Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan)

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Hanging glacier
The Hanging Glacier on the upper slopes of Mount Shuksan in the upper left

The Hanging Glacier on the upper slopes of Mount Shuksan in the upper left

location Whatcom County , Washington , USA
Mountains Cascade chain
Type Slope glacier
length 1.45 km
Coordinates 48 ° 50 '7 "  N , 121 ° 36' 7"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '7 "  N , 121 ° 36' 7"  W.
Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan) (Washington)
Hanging Glacier (Mount Shuksan)
drainage → White Salmon Glacier → White Salmon Creek → Nooksack River
and → Upper Curtis Glacier → Shuksan Creek → Swift Creek
particularities ends on bare rock / in an icefall; declining
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The Hanging Glacier is a glacier in the North Cascades National Park in the US state of Washington . It is located on the northern slopes of Mount Shuksan . The Hanging Glacier is connected to Crystal Glacier at its upper limit and also flows into Upper Curtis Glacier . Hanging Glacier is on the route used for the first ascent of Mount Shuksan in 1939.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Shuksan, WA [map]. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Fred Beckey: Rainy Pass to Fraser River  (= Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes). The Mountaineers Books, 2008, ISBN 9781594854309 .

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