRed Eagle Glacier is a glacier remnant located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacieret is a hanging glacier located to the southeast of Mount Logan...
- Glacier National Park - Sexton GlacierSexton GlacierSexton Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated in a cirque north of Going-to-the-Sun Mountain and on the southeast slope of Matahpi Peak at an elevation between and above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Shepard GlacierShepard GlacierShepard Glacier is a glacier remnant located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacieret is immediately southeast of Cathedral Peak. Shepard Glacier was one of a number of glaciers that have been documented by the United States Geological Service to have retreated...
- Glacier National Park - Siyeh GlacierSiyeh GlacierSiyeh Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier lies in a deep cirque to the north of Mount Siyeh at an elevation between and above sea level. The glacier covers an area of less than and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the minimum...
- Glacier National Park - Sky Top GlacierSky Top GlacierSky Top Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of in a cirque to the west of Granite Peak, the tallest summit in Montana. The glacier covers approximately and a small proglacial lake is near the glacier terminus....
- Beartooth Mountains - Snowbank GlacierSnowbank GlacierSnowbank Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is immediately east of Snowbank Mountain. The glacier is in two sections, a west and east lobe, each about equal in area at . A Proglacial lake can be...
- Beartooth Mountains - Sperry GlacierSperry GlacierSperry Glacier is located in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated on the north slopes of Gunsight Mountain, west of the Continental Divide...
- Glacier National Park - Stanton GlacierStanton GlacierStanton Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Flathead National Forest. The glacier is situated in a cirque on the northeast slope of Great Northern Mountain. Stanton Glacier is one of several glaciers that have been selected for monitoring by the U.S...
- Flathead National Forest - Sundance GlacierSundance GlacierSundance Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is immediately northeast of Castle Rock Mountain. The glacier covers approximately and is located in a deep cirque below Castle Rock Mountain....
- Beartooth Mountains - Sunrise GlacierSunrise GlacierSunrise Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Mission Mountains at an elevation of above sea level and is east of Mount Shoemaker. The glacier covers approximately ....
- Mission Mountains - Swan GlaciersSwan GlaciersThe Swan Glaciers are located in the U.S. state of Montana. Situated around Swan Peak, a total of six to ten small glaciers can be found at an elevation of above sea level. The glaciers are in the remote Bob Marshall Wilderness....
- Swan RangeSwan RangeThe Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States . Its peaks typically rise to around . The range is bounded by the South Fork Flathead River to the east, the Flathead River to the north and northwest, the Swan River to the west, and lie to the southwest of Glacier... - Swiftcurrent GlacierSwiftcurrent GlacierSwiftcurrent Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park . The glacier is on the east side of the Continental Divide arête known as the Garden Wall. Swiftcurrent Glacier is one of several glaciers that are being monitored to determine stream flow alterations that occur...
- Glacier National Park - The Salamander GlacierThe Salamander GlacierThe Salamander Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier lies on a shelf on the east side of the arête which is part of the Continental Divide, at an average elevation of above sea level. The glacier covered an area of approximately as of 1993...
- Glacier National Park - Thunderbird GlacierThunderbird GlacierThunderbird Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated on the east side Continental Divide below Thunderbird Mountain at an average elevation of above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Two Ocean GlacierTwo Ocean GlacierTwo Ocean Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated on the west side Continental Divide below Vulture Peak at an average elevation of above sea level...
- Glacier National Park - Vulture Glacier (Montana)Vulture Glacier (Montana)Vulture Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated just south of Vulture Peak at an average elevation of above sea level. Between 1966 and 2005, Vulture Glacier lost over 50 percent of its surface area....
- Glacier National Park - Weasel Collar GlacierWeasel Collar GlacierWeasel Collar Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately east of Mount Carter at an average elevation of above sea level. The glacier is in a cirque and the terminus faces to the north...
- Glacier National Park - Whitecrow GlacierWhitecrow GlacierWhitecrow Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is situated immediately east of Mount Cleveland at an average elevation of above sea level. The glacier is in a cirque and consists of numerous ice patches, covering a combined surface area of...
- Glacier National Park - Wolf GlacierWolf GlacierWolf Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Montana. The glacier is situated in the Beartooth Mountains at an elevation of in a north facing cirque to the east of Wolf Mountain. The glacier covers approximately and several small proglacial lakes are near the glacier terminus....
- Beartooth Mountains
Wyoming
- Baby Glacier - Wind River RangeWind River RangeThe Wind River Range , is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW-SE for approximately 100 miles . The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and includes Gannett Peak, which at 13,804 feet , is the highest peak...
- Bull Lake GlacierBull Lake GlacierBull Lake Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. Bull Lake...
- Wind River Range - Cloud Peak GlacierCloud Peak GlacierCloud Peak Glacier is located in the Bighorn Mountains in the northcentral section of the U.S. state of Wyoming. Centered within the Cloud Peak Wilderness of Bighorn National Forest, Cloud Peak Glacier is the only active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains...
- Bighorn Mountains - Connie GlacierConnie GlacierConnie Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Connie Glacier is in the Bridger Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains....
- Wind River Range - Continental GlacierContinental GlacierContinental Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests, in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range. Continental Glacier is in both the Bridger and Fitzpatrick Wildernesses, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers...
- Wind River Range - Dinwoody GlacierDinwoody GlacierDinwoody Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Completely within the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, Dinwoody Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains, and as of 1989 was...
- Wind River Range - DuNoir GlacierDuNoir GlacierDuNoir Glacier is located in the Absaroka Range, Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is situated on the northeast slope of Coffin Butte and is one of but a few glaciers that can be found in the Absaroka Range.-See also:...
- Absaroka Mountains - Downs GlacierDowns GlacierDowns Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Downs Glacier is one of many glaciers found in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains....
