What? Glaciers in California. Believe it or not there are over 1700 permanent bodies of ice and snow in California. There is no consensus on the exact number of which are glaciers. However, there is consensus that these glaciers are all receding, with the exception of Mt Shasta's glaciers which have increased in size. This album is a collection of some of the larger glaciers/glacierets in the Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains, and Mt Shasta.

Please attach your California glacier photos. The photo caption should include the DATE the photo was taken, WHERE the photo was taken, and WHAT is in the photo. Late season (September) and early (pre-2000) photos of any quality are most valuable.

Glacier Names, Numbers, and Location

Range	# Glaciers	# Glacierets
Sierra Nevada	99	398
Mount Shasta	9	1
Klamath Mountains	0	2
California Total	108	401

Guyton Glaciers of California

Sierra Nevada Glaciers and Glacierets
X_Coord	Y_Coord	Glacier Name	Nearest Mountain	Area (m)
118.50908	37.10016	Palisade Glacier	NE North Palisade	835153
118.47892	37.07997	Norman Clyde Glacier	NW Norman Clyde Peak	483773
119.26399	37.74386	Lyell Glacier	ENE Mount Lyell	373276
119.27224	37.74300	Lyell Glacier	N Mount Lyell	368566
118.74974	37.22453	Matthes Glaciers	E Matthes Peak	87089
118.75935	37.22914	Matthes Glaciers		81588
118.76287	37.23083	Matthes Glaciers		69810
118.73500	37.22265	Matthes Glaciers		46898
118.73998	37.22428	Matthes Glaciers		45445
118.74485	37.22424	Matthes Glaciers		43313
118.76702	37.23311	Matthes Glaciers		41167
118.75570	37.22491	Matthes Glaciers		22921
118.73067	37.22283	Matthes Glaciers		17960
118.50823	36.55934		NNW Kaweah Queen (Kaweah Peaks)	365465
118.46192	37.07034	Middle Palisade Glacier	NE Disappointment Peak	346656
118.51469	36.56557		N Lawson Peak (Kaweah Peaks)	325309
118.51823	37.10282		N Thunderbolt Peak	316138
118.70295	37.10753		W Peak 12,975 near ENE Mount Goddard	296526
119.35878	38.08790		NE Twin Peaks	278959
118.71061	37.20957	Goethe Glacier	WNW Mount Goethe	277289
119.31924	37.96950	Conness Glacier	N Mount Conness	264064
119.28274	37.74668	Maclure Glacier	NNW Mount Maclure	263093
119.20535	37.67925		SSW Mount Ritter	183669
119.38609	38.10086		N N Ridge Matterhorn Peak	181874
119.20723	37.81509		NNE Kuna Peak	167894
118.67682	37.17117	Darwin Glacier	NW Mount Darwin	157166
119.58078	38.16017		N Forsyth Peak	152141
118.60629	37.14180		ESE Mount Thompson	151447
118.62045	37.14258		WSW Mount Thompson	150391
119.31123	38.00663		E Shepherd Crest near SSW Excelsior Mountain	147636
119.35223	38.08856		W Peak 11,984 NE Twin Peaks	144180
119.31570	37.98654		N North Peak	142804
118.66928	37.19821		NNE Mount Lamarck	140806
118.43099	37.05972		WSW Birch Mountain	139515
119.28180	37.93633		E Peak 11,887 near ESE White Mountain	137347
119.21949	37.90201		NE Mount Dana	137181
119.25523	37.71635		ENE Peak 12,573 near SSE Rodgers Peak	137118
118.51601	36.55032		N Black Kaweah	133829
118.61494	37.14540		NNW Mount Thompson	133762
119.31819	37.78135		NW Parsons Peak	131564
118.41133	37.00350		N Cardinal Mountain	127061
118.49896	37.09567		ESE Mount Sill	125483
119.25582	37.73672		near ESE Mount Lyell	122805
118.79120	37.39739		N Mount Mills	120481
118.68261	37.17853		NNW Mount Mendel	119962
118.43660	37.06449		SE The Thumb	118723
119.29689	37.75389		SSW Simmons Peak	116626
119.26363	37.73672		SE Mount Lyell	115859
118.78465	37.39214		N Mount Abbot	113013
118.52483	36.58084		near SSE Triple Divide Peak	112920
119.29527	37.94373		E Peak 11,660 near ESE White Mountain	112391
118.66640	37.13892	Fiske Glacier, Mount	NNE Mount Fiske	110996
119.38962	38.07206		SW Whorl Mountain	108967
118.63028	36.87083		S Volcanic Lake near ESE Kennedy Mountain	107118
119.30845	37.95188		N White Mountain	106827
119.28977	37.75769		SSE Simmons Peak	106748
119.19617	37.68347		SSE Mount Ritter	104817
119.30407	38.02818		NE Excelsior Mountain	102749
118.52743	37.11387		NE Mount Agassiz	98828
118.50236	36.54186		ENE Red Kaweah (Kaweah Peaks)	98351
118.67601	37.20335		near NNW Mount Lamarck	98061
118.72428	37.10496		WNW Mount Goddard	97856
118.37849	36.70037		N Peak 4182m near ESE Mount Sanford	96974
119.22573	37.71898		near WNW Mount Davis	96190
119.54589	38.14646		NE Tower Peak	94937
119.17681	37.66368		N Minarets near SW Iceberg Lake	94784
118.63606	37.14082		NNW Mount Powell	94285
118.70279	37.20933		N Mount Goethe	94034
119.26819	37.99597		N Dore Cliff near SW Mount Scowden	93710
119.34683	37.97867		N Peak 11,726 SW Sheep Peak	92227
119.39155	38.10355		S Cleaver Peak	92209
118.64737	37.10560		NNE Black Giant	91532
118.29301	36.59261		NNW Mount Russell	91282
118.48810	37.08319		NE Palisade Crest	91022
118.86030	37.50754		E Red Slate Mountain	91003
118.50822	37.09282		NNW Polemonium Peak	90507
119.32065	37.75771		E Peak 11,998 near WSW Simmons Peak	90297
118.27343	36.55469		NE Mount McAdie	88327
119.18356	37.67001		E Minarets W Iceberg Lake	87886
118.52766	37.10733		NNW Mount Winchell	87643
119.21693	37.71649		N Mount Davis	83459
118.48213	36.71037		NE Mount Brewer	83251
118.56877	37.12465		N Mount Goode	82829
119.40138	38.10750		S Glacier Lake near NW Matterhorn Peak	82662
118.53042	36.45745		NE Needham Mountain	80901
118.68490	37.21398		ESE Muriel Peak	80645
118.63942	37.07398		E Mount McDuffie	80584
119.56640	38.15881		N Saurian Crest near E Forsyth Peak	80362
119.19393	38.00309		near NE Mount Warren near ESE Gilcrest Peak (per snow)	79159
119.19202	37.69885		NE Banner Peak	76671
118.65707	37.26145		NE Peak 13,121 near SE Mount Humphreys	76288
118.45264	37.06993		WSW The Thumb	75719
119.28890	37.93690		E Peak 12,002 near E Skelton Lakes	75656
118.48873	36.53139		NNW Mount Kaweah	75560
119.39486	38.10733		N S Cleaver Peak	74299
118.49396	37.09021		NNE Mount Jepson	74155
118.48439	36.53230		NW Mount Kaweah	73543
118.68690	37.08266		NE Scylla	73280
119.27957	37.75247		near N Mount Maclure	73030
119.31228	37.96464		W Alpine Lake near E Mount Conness	72485
118.86701	37.51050		NE Red Slate Mountain	72425
118.48973	37.08685		ESE Mount Jepson	72416
119.19943	37.69868		NW Banner Peak	71978
118.71373	37.10957		near NE Mount Goddard	71815
118.64255	37.13913		ESE Clyde Spires	71520
119.19537	37.70090		NNW Banner Peak	70981
119.31393	37.78304		NNW Parsons Peak	70111
119.66637	38.23296		WSW Molo Mountain	70072
118.85473	37.38464		N Recess Peak	69079
118.77018	37.23782		SSW Upper Honeymoon Lake near Matthes Peak	68862
119.30682	38.03723		near N Excelsior Mountain	68363
118.28425	36.55842		E near NW Mount McAdie	68192
119.22148	37.71682		NW Mount Davis	68177
118.47794	36.63302		ESE Milestone Mountain	67092
118.87111	37.51295		N Red Slate Mountain	66924
118.66650	37.16342		SE Mount Darwin	66718
118.42130	37.03002		near N Split Mountain	66707
118.49613	36.71731		E North Guard	65923
119.24387	37.73132		near NE Rodgers Peak	65596
118.48029	36.65942		WSW Table Mountain	65595
118.68945	36.99844		NNW Tunemah Peak	65021
119.20729	37.81787		N Kuna Peak	64258
118.71760	37.21485		NNW near NW Mount Goethe	64139
119.52038	38.13425		SSW Ehrnbeck Peak	62924
118.52413	36.55073		NW Black Kaweah	62911
118.30965	36.58772		ESE Mount Hale	62623
118.68716	37.29607		SW Upper Horton Lakes near Four Gables	61983
118.63083	37.05810		near NNW Wheel Mountain	61076
119.20837	38.00389		near Gilcrest Peak (snow field)	59335
119.25813	37.72852		NNW Rodgers Peak	59302
119.24050	37.72953		near ENE Rodgers Peak	58636
119.21075	37.70929		near SSE Mount Davis	58434
118.67163	37.17033		N Mount Darwin	57921
118.37406	36.86322		N Acrodectes Peak near W Mount Baxter	57715
119.57712	38.11618		W Snow Peak	57471
119.20434	37.89111		SW Kidney Lake near SE Mount Dana	57202
118.68106	37.28234		SSE Peak 12,876 near NW Mount Humphreys	57000
118.76701	37.37110		N Bear Creek Spire	56868
118.72857	36.99769		SW Lake 10,401	56854
119.32085	37.74180		WNW Mount Florence	56222
119.30449	37.75591		E Peak 12,053 near WSW Simmons Peak	56156
119.51374	38.13936		NE Ehrnbeck Peak	56068
119.31069	38.03599		near N Excelsior Mountain	55928
118.66226	37.15287		NNW Mount Haeckel	55884
118.39535	36.71194		near N Mount Stanford	55788
119.32978	37.98797		SW Peak 11,408	55765
118.38920	36.83769		N Peak 3984m	55630
118.67731	37.13075	Warlow Glacier, Mount	NW Mount Warlow	55309
118.47094	36.66060		E Table Mountain	54885
118.49548	36.53637		E Kaweah Peaks	54784
118.43150	37.03843		ENE Mount Prater	54736
119.32652	37.78483		N Peak 11,850 near NW Parsons Peak	54462
118.89234	37.47077		W Mount Izaak Walton	54443
119.17268	37.66651		SW Iceberg Lake (per snow)	54370
118.30253	36.62167		NE Wallace Lake near ESE Mount Barnard	54366
119.15900	37.61076		ESE Iron Mountain	54129
118.80116	37.37972		N Mount Gabb	54033
118.68479	37.29233		SW Upper Horton Lakes near Four Gables	53314
119.19544	37.69172		NE Mount Ritter (per snow)	53234
118.83219	37.37191		near NNW Mount Hilgard	52328
119.31705	38.01029		N Shepherd Crest	51922	118.62340	37.14706	SW Sunset Lake near NW Mount Thompson	51876
119.33283	38.01735		E Peak 10,945 near WSW Excelsior Mountain	51675
118.90866	37.52903		S Franklin Lake near S Bloody Mountain	51041
119.25069	37.72645		ENE Rodgers Peak	50743
118.76940	37.37491		E Peak 13,268 near NNW Bear Creek Spire	50227
119.54682	38.15662		near N Tower Peak SSE Tower Lake	49595
119.28771	37.75177		NNW Mount Maclure	49466
119.37398	38.09672		NE Matterhorn Peak	49303
119.19623	37.81624		NE Koip Peak	49167
118.76469	37.36279		SSE Bear Creek Spire	49136
118.77663	37.37676		S Mount Dade	48922
118.53404	36.58439		near ENE Lion Rock	48713
118.55321	36.57234	Lilliput Glacier	NNE Mount Stewart	48056
Mt Shasta Glaciers and Glacierets
122.21116	41.41252	Whitney Glacier	WSW to NW Mount Shasta
122.20265	41.42063	Bolam Glacier	NNW Mount Shasta
122.18946	41.41878	Hotlum Glacier	NNE Mount Shasta
122.1842	41.4068	Wintun Glacier	ESE Mount Shasta
122.17712	41.39889	Watkins Glacier	SE Mount Shasta
122.19609	41.39957	Konwakiton Glacier	S Mount Shasta
122.19498	41.38769	Mud Creek Glacier	near S Mount Shasta
		Upper Wintun Glacier	E Mount Shasta
		Chicago Glacier	??
		Olberman	??
Klamath Mountains Glacierets
123.04775	41.00231		N Thompson Peak
123.03466	41.00597		NE Caesar Peak

Hassan Basagic provided long./lat. and area data for the Sierra Nevadas

External Links

Guyton, Bill (2001) Glaciers of California Berkeley: University of California Press.
The 1998 edition of this book can be accessed as a NetLibrary, e-book through the Peninsula Library System. You need a library card.
Departments of Geology and Geography at Portland State University's Glaciers of California Page
College of the Siskyous's Mount Shasta Glacier Page
Hassan Basagic's 2003 survey of Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, CA
Hassan Basagic's historic photo comparison of Dana, Lyell, Darwin, and Goddard Glaciers to 2003 photos
National Snow and Ice Data Center's Glacier FAQ
The idea for the album started with this SP forum discussion

Images

Banner Peak and Mt. Ritter (behind Banner) and 1000 Island Lake

Looking south from the summit...

Crossing crevasses on Hotlum...

Mt. Goethe and Goethe Lake...

The East Couloir of...

7-August-2004: Thompson Peak,...

Ritter (in the center) and...

Middle Palisade Basin

Norman Clyde Peak...

The North Face of North...

The Watchtower from near Tower Lake

Sunset from Mount Dade

Minarets from Volcanic Ridge

Mike Ybarra is checking out...

Alpenglow on the Palisade Glacier, June 1994

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Anya Jingle

Sounds good!

Voted 10/10

I like this idea for an album. I'll check back soon when it is ready. Cheers

Posted Jul 23, 2007 2:19 am

Vladislav

Nice work!

Voted 10/10

Glaciers belong on endangered species list these days. This serves as a reminder of what we are about to lose.

Posted Jul 28, 2007 12:52 pm


	Vladislav	Re: Nice work!
	Voted 10/10	John, I uploaded a couple of more pictures with Middle Palisade glacier. Wanted to add to your collection but it seems you did not allow other users to add images to this album. It might be a good idea :)
		Posted Jul 28, 2007 9:35 pm


	johnk	Re: Nice work!
	Hasn't voted	Ops. Should be OK now.
		Posted Jul 29, 2007 12:54 pm

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