Goode Glacier
Goode Glacier
( Goode Glacier )
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The Goode Glacier on Goode Mountain |
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location | Chelan County , Washington , USA | |
Mountains | Cascade chain | |
Type | Hanging glacier | |
length | 0.56 km | |
Altitude range | 2195 m - 1768 m | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 29 ′ 18 ″ N , 120 ° 54 ′ 17 ″ W | |
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drainage | → North Fork Bridge Creek → Bridge Creek → Stehekin River | |
particularities | ends in an ice fall / on bare rock; declining |
The Goode Glacier is a glacier in North Cascades National Park in the US state of Washington on the eastern slopes of the Goode Mountain . Goode Glacier is a hanging glacier and is broken into several sections that descend from 7,200 ft (2,195 m) to 5,800 ft (1,768 m). Goode Glacier lies more than 2,800 ft (853 m) below the summit of Goode Mountain, the highest mountain in North Cascades National Park.
Individual evidence
- ↑ TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Goode Mountain, WA [map]. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ↑ Fred Beckey: Climbing and High Routes, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (= Cascade Alpine Guide). The Mountaineers Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-89886-838-8 .
Web links
- Goode Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 27, 2013.