[pct-l] Mt. Shasta Glaciers Growing

[Steve Scoles]

Well the story about Mount St. Helens was included in a longer version of
the same article.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080708/D91PUJO80.html

"He said Shasta's seven glaciers are the only ones scientists have
identified as getting larger, with the exception of a small glacier in the
shaded crater of Washington state's Mount St. Helens. It formed after the
1980 eruption blasted away slightly more than half the mountain's ice, and
scientists believe it will not grow in area once it stretches outside the
shade of the crater."
<http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080708/D91PUJO80.html>

I have climbed to the top of Mount St. Helens three times over the last few
years.  It is an amazing thing to look down from the rim a see a growing
lava dome and a growing glacier side by side.  If you have a couple extra
days on your way through Washington, it is a worthwhile trip.

Coyote Steve
Whidbey Island, WA


On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Postholer <public at postholer.com> wrote:

> > I had heard that the glacier on *Mt St Helens* was the only one in
> > the continental US to be growing,
>
> I'd *guess* given the radical makeover St Helens received 30 years ago,
> there may not be enough data to include it or exclude it. Kinda a glacier
> no-mans land, maybe.
>
> -postholer
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