Price Glacier (Mount Shuksan)
| Price glacier
( Price Glacier )
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 The Price Glacier below the summit pyramid of Mount Shuksan |
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| location | Whatcom County , Washington , USA | |
| Mountains | Cascade chain | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| length | 1.2 km | |
| Altitude range | 2621 m - 1280 m | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 '37 " N , 121 ° 35' 24" W | |
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| drainage | Price Lake → North Fork Nooksack River | |
| particularities | ends on bare rock / in an ice fall; declining | |
The Price Glacier is a glacier in North Cascades National Park in Washington State ; Located on the northeast slopes of Mount Shuksan , it is located below a secondary peak, the Nooksack Tower . The Price Glacier descends from around 8,600 ft (2,621 m) to around 4,200 ft (1,280 m) altitude and is the steepest and most crevassed glacier on Mount Shuksan. At the lowest-lying section of the glacier that is not connected, small icebergs calve directly into Price Lake, a lake that was created by the glacier retreat.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Mount Shuksan, WA [map]. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ↑ Fred Beckey: Rainy Pass to Fraser River (= Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes). The Mountaineers Books, 208, ISBN 9781594854309 .
Web links
- Price Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved April 20, 2013.