- Wind River Range - East Torrey GlacierEast Torrey GlacierEast Torrey Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range. Situated in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, East Torrey Glacier is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Falling Ice GlacierFalling Ice GlacierFalling Ice Glacier is located in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glacier is situated on the southeastern cliffs of Mount Moran and can be seen from Jackson Hole. Runoff from the glacier flows into Leigh Lake. The glacier is located in a high altitude cirque and is along...
- Teton RangeTeton RangeThe Teton Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. A north-south range, it is on the Wyoming side of the state's border with Idaho, just south of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the range is in Grand Teton National Park.... - Fishhawk GlacierFishhawk GlacierFishhawk Glacier is located in the Absaroka Range, Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is situated on the northeast slope of Overlook Mountain and is one of but a few glaciers that can be found in the Absaroka Range....
- Absaroka Mountains - Gannett GlacierGannett GlacierGannett Glacier is the largest glacier in the Rocky Mountains within the United States. The glacier is located on the east and north slopes of Gannett Peak, the highest mountain in Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range...
- Wind River Range - Gooseneck GlacierGooseneck GlacierGooseneck Glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range and on the southeast flank of Gannett Peak, the tallest mountain in Wyoming. Gooseneck Glacier is part...
- Wind River Range - Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming)Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming)Grasshopper Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Grasshopper Glacier is in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Harrower GlacierHarrower GlacierHarrower Glacier is located west of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Heap Steep GlacierHeap Steep GlacierHeap Steep Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier is...
- Wind River Range - Helen GlacierHelen GlacierHelen Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. Helen Glacier flows...
- Wind River Range - J GlacierJ GlacierJ Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. J Glacier is in the Bridger Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains....
- Wind River Range - Klondike GlacierKlondike GlacierKlondike Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Klondike Glacier is in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Knife Point GlacierKnife Point GlacierKnife Point Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Lower Fremont GlacierLower Fremont GlacierLower Fremont Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Mammoth GlacierMammoth GlacierMammoth Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west side of the Continental Divide. Mammoth Glacier is the largest glacier on the west side of the Continental Divide of the Wind River Range and occupies a large, north facing cirque, just west of...
- Wind River Range - Middle Teton GlacierMiddle Teton GlacierMiddle Teton Glacier is located on the northeast flank of Middle Teton in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The glacier is a popular mountaineering route for ice climbing and for access to the summit of Middle Teton and other peaks to the south. The glacier is at the west end of Garnet Canyon,...
- Teton Range - Minor GlacierMinor GlacierMinor Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west side of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range. Minor Glacier is in the Bridger Wilderness and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The...
- Wind River Range - Petersen GlacierPetersen GlacierPetersen Glacier are located in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glacier is in a cirque to the west and above north Cascade Canyon. The glacier is named after Frank Petersen, one of the first mountaineers to climb Grand Teton in 1898. Runoff from the glacier is heavy in rock...
- Teton Range - Sacagawea GlacierSacagawea GlacierSacagawea Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains...
- Wind River Range - Schoolroom GlacierSchoolroom GlacierSchoolroom Glacier is a small glacier located in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of , approximately from the trailhead at Jenny Lake...
- Teton Range - Skillet GlacierSkillet GlacierSkillet Glacier is located in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glacier is situated on the eastern cliffs of Mount Moran and is easily seen from Jackson Hole...
- Teton Range - Sourdough GlacierSourdough GlacierSourdough Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the west of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. Sourdough Glacier is in the Bridger Wilderness, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains....
- Wind River Range - Stroud GlacierStroud GlacierStroud Glacier is located west of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier is...
- Wind River Range - Teepe GlacierTeepe GlacierTeepe Glacier is located below the northeast face of Teepe Pillar in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming and is immediately southeast of Grand Teton in the heart of the Cathedral Group collection of high peaks in the Teton Range....
- Teton Range - Teton GlacierTeton GlacierTeton Glacier is located below the north face of Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming and is surrounded by Mount Owen to the west and by Teewinot Mountain to the north, which comprise the peaks of the Cathedral Group. Teton Glacier is the largest of the twelve named glaciers in the...
- Teton Range - Triple GlaciersTriple GlaciersTriple Glaciers are located in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. The glaciers are disconnected from each other and occupy three separate cirques on the northwest face of Mount Moran and northeast of Thor Peak....
- Teton Range - Twins GlacierTwins GlacierTwins Glacier is located west of the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, and is among the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier is...
- Wind River Range - Upper Fremont GlacierUpper Fremont GlacierUpper Fremont Glacier is located in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. This Wind River Range glacier is associated with the largest grouping of glaciers in the U.S. Rocky Mountains and lies on the north slope of Fremont Peak, the third tallest...
- Wind River Range - Washakie GlacierWashakie GlacierWashakie Glacier is located east of the Continental Divide in the southern Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is located in the Popo Agie Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest. Washakie Glacier is situated in a north facing cirque between Mount Washakie and Bair Peak....
- Wind River Range - Wind River GlacierWind River GlacierWind River Glacier is located in the Wind River Range, Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The glacier is situated on the northeast slope of Wind River Peak , the tallest peak in the southern Wind River Range....
- Wind River Range
Utah
There are no glaciers in Utah. Timpanogos Glacier article is documentation of a vanished glacier.- Timpanogos GlacierTimpanogos GlacierTimpanogos Glacier is located in the Wasatch Range, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, and is the only glacier in the U.S. state of Utah. The glacier is situated on the east slope of Mount Timpanogos . Since at least the 1990s, Timpanogos Glacier has essentially disappeared, and by 2003 all visible...
- Wasatch RangeWasatch RangeThe Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches approximately from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region...