Foss Glacier | |
Type: | Mountain glacier |
Location: | King County, Washington, U.S. |
Map: | USA Washington |
Label Position: | right |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 47.5681°N -121.2114°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Length: | 0.35miles |
Terminus: | Barren Rock |
Status: | Retreating |
Foss Glacier is within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Snoqualmie National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington and is on the northeast slope of Mount Hinman.[2] Foss Glacier retreated almost 500m (1,600feet) between 1950 and 2005.[3] Foss Glacier is separated from the nearly vanished Hