Isabelle Glacier (original) (raw)
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Alpine glacier in Colorado
| Isabelle Glacier | |
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 Isabelle Glacier as photographed in the 1920s |
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  Isabelle GlacierLocation in Colorado |
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| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Boulder County, Colorado, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°03′48″N 105°38′42″W / 40.06333°N 105.64500°W / 40.06333; -105.64500[1] |
| Length | 0.15 mi (0.24 km) and 0.30 mi (0.48 km) wide |
| Terminus | Talus/proglacial lake |
| Status | Retreating |
Isabelle Glacier is an alpine glacier located 0.28 mi (0.45 km) northeast of Apache Peak and 0.25 mi (0.40 km) southwest of Shoshoni Peak, in Roosevelt National Forest in the US state of Colorado.[2] The glacier is immediately east of the Continental Divide on the opposite side of the divide from Fair Glacier. Isabelle Glacier is the source of the South Saint Vrain Creek and can be reach by trail and is a 8.4 mi (13.5 km) round-trip hike from the trailhead.[3]
- ^ "Isabelle Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ Monarch Lake, CO (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ "Isabelle Glacier Trail". Summitpost. Retrieved August 18, 2012.