Garden Glacier
Garden Glacier | ||
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location | Countys Skagit / Snohomish / Chelan , Washington , USA | |
Mountains | Cascade chain | |
Type | Kar glacier | |
length | 0.8 km | |
Altitude range | 2377 m - 2134 m | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 17 '59 " N , 121 ° 0' 35" W | |
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drainage | S: Dome Creek → Sulfur Creek → Suiattle River ; O: Spruce Creek → South Fork Agnes Creek → Agnes Creek → Stehekin River |
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particularities | ends in an ice fall / on bare rock; declining |
The Garden Glacier (Eng. "Garden Glacier") is a glacier in Wenatchee and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the US state of Washington . Garden Glacier is divided into two sections, which are located on the south and east slopes of Sinister Peak . The glacier lies on the original route of the first ascent of Sinister Peak in 1939. Garden Glacier extends from about 7,800 ft (2,377 m) to about 7,000 ft (2,134 m) and ends in ice falls and on bare rock. The Garden Glacier is separated from the Chickamin Glacier in the north by a mountain ridge .
Individual evidence
- ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Dome Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ Fred Beckey: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (= Cascade Alpine Guide), Volume 2. The Mountaineers Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-89886-838-8 (accessed March 10, 2013).
Web links
- Sinister Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved May 10, 2013.