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Wapta Icefield
The Wapta Icefield is located on the Continental Divide in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers extend from the icefield, including the Vulture, Bow and Peyto Glaciers. Runoff from the icefields and outlet glaciers supply water to both the Kicking Horse and Bow Rivers, as well as numerous streams and lakes. The icefield is one of the most studied in the Canadian Rockies and all evidence supports the conclusion that the icefield is shrinking in area, especially near the lowest altitudes of its outlet glaciers, including Peyto Glacier, in which the glacier has become both shorter in length and thinner in thickness. In the 1980s the icefield covered an area of approximately . The icefield is easily accessible by mountaineers in both the summer and winter. Both ski trips in the winter and glacier hiking trips in the summer often combine a ...
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The Wapta Icefield From Mistaya Mountain Summit
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Yoho Glacier
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Ice Fields Of British Columbia
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Ice Fields Of Alberta
Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far away as the Oort cloud objects. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surfaceparticularly in the polar regions and above the snow lineand, as a common form of precipitation and deposition, plays a key role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes and aggregates from snow as glaciers and ice sheets. Ice exhibits at least eighteen phases ( packing geometries), depending on temperature and pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three types of amorphous ice can form depending on its hist ...
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List Of Glaciers In Canada
This is a list of glaciers in Canada. List of glaciers Saint Elias Mountains * Donjek Glacier *Hubbard Glacier * Logan Glacier Coast Mountains Boundary Ranges *Juneau Icefield **Llewellyn Glacier * Hang Ten Icefield *Stikine Icecap **Great Glacier *Andrei Icefield ** Andrei Glacier ** Choquette Glacier **Hoodoo Glacier **Johnson Glacier ** Porcupine Glacier **Twin Glacier *Salmon Glacier *Cambria Icefield Pacific Ranges *Monarch Icefield *Ha-Iltzuk Icefield **Klinaklini Glacier **Silverthrone Glacier * Waddington Massif-Pantheon Range-Whitemantle Range **Waddington Glacier **Tiedemann Glacier **Scimitar Glacier ** Parallel Glacier ** Franklin Glacier ** Bell Glacier (Canada) ** Cannonade Glacier ** Remote Glacier ** Shadow Glacier **Fan Glacier ** Geddes Glacier ** Chaos Glacier ** Radiant Glacier ** Cataract Glacier ** Isolation Glacier ** Shiverick Glacier ** Malemute Glacier ** Sunrise Glacier ** Tellot Glacier ** Smoking Cannon Glacier ** Jambeau Glacier ** Chanterelle G ...
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Scott Duncan Hut
The Waputik Icefield is located on the Continental divide in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. It is developed on the heights of the Waputik Range in the Central Main Ranges. The icefield is shared by Banff and Yoho National Parks and numerous outlet glaciers extend from the icefield. Runoff from the Waputik Icefield provides water for numerous lakes, streams and rivers including Hector Lake, and the Bow, Kicking Horse and Yoho Rivers. Runoff from the Daly Glacier feeds Takakkaw Falls. The icefield encompasses 40 km2 (15 miles²) and is located northwest of Lake Louise, on the west side of the Icefields Parkway. The icefield is easily accessible by mountaineers in both the summer and winter. Both ski trips in the winter and glacier hiking trips in the summer often combine a traverse of this icefield with a trip across the Wapta Icefield directly to the north. Glaciers The following glaciers are part of this icefiel ...
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Louise And Richard Guy Hut
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Balfour Hut
The R.J. Ritchie Hut (Balfour Hut) is an alpine hut located at an altitude of between the southern tip of the Wapta Icefield and the northern tip of the Waputik Icefield in Banff National Park. The hut is at the half-way mark for the Wapta traverse and is usually used in conjunction with the other huts in this chain while attempting a cross-glacier ski trip. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. The hut sleeps 18 in the summer and 16 in the winter. It is equipped with propane-powered lamps and stovetop. The hut requires approximately three to five hours of glacier travel to get to from the Bow Hut, or six to eight hours from the Scott Duncan Hut. Location The hut is found on low, rocky hills at the toe of the Vulture Glacier. It is east of Balfour Pass and the continental divide, just inside the boundary of Banff National Park.} History The original Balfour Hut, a fibreglass igloo built in 1965 at Balfour Pass in Banff National Park, was the first hut on ...
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Peyto Hut
The Peter and Catharine Whyte Hut, also known as the Peyto Hut, is an alpine hut located on the northern tip of the Wapta Icefield in Banff National Park. It is nicknamed the Peyto hut due to its proximity on the Peyto Glacier. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. The hut sleeps 18 in the summer and 16 in the winter. It is equipped with propane powered lamps and stovetop. There is a single outdoor drum toilet at this facility. Hut access requires approximately 6 to 8 hours of travel {{cite web , url=http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/info/PeytoHut.pdf , title=Archived copy , accessdate=2011-08-04 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130634/http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/facility/info/PeytoHut.pdf , archivedate=2011-09-28 Petyo Hut Information including at least an hour of glacier travel to get to from Peyto Lake, or 6 to 8 hours of glacier travel from the Bow Hut. Nearby * Peyto Lake * Peyto Glacier * Wapta Icefield * B ...
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Bow Hut
The Bow Hut is an alpine hut located at an elevation of on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield in Banff National Park. It is the largest, best equipped, and most accessible of the four alpine huts on the Wapta Icefield, and serves as the base for a wide variety of ski tours and mountaineering ascents to half a dozen peaks on the Wapta. It is the easiest and safest starting point for the Wapta traverse; and Balfour Hut, the next hut on the traverse, can easily be reached from it in a day. It can also serve as an intermediate stop in a longer traverse which starts at the less easily accessible Peyto Hut. The hut is maintained by the Alpine Club of Canada. The hut sleeps 30 and is equipped with propane powered lamps and stovetop, and a wood stove for heating. There are two indoor drum toilets. History The original Bow Hut was built in 1968 by a group led by Peter Fuhrmann, who later became president of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1984 to 1988, and was funded by Peter and ...
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Alpine Club Of Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is an amateur athletic association with its national office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for the '' Manitoba Free Press''. Byron Harmon, whose 6500+ photographs of the Canadian Rockies in the early 20th century provide the best glimpse of the area at that time, was official photographer to the club at its founding. The club is the leading organization in Canada devoted to climbing, mountain culture, and issues related to alpine pursuits and ecology. It is also the Canadian regulatory organization for climbing competition, sanctioning local, regional and national events, and assembling, coaching and supporting the national team. The ACC is divided into 24 regional sections across Canada that serve local members and focus on local issues and access, linkin ...
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Crowfoot Glacier
__NOTOC__ Crowfoot Glacier is located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, northwest of Lake Louise, Alberta, Lake Louise, and can be viewed from the Icefields Parkway. The glacier is situated on the northeastern flank of Crowfoot Mountain (Alberta), Crowfoot Mountain. Geography Crowfoot Glacier is east of the Continental Divide of the Americas, continental divide, and runoff from the glacier supplies water to the Bow River. The glacier has retreated since the end of the Little Ice Age and now has lost one entire lobe; it therefore no longer resembles the glacier which early explorers named. The glacier was measured to be . The Crowfoot glacier was once connected to the Wapta Icefield, and in the 1980s and was considered to be part of a smaller icefield of 5 km2 (1.9 mi2). See also *List of glaciers in Canada References

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