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tmatlack
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PostSun Aug 22, 2021 3:10 am 
Did I read somewhere that August is glacier inventory and measurement month for Cascade/volcano glaciers? I kayaked Sauk River above D-ton last week and spoke to my otter and osprey friends. They are sick of fishing in chocolate mocha glacial melt from White Chuck and Suiattle. I have great fear our glaciers are in heap big trouble. Is this inventory time? Tom in Lake Stevens

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PostSun Aug 22, 2021 5:13 am 
Not sure about the inventory. What I would like to see is the US geographical survey redo the aerial photography that Austin Post did in the early sixties. A whole lot of the photos Becky used in his climbing guides were those of Austin.

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PostThu Sep 23, 2021 5:31 pm 
https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/wedgemount-glacier-nearly-unrecognizable-in-historical-comparison-photos-4336528 Wedgemount Glacier in a pretty dire state. The photo comparison of just 12 months is severe. Not sure if anyone else has been up to Wedge but just a few years back there terminus reached the main lake, now it's even farther beyond the "upper" lake that was formed as it pulled back.

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PostThu Sep 23, 2021 6:41 pm 
tmatlack wrote:
Is this inventory time?
I did hear this spot on KUOW just the other day, specific only to Mt. Rainier: https://kuow.org/stories/lapping-mount-rainier-to-map-its-withering-ice

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PostThu Sep 23, 2021 7:24 pm 
North Cascade Glacier Climate Project was done yearly by Mauri S. Pelto and his team. Don’t know if they are still doing this. Mauri is a member here. Forum name Peltoms. https://glaciers.nichols.edu/

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