Inspiration Glacier
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| location | Skagit County , Washington , USA | |
| Mountains | Cascade chain | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| length | 2.4 km | |
| Altitude range | 2591 m - 2073 m | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 32 '5 " N , 121 ° 7' 2" W | |
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| drainage | Moraine Lake → West Fork Thunder Creek → Thunder Creek → Diablo Lake | |
| particularities | ends on bare rock / in an ice fall; declining | |
The inspiration Glacier is a glacier on the eastern slopes of the Eldorado Peak in North Cascades National Park in the US state of Washington . The glacier is about 1.5 mi (2 km) long, about 2 mi (3 km) wide at its end, and descends from 8,500 ft (2,591 m) to 6,800 ft (2,073 m) in height. He is in a Kartal with the Eldorado Peak (8,868 ft (2,703 m)) to the west, the Tepeh Towers (8,386 ft (2,556 m)) mentioned ridge in the northwest and the Klawatti Peak (8,485 ft (2,586 m)) to the northeast. The Inspiration Glacier is connected to the Eldorado Glacier in the south and partially separated from the McAllister Glacier in the north by the Tepeh Towers . The meltwater from Inspiration Glacier feeds Moraine Lake .
The Tepeh Towers and the Inspiration Glacier
The Eldorado Peak with the Inspiration Glacier
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Forbidden Peak, WA [map]. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
- ^ Eldorado Peak, Washington . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Tepeh Towers, Washington . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Klawatti Peak, Washington . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
Web links
- Inspiration Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 9, 2013.