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PostWed Sep 01, 2004 8:33 pm 
...Mt. Forbidden - West Ridge Climb http://www.alpinequest.com/moraineforbidden.htm McPil

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PostFri Sep 03, 2004 3:33 pm 
Have the glaciers retreated a lot since then or i imagining things? I'd like to see a current photo for comparison.

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PostFri Sep 03, 2004 5:45 pm 
Hopefully the shrund is passable. A month ago another party in Boston Basin said it was getting quite difficult.

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PostFri Sep 03, 2004 7:03 pm 
mike wrote:
Have the glaciers retreated a lot since then or i imagining things? I'd like to see a current photo for comparison.
Here is a recent pic, http://www.bushwhackernewsletter.org/images/2004/forbidden/D01-7366.jpg from doxey's website up.gif

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PostFri Sep 03, 2004 9:36 pm 
I took the liberty of stitching the two pictures together and it is clear that the glacier has retreated quite a bit. Note that the photos were taken from the same spot 40 years apart!

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PostTue Sep 07, 2004 6:51 pm 
...very interesting, indeed! Yep glaciers have been geeting smaller almost each decade since. In fact, Whitehorse Mtn. glaciers are the smallest I've seen them ever...I was born in the 1950s. And the Three Fngers glaciers as well. Sign of the times I guess. At any rate, great to see the posts. McPil

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