Inspiration Glacier is on the east slopes of Eldorado Peak,

North Cascades National Park North Cascades National Park is an American national park in the state of Washington. At more than , it is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Complex. North Cascades National Par ...

in the U.S. state of

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. The glacier is approximately in length, in width at its terminus and descends from . Inspiration Glacier lies in a

cirque A (; from the Latin word ') is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic , meaning a pot or cauldron) and (; ). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform ...

with Eldorado Peak to the west, the

arête An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequen ...

known as Tepeh Towers to the northwest and

Klawatti Peak Klawatti Peak () is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Klawatti Peak is a nunatak, a peak surrounded by glaciers. These are Klawatti Glacier to the east, McAllister Glacier to the northwest and Inspiratio ...

to the northeast. Inspiration Glacier is connected to the

Eldorado Glacier Eldorado Glacier is on the south slopes of Eldorado Peak, North Cascades National Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is approximately in length, in width at its terminus and descends from . Eldorado Glacier is connected to Inspir ...

to the south and partially separated by the Tepeh Towers from the McAllister Glacier to the north. Meltwaters from Inspiration Glacier flow into

Moraine Lake Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, outside the hamlet of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately . The lake has a surface area of . The lake, bein ...

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