Carbon Glacier

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Carbon Glacier

Updated accessibilty, as the Mowich Lake enterance is closed, and has been for some time now.

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At over a mile wide, the Carbon Glacier cirque is the largest in the [[Cascade Mountains]].{{cite report |title=Mount Rainier National Park: Geologic Resource Evaluation Report |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |url=http://npshistory.com/publications/mora/nrr-2005-007.pdf|date=2005}} The headwall of the cirque is the prominent [[Willis Wall]] landform.
At over a mile wide, the Carbon Glacier cirque is the largest in the [[Cascade Mountains]].{{cite report |title=Mount Rainier National Park: Geologic Resource Evaluation Report |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |url=http://npshistory.com/publications/mora/nrr-2005-007.pdf|date=2005}} The headwall of the cirque is the prominent [[Willis Wall]] landform.


Carbon Glacier is accessible from the northwest [[Carbon River]] entrance of [[Mount Rainier National Park]], just outside the town of [[Carbonado, Washington]]. The glacier is accessible on foot via an {{convert|8|mi|km|adj=on}} hike from the Carbon River entrance of Mt. Rainier National Park. The road and trail is currently washed out in several areas due to flooding of the Carbon River in 2006.
Carbon Glacier is currently only accessible by hiking the [[Wonderland Trail]] from Nisqually, Longmire, or Paradise, as the Mowich Lake enterance to the northwest is closed due to the Carbon-Fairfax bridge closure. There is currently no estimated date of replacement for the bridge.


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