Price Glacier (Mount Shuksan)

Price Glacier
Map showing the location of Price Glacier
Price Glacier

Whatcom County, Washington, U.S.

Type Mountain glacier
Coordinates 48°50′37″N 121°35′24″W / 48.84361°N 121.59000°W / 48.84361; -121.59000Coordinates: 48°50′37″N 121°35′24″W / 48.84361°N 121.59000°W / 48.84361; -121.59000[1]
Length .75 mi (1.21 km)
Terminus Barren rock/icefall
Status Retreating

Price Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the northeast slopes of Mount Shuksan, below the subpeak known as Nooksack Tower.[2] Price Glacier descends from 8,600 to 4,200 ft (2,600 to 1,300 m) and is the steepest and most heavily crevasseed glacier on Mount Shuksan.[2][3] The disconnected lowest portions of Price Glacier calve small icebergs into Price Lake.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Price Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Mount Shuksan, WA (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Beckey, Fred (208). Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes Rainy Pass to Fraser River. The Mountaineers Books. p. 62. ISBN 9781594854309.
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