List of Mount Hood glaciers
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The twelve glaciers on Mount Hood are:
| Glacier name | Area | Volume | notes | GNIS location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (acres) | (km²) | (acre-feet) | (km³) | |||
| Palmer Palmer Glacier The Palmer Glacier is a glacier located on the upper slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is on the south side of the mountain ranging in elevation from about 6,200 to 9,300 ft , and was named for Joel Palmer, an Oregon pioneer... |
32 | 0.12949952 | 1600 acre.ft | headwaters of the Salmon River Salmon River (Clackamas County, Oregon) The Salmon River is a 33.9 mile river in Oregon's Cascade Range and drains a portion of southwestern Mount Hood.The entire length of the river is protected National Wild and Scenic River, the only such river in the contiguous 48 states.... |
45.3526180°N 121.7075764°W | |
| Coalman Coalman Glacier The Coalman Glacier is a glacier located on the upper slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the mountain's highest glacier ranging from about 10,500 to 11,200 ft , located within the crater rim, southwest of the peak... |
20 | 0.0809372 | 900 acre.ft | located between Crater Rock and the summit | 45.3720623°N 121.6984094°W | |
| White River White River Glacier (Oregon) White River Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the south slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It ranges in elevation from about 6,200 to 10,000 ft . It is among the best known of the twelve glaciers on the mountain, and the lower reaches are a popular destination for Nordic... |
133 | 0.53823238 | 7000 acre.ft | feeds the White River White River (Oregon) The White River is a tributary of the Deschutes River, approximately 50 mi long, in north central Oregon in the United States. It drains a scenic mountainous area of the Columbia Plateau on the east side of the Cascade Range southeast of Mount Hood. In the 1840s, a section of the Oregon... |
45.3573401°N 121.6986873°W | |
| Newton Clark | 491 | 2 | 32000 acre.ft | source of the East Fork Hood River | 45.3667845°N 121.6867426°W | |
| Eliot | 415 | 1.7 | 73000 acre.ft | source of Tilly Jane Creek and Eliot Branch, tributaries of Middle Fork Hood River | 45.3812289°N 121.6803536°W | |
| Langille | 99 | 0.40063914 | 7000 acre.ft | in Hood River watershed | 45.3923399°N 121.6800758°W | |
| Coe | 308 | 1.2 | 44000 acre.ft | source of Coe Branch, a tributary of Middle Fork Hood River | 45.3834511°N 121.6945204°W | |
| Ladd | 223 | 0.90244978 | 20000 acre.ft | source of McGee Creek, a tributary of West Fork Hood River | 45.3923400°N 121.7061873°W | |
| Glisan | 45.3909512°N 121.7195208°W | |||||
| Sandy Sandy Glacier Sandy Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the west slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It extends in elevation from about . The glacier is the source of Muddy Fork, a tributary of the Sandy River. The upper extent of the glacier is known for extensive crevasses.The glacier is a... |
294 | 1.2 | 2000 acre.ft | feeds Muddy Fork, a tributary Tributary A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean... of the Sandy River Sandy River (Oregon) The Sandy River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Measured by a United States Geological Survey gauge downstream of the Sandy's confluence with the Bull Run River, from the mouth, the river's average discharge is . The maximum daily recorded flow... |
45.3798401°N 121.7167431°W | |
| Reid Reid Glacier (Oregon) Reid Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the west slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon. It ranges in elevation from about 6,000 to 9,800 ft . The glacier is the source of the Sandy River. The upper extent of the glacier is known for extensive crevasses.The glacier is a... |
195 | 0.7891377 | 10000 acre.ft | feeds the Sandy River Sandy River (Oregon) The Sandy River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Measured by a United States Geological Survey gauge downstream of the Sandy's confluence with the Bull Run River, from the mouth, the river's average discharge is . The maximum daily recorded flow... |
45.3709512°N 121.7189654°W | |
| Zigzag Zigzag Glacier The Zigzag Glacier is an alpine glacier located on the upper southwest slopes of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.It ranges in elevation from 7,200 to 10,200 ft with fingers in canyons extending to about 6,400 ft , and lies almost entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness. The upper... |
190 | 0.7689034 | 10000 acre.ft | feeds the Zigzag River Zigzag River The Zigzag River is a tributary, about long, of the Sandy River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Zigzag and one of its major tributaries, the Little Zigzag River, drain the Zigzag Glacier on Mount Hood, a high volcanic peak in the Cascade Range. Their waters flow westward to meet the Sandy River... |
45.3634513°N 121.7122986°W | |
| Total, including snow patches | 3331 | 13.5 | 282000 acre.ft |