Colchuck Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Name: Colchuck Glacier
Address: Alpine Lakes Wilderness, United States

#36 among attractions in Alpine Lakes Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Colchuck Glacier is in the Stuart Range immediately north of Colchuck Peak and Dragontail Peak, in the U.S. state of Washington. Colchuck Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Wenatchee National Forest. The glacier is approximately 0.30 mi in length, 0.10 mi in width at its widest and descends from 7,600 to 6,400 ft, where it terminates on barren rock and talus. Below the glacier lies Colchuck Lake. The mountain and glacier take their name from the lake, which in Chinook jargon means "cold water". ()

Length: 1584 ftCoordinates: 47°28'50"N, 120°50'20"W

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Alpine Lakes Wilderness United States

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

Nearby attractions include: Dragontail Peak, Argonaut Peak, Snow Creek Glacier, Aasgard Pass.

~1630 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dragontail Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
8 min walk • Dragontail Peak, also known as Dragon Tail, is a mountain in the Stuart Range, in Chelan County, Washington. While climbing an adjacent peak, Lex Maxwell, Bob McCall, and Bill Prater remarked that the needles on the crest, southwest of the summit, resembled a "dragon tail".
1.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Argonaut Peak, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
33 min walk • Argonaut Peak is a tall mountain in the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. Part of the Stuart Range part of the Wenatchee subrange of the Cascades, it is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Wenatchee National Forest and part of the region known as The Enchantments.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Snow Creek Glacier, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
25 min walk • Snow Creek Glacier is located on Little Annapurna in the Stuart Range, U.S. state of Washington. Snow Creek Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Wenatchee National Forest and the Enchantment Lakes region.
0.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Aasgard Pass, Alpine Lakes Wilderness
22 min walk • Aasgard Pass, officially identified as Colchuck Pass, is a mountain pass on the east side of the Cascades in Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness southwest of Leavenworth.