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Timpanogos Glacier

Moraine in Uinta NF, Mount Timpanogos Wilderness, Rocky Mountains, Wasatch Range near Lindon, UT

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Timpanogos Glacier is a rock glacier that is located in the Wasatch Range, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, and is the last known glacier in the U.S. state of Utah. The glacier is situated on the north slope of Mount Timpanogos (11,749 feet (3,581 m)). The best evidence indicates that the Timpanogos Glacier was once a "true" glacier with crevasses present in the early 20th century, but that the surface portion was lost during the dust bowl drought of the 1930s and reduced to a permanent snowfield. The glacier is now considered to be a rock glacier, since the remaining ice is buried in the talus. In 1994, the rocks parted, revealing a crevasse or meltwater channel in the buried ice. One witness described it as being "40 feet thick at least." Another crevasse or pit reportedly opened up in…

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