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Adams Glacier (Mount Adams)

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Below 8,400 feet (2,600 m), the glacier spreads into a broad sheet with five separate tongues of ice extending out to termini between large
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at over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) for over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to a terminus near 7,000 feet (2,100 m).
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In 1904, the area was approximately 6.93 km and in 2021 the area was 2.2 km representing an area loss of 68%.
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Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Volume 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass (3rd ed.)
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after him. This eventually persuaded Rusk and he conceded to name the glacier Adams Glacier.
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Between 11,800 and 9,200 feet (3,600 and 2,800 m), the glacier flows through a steep
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In 1901, when Mount Adams was being mapped and its glaciers named by
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Sitts, Danielle; Andrew G. Fountain; Matthew J. Hoffman (2010).
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that provides challenging climbing through a maze of
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Adams Glacier, cascading down the 12,281 ft. summit.
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Map showing the location of Adams Glacier
Map showing the location of Adams Glacier
Mount Adams
Yakima
Skamania
Washington
Coordinates
46°13′2″N 121°30′42″W / 46.21722°N 121.51167°W / 46.21722; -121.51167
Mount Adams
stratovolcano
U.S. state
Washington
Cispus River
glacier
ice cap

icefall
seracs
Fred Beckey
moraines
Harry Fielding Reid
Claude Ewing Rusk
Mazamas
Mount Hood
List of glaciers in the United States
"Adams Glacier"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior

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