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AntiqueLaser
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	AntiqueLaser Top Chosstronaut
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:01 pm Top

Sad news that the Hinman glacier is no more.

KUOW: RIP Washington’s Hinman Glacier, gone after thousands of years Earlier story from Mauri Pelto's blog: Loss of Hinman Glacier, North Cascade Range 1958-2022 Now King County is down to just 3 glaciers, the Foss, the Overcoat, and the Lynch. The Foss is barely hanging on and is just a handful of ice patches basically. While the Lynch and Overcoat have definitely shrunk a lot in recent decades, they do have some area that remains an accumulation zone.

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Cyclopath
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	Cyclopath Top Faster than light
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:18 pm Top

Malachai Constant
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	Malachai Constant Top Member
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:54 pm Top

Can’t say it’s a surprise, so it goes

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Riverside Laker
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	Riverside Laker Top Member
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:23 pm Top

I used to live a block away from Dr. Harry B. Hinman's house. I wonder what the glacier was like when he was climbing like a maniac, around 1910. I'm not sure if he ever climbed that peak, though.

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Tom
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	Tom Top Admin
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:37 pm Top

Hey, that's my photo I offereed up for peltoms to use. I guess I'm published now, ha! Sad as it is made for yet another beautiful and rarely visited pristine lake in the ALW.

First Views of Lepul and Hinman Lake from Saddle

Tisha and Mike Filtering Water at One of Many Pools

Descending to Hinman Lake

Approaching Hinman Lake

Waterfall Flowing Into Hinman Lake

Approaching Hinman Lake Inlet

Hinman Lake From Inlet

Pristine Waters of Hinman Lake

Rafting Hinman Lake

Lounging After Rafting Hinman Lake

Hinman Lake from Outlet

Bald Eagle Peak and Small Tarn NW of Hinman Lake Outlet

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Bramble_Scramble
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	Bramble_Scramble Top Member
	Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:49 pm Top

RIP. Here's a couple pics from 2021. I guess at the time I thought it was a real glacier but looking back it's definitely stagnant.

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yorknl
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	yorknl Top Member
	Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:09 pm Top

I just noticed that there's currently (5:00P, 2/1/23) a photo of Mt. Hinman and a link to a story about the glacier's death at the top of the cnn.com website. For those who never expected to see Hinman, Ukraine, Tom Brady and Al Sharpton on the same screen, you may be surprised. Article: Hinman Glacier CNN Article

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Backpacker Joe
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	Backpacker Joe Top Blind Hiker
	Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:47 pm Top

Dante and I made the trip some years ago as well. That Hinman lake outlet area is truly beautiful.

Hinman lake thru the Necklace Valley 320

Looking down the valley from Hinman lakes outlet

Decending to Hinman lake

Tarn down valley from Hinman lakes outlet

Tarn on back side of Hinman

Hinman lake shorline pano

"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide." — Abraham Lincoln

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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide." — Abraham Lincoln

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pula58
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	pula58 Top Member
	Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:24 pm Top

Backpacker Joe wrote:

Tarn on back side of Hinman

Which aspect of Hinman (North, South, East, West) ) are you calling the "back side" of Hinman? Cause now I want to go there!

Gil
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	Gil Top Member
	Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:07 pm Top

Hey, Tom, you may be owed some money by CNN. I see they used your photo and credited themselves!

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Bruce Albert
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	Bruce Albert Top Member
	Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:30 pm Top

Tom wrote:

Descending to Hinman Lake

For the good of the order here is a similar view taken August 1984. That was a fairly heavy snow year I think. My photos from the same trip show La Bohn Lakes mostly iced over.

Bramble_Scramble, Tom

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