Information About

Clear Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 3' 37.08" N,
149 ° 9' 13.907" W

Region

Anchorage

Nearest City

Girdwood

Length

2 mi (3.22 km)

Elevation

4852 ft (1478.89 m)

Clear Glacier in Detail.

About

2 mi. SE of Moraine Pass, trends NE 1.3 mi. to its terminus near head of Raven Creek, 28 mi. SE of Anchorage, Chugach Mts.

History

So named in 1932 by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field party "because the ice is unusually clear ."

Topo Maps

Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage (1951), Anchorage A-6 (1960), Anchorage A-6 (1960), Anchorage A-6 (1960), Anchorage A-6 (1960), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1962), Anchorage (1979), Anchorage A-6 (1994), Anchorage A-6 SW (2016),

Places Near Clear Glacier

Capes:

Bird Point,

Cities:

Girdwood,

Glaciers:

Wall Street Glacier, Raisin Glacier, Thunder Glacier, Emerald Glacier, Peterson Creek Glacier, Bird Glacier, Clear Glacier, Crow Glacier, Eagle Glacier, Eklutna Glacier, Flute Glacier, Glacier G210678E61146N, Glacier G210726E60839N, Glacier G210797E61155N, Glacier G210852E61219N, Glacier G210908E61055N, Glacier G210920E61083N, Glacier G210924E61072N, Glacier G210932E61081N, Glacier G210932E61081N, Glacier G210937E60962N, Glacier G210945E60953N, Glacier G210951E60950N, Glacier G210956E61100N, Glacier G210956E61225N, Glacier G210995E60941N, Glacier G211045E60968N, Glacier G211005E61163N, Glacier G211009E61041N, Glacier G211014E60947N, Glacier G211015E61158N, Glacier G211027E60998N, Glacier G211029E60937N, Glacier G211036E60963N, Glacier G211047E61014N, Glacier G211048E61021N, Glacier G211071E60936N, Icicle Glacier, Kern Creek Glacier, Milk Glacier, Organ Glacier, Raven Glacier, West Branch Eklutna Glacier,

Routes:

Baby Candyland, Candyland, Frozen Flame,

Lakes:

Crystal Lake, Eagle Lake,

Locales:

Baranow Couloir,

Mine:

Brenner Mine, Crow Creek Mine,

Mountains:

Mount Alpenglow, Mount Alyeska, Barnes Mountain, Baumann Bump, Mount Beelzebub, Bellicose Peak, Benign Peak, Bird Peak, Blueberry Hill, Calliope Mountain, Camp Robber Peak, Cantata Peak, Crow Peak, Eagle Peak, Goat Mountain, Hibbs Peak, Hurdygurdy Mountain, Hut Peak, Jewel Mountain, Lingon Mountain, Magpie Peak, The Mitre, Moonlight Mountain, Nagoon Mountain, Notch Mountain, Organ Mountain, Peeking Mountain, Peril Peak, Polar Bear Peak, Raggedtop Mountain, Rook Mountain, Mount Rumble, Summit Mountain, Sunlight Mountain, Mount Yukla,

Parks:

Chugach State Park,

Mountain Passes:

Archangel Pass, Bird Creek Pass, Blackout Pass, Crow Pass, Moraine Pass, Steamroller Pass, Whiteout Pass,

Peaks:

A1, Adelie Point, Antarctic View Peak, Bearberry Point, Berg Peak, Bramble Knoll, California Peak, Chinstrap Peak, Crested Peak, Devils Mistress, East Kiliak Peak, East Kinglet Peak, Fishs Breath, Gentoo Peak, Golden Crown, Grey Jay Peak, Highbush Peak, Icicle Peak, Lowbush Peak, Middle Kinglet Peak, Middle Raven Peak, Mystery Mountain, Nantina Point, Nest Peak, North Raven Peak, Ovis Peak, Peters Peak, Pipit Peak, Pleasant Mountain, Pyramid Peak, Roost Peak, Saghala Point, South Raina Peak, South Raven Peak, Sparrow Peak, Transcendence Peak, Vertigo Peak, West Kiliak Peak, West Kinglet Peak, White Lice Mountain, Yudi Peak,

Rivers:

Twentymile River,

Routes:

3rd Bowl, 4th Bowl, Gods Country, Little Sweden,

Streams:

California Creek, Camp Creek, Crow Creek, Falling Water Creek, Glacier Creek, Ingram Creek, Kern Creek, Milk Creek, Peterson Creek, Raven Creek, Sawmill Creek, Seattle Creek, Slate Creek, Virgin Creek, Winner Creek,

Routes:

Abe's Trail, Albert Loop Trail, Bird Point Interpretive Trail, Cali Creek Trail, Connector 1 Trail, Connector 2 Trail, Crow Pass Trail, Dew Mound Trail, Four Corners Loop Trail, Indian to Bird Bike Trail, Jewel Mountain, Lake Spur HV Trail, Mountain Meadow Trail, Rapids Camp Loop Trail, River Loop Trail, Rodak Nature Loop Trail,

Valleys:

Glacier Gulch,

Cities:

Alyeska,