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A view of the spectacular Salmon Glacier in the Boundary Ranges (Coast Mountains) north of Stewart, British Columbia (Hyder, Alaska). The Granduc Mine Road crosses from Stewart, BC into Alaska briefly before passing back into Canada where it ascends to this high vantage point overlooking the glacier coming down. A large icefield in the clouds is home to several arms of large glaciers such as the Salmon, this one in particular is unique in that while ice descends it hits a headwall in this upper valley causing it to split in two directions. The north lobe ends abruptly where the valley often fills w/ a lake (called Summit Lake) that floods out during late spring, raising the ice levels & causing calving. Look closely above the glacier to spot a noticeable parallel line b/w the brown rock versus the greener plant life, an indication of how high the glacier used to be at the end of the Little Ice Age (circa 1850). The day was high clouds as a new storm moved in, getting a clear day at this location is often rare, & being early August, it was snowing up here briefly. While this panorama gives an overview, it hardly does justice to actually being at the site, truly one of the best accessible glaciers to view in North America (better than the Columbia Icefield in my opinion).
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