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English: The Athabasca Glacier headwall (on the ramp), with the Columbia Icefield proper just marginally visible in the top right-of-centre of the image. The ramp's smooth snow is visible near the north edge of the headwall on most photos of the Athabasca Glacier. Doug and Vic taking a break as we reach the top of the headwall.
The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about 5 metres (16 ft) per year [ 2 ] and has receded more than 1.5 km (0.93 mi) and lost over half of its volume in the past 125 years.
snow/glacier climb Snow Dome is a mountain located on the Continental Divide in the Columbia Icefield , where the boundary of Banff National Park and Jasper National Park meets the border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada . [ 3 ]
The Columbia Icefield is the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains. [1] Located within the Canadian Rocky Mountains astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, the ice field lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff National Park and partly in the southern end of Jasper National Park.
Mount Athabasca is in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie , who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year. [ 1 ] Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there are reeds", which originally referred to Lake Athabasca .
One of the more accessible in the Canadian Rockies is the Athabasca Glacier, which is an outlet glacier of the 325 km 2 (125 sq mi) Columbia Icefield. The Athabasca Glacier has retreated 1,500 m (4,900 ft) since the late 19th century. Its rate of retreat has increased since 1980, following a period of slow retreat from 1950 to 1980.
The normal route is on the east face, a non-technical glacier climb that is straightforward in summer, albeit with a long approach (approx. 19 km (12 mi)) up the Athabasca Glacier and over the Columbia Icefield. Camping by King's Trench can reduce the approach down to 8 km (5.0 mi).
Athabasca Glacier, Jasper National Park, Alberta.. A comprehensive list of glaciers in Canada began with glacial surveys by the Water Survey of Canada (WSC) from 1945 to 1980, [1] including an inventory begun for the International Geophysical Year (1957–58) and contributions to the World Glacier Inventory (WGI, now part of the World Glacier Monitoring Service) for the International ...