Sandalee Glacier is in

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 ...

and

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area Lake Chelan National Recreation Area is a national recreation area located about south of the Canada–US border in Chelan County, Washington. It encompasses an area of including the northern end of Lake Chelan and the surrounding area of the S ...

in the

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state of

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

, on the north and east slopes of

McGregor Mountain McGregor Mountain is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York south of Stamford. Utsayantha Mountain is located northwest of McGregor Mountain, Moresville Range is located southeast and Churchill Mountain Churchill Mountain ...

. Sandalee Glacier originates in several

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 ...

s and extends from above sea level across a distance of almost . In 1993, the Sandalee Glacier had an area of .2 km². The

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

is currently studying Sandalee Glacier as part of their glacier monitoring project. Between 1993 (when monitoring began) and 2013 the glacier lost ~6 m of thickness.

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Glaciers of the North Cascades Cirques of the United States Glaciers of Chelan County, Washington Glaciers of Washington (state) {{Washington-glacier-stub

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