Information About

Keystone Glacier

Quick Facts

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Location

61 ° 7' 15" N,
145 ° 56' 15" W

Region

Valdez

Nearest City

Valdez

Tributary to

Bear Creek

Arms

Hogback Glacier,

Length

5.5 mi (8.85 km)

Elevation

2507 ft (764.13 m)

Uses

Keystone Glacier in Detail.

About

In the Chugach Mountains, heading E of East Peak and trending SE to its terminus on Bear Creek, 12 mi E of Valdez.

History

Named in 1964 by Austin S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); suggested by nearby Keystone Canyon.

Keystone Glacier Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Keystone Glacier.

Topo Maps

Valdez A-6 (1951), Valdez A-6 (1951), Valdez A-6 (1952), Valdez A-6 (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1952), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez (1960), Valdez A-6 SE (1983), Valdez A-6 SE (2016),

Places Near Keystone Glacier

Basins:

Washbowl Basin,

Crags:

Republic of Boulder, The Sunny Side,

Flats:

Dutch Flat,

Glaciers:

Camicia Glacier, Corbin Glacier, Hogback Glacier, Keystone Glacier, Rubin Glacier, Tonsina Glacier, Tsina Glacier, Twentyseven Mile Glacier, Worthington Glacier, Wortmanns Glacier,

Routes:

Angel, Bridal Veil Falls (Ice Climb), Cidersicle, Fang Gully, Flying Cloud, Foolagain, Glass Onion, Greensteps, Hanging Tree Left, Hanging Tree Right, Horsetail Falls (Ice Climb), Hung Jury, Mud Slide, Oil Slick, Popsicle Pillar, POS, Simple Twist of Fate, Spring Loaded, The Bight,

Lakes:

Crater Lake, Deep Lake, Robe Lake, Trap Lake, Worthington Lake,

Locales:

19 Mile Wall, Bro Bowl, Catchers Mitt, DOT Face, Fracture Canyon, Girls, Heiden View Face, Little Girls, Loveland Basin, Road Run, Skate Park,

Mountains:

Prospectors Peak, Abercrombie Mountain, East Peak, Girls Mountain, Hogsback, Meteorite Mountain,

Mountain Passes:

Thompson Pass,

Peaks:

Acapulco, Mount Bonet, F-Top, Heidi Peak, Loveland Peak, Repeater Peak, Sapphire, Satellite, Stone Mountain, Tones Temple, Twentyseven Mile Peak, Whistlers Mother,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Bench Creek, Brown Creek, Browns Creek, Cameron Creek, Camicia Creek, Canyon Slough, Goat Creek, Sheep Creek, Wortmanns Creek,

Routes:

Browns Creek Trail, DOT Glacier Trail, Little Odessey Trail, Pack Trail of 1899, Thompson Pass Pipeline Access Road,

Valleys:

Browns Basin, Goat Gully, Heiden Canyon, Keystone Canyon, Snowslide Gulch,

Cities:

Wortmanns,

Waterfalls:

Bridal Veil Falls, Horsetail Falls, Rudleston Falls,