THE GLACIERS OF MT. RAINIER 



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Pholo by Curtis. 



Thp: Lower End. 



The Kautz Glacier in its box canyon, seen from the heights of Van Trump Park. Note the strong 

 medial moraine that gradually develops into a ridge 100 feet high above the ice; also the rivulets 

 on the surface of the glacier. 



neighbor by a rock cleaver of remarkable 

 length and straightncss, it flows in a 

 direct course for a distance of 5 miles. 

 Its surface, more than a mile broad in 

 places, is diversified by countless ice 

 falls and cataratcs. 



SOUTH TAHOMA GLACIER. 



The partner of the Tahoma Glacier, 

 known as the South Tahoma Glacier, 

 heads in a profound cirque sculiJtured in 

 the flanks of the great buttress that 

 culminates in Peak Success (14,150 



feet). It is interesting chiefly as an 

 example of a cirque-boni glacier, nour- 

 ished almost exclusively by direct snow- 

 falls from the clouds and by eddying 

 winds. In spite of its position, exposed 

 to the midday sun, it attains a length of 

 nearly 4 miles, a fact which imjjressively 

 attests the ampleness of its ice supply. 



KAUTZ GLACIER. 



East of the South Tahoma Glacier, 

 heading against a great cleaver that 

 descends from Peak Success, lies a 



