Inter Glacier

Inter Glacier
Steamboat Prow, 9,680 feet (2,950 m), (center) with the small Inter Glacier on its northeast face
TypeMountain glacier
LocationMount Rainier, Pierce County, Washington, USA
Coordinates46°52′35″N 121°43′37″W / 46.87639°N 121.72694°W / 46.87639; -121.72694[1]
Area0.206 square miles (0.53 km2), 2021
0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), 1983[2]

The Inter Glacier or Interglacier is a small glacier on the northeast face of Mount Rainier in Washington. As of 2021, the body of ice covers an estimated area of 0.206 square miles (0.53 km2).[3] The glacier lies on top of a wedge called the Steamboat Prow in between the Emmons Glacier to the south and the Winthrop Glacier to the north. The glacier starts below the Steamboat Prow at about 9,400 feet (2,900 m) and flows northeast down to its moraine at 7,000 feet (2,100 m).[4] A small subsidiary peak of Rainier, named Mount Ruth, lies adjacent to the glacier.[4] Meltwater from the glacier is the source of the Inter Fork of the White River.[3]

People climbing the Emmons Glacier route to the Mount Rainier summit typically travel via the Inter Glacier to Camp Curtis or Camp Schurman, located near the head of the glacier. Crevasses are a hazard[5] that killed Chris Kapaun in 1998 while descending unroped.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Google Earth images.
  2. ^ "DESCRIPTION:Mount Rainier Glaciers and Glaciations - Mount Rainier Glacier Hazards and Glacial Outburst Floods". USGS. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  3. ^ a b "morageology.com :: Glacier Info - Inter Glacier". www.morageology.com. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b "USGS Sunrise (WA) Topo Map". USGS Quad maps. TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  5. ^ "Inter Glacier". Washington Trails Association. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  6. ^ "AAC Publications - Fall into Crevasse, Glissading Instead of Walking, Unroped, Washington, Mount Rainier, Inter Glacier". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 27 October 2024.


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