Fair Glacier is an
alpine glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
located just west of
Apache Peak
Apache Peak is a mountain summit on the boundary shared by Boulder County and Grand County, in Colorado, United States.
Description
Apache Peak is set on the Continental Divide in the Front Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The ...
, in
Roosevelt National Forest
The Roosevelt National Forest is a National Forest located in north central Colorado. It is contiguous with the Colorado State Forest as well as the Arapaho National Forest and the Routt National Forest. The forest is administered jointly with ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
.
The glacier is immediately west of the
Continental Divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
on the opposite side of the divide from
Isabelle Glacier
Isabelle Glacier is an alpine glacier located northeast of Apache Peak and southwest of Shoshoni Peak, in Roosevelt National Forest in the US state of Colorado. The glacier is immediately east of the Continental Divide on the opposite side of ...
.
See also
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List of glaciers in the United States
This is a list of glaciers existing in the United States, currently or in recent centuries. These glaciers are located in nine states, all in the Rocky Mountains or farther west. The southernmost named glacier among them is the Lilliput Glacier ...
References
External links
Fair Glacier on Summitpost
Glaciers of Colorado
Landforms of Grand County, Colorado
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