Silver Glacier, North Cascades National Park

Name: Silver Glacier
Address: North Cascades National Park, United States

#143 among attractions in North Cascades National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Silver Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington and descends to the northwest from near the summit of Mount Spickard. Silver Glacier descends from 8,700 to 7,200 ft, and Silver Lake lies.50 mi below the current terminus of the glacier. In 1993, Silver Glacier had an area of.49 km². The National Park Service is currently studying Silver Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project. Between 1993 and 2013 the glacier had lost ~8 m of thickness. ()

Length: 2376 ftCoordinates: 48°58'10"N, 121°14'24"W

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North Cascades National Park United States

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Silver Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nodoubt Peak, Silver Lake, Mount Spickard, Depot Creek Falls.

5.3 miW
Mountain
Nodoubt Peak
136 min walk • Nodoubt Peak is a remote 7,290-foot mountain summit in the Skagit Range of the North Cascades of Washington state. Nodoubt Peak is situated in North Cascades National Park, 2.2 kilometres south of the Canada–United States border. Its nearest higher peak is Canuck Peak, 1.43 mi...
1.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Silver Lake, North Cascades National Park
34 min walk • Silver Lake is located in North Cascades National Park, in the U. S. state of Washington. Silver Lake is less than 1 mi north of Mount Spickard and is partially fed by melt from the Silver Glacier which is on the north slopes of Spickard.
~280 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Spickard, North Cascades National Park
2 min walk • Mount Spickard is a 8,980-foot mountain peak in the North Cascades, a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located 2 miles south of the Canada–US border, it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a subrange of the Skagit Range which is part of the North Cascades.
2.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Depot Creek Falls, North Cascades National Park
54 min walk • Depot Creek Falls is a 967-foot-high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington. The falls occur where Depot Creek drops over a headwall. The creek starts off by plunging 200 feet. After that is a long slide of 767 feet to the bottom of the valley. Spray at the falls' base is immense.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Depot Valley Falls, North Cascades National Park
51 min walk • Depot Valley Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on the Custer Fork Depot Creek that shares the same cliff as the nearby, much larger Depot Creek Falls, both in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is 100 feet wide.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Redoubt, North Cascades National Park
72 min walk • Mount Redoubt is a mountain in the North Cascades range in Whatcom County, Washington state. The peak is located 3.0 miles from the Canada–US border, 16.3 miles east-northeast of Mount Shuksan.
2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Rahm, North Cascades National Park
51 min walk • Mount Rahm is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Mount Rahm is less than.25 mi south of the Canada–United States border and just north of Silver Lake, 2 mi north-northeast of Mount Spickard.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mox Peaks, North Cascades National Park
44 min walk • Mox Peaks is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Mox Peaks consist of several summits in close proximity to each other that are nearly the same altitude, but the highest point is the eastern peak.
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Redoubt Glacier, North Cascades National Park
51 min walk • Redoubt Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the east slopes of Mount Redoubt. Redoubt Glacier descends from the 8,400-foot point on the east slope of Mount Redoubt then has a south terminus near 7,200 ft.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Depot Glacier, North Cascades National Park
75 min walk • Depot Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the northeast slopes of Mount Redoubt. Depot Glacier descends from the 7,400 to 6,000 ft. Melt from the glacier feeds into Depot Creek which flows into Chilliwack Lake.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
West Depot Glacier, North Cascades National Park
75 min walk • West Depot Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the north slopes of Mount Redoubt. Depot Glacier descends from 7,400 to 5,900 ft. Melt from the glacier feeds into Depot Creek which flows into Chilliwack Lake. A ridge separates West Depot Glacier from Depot Glacier to the east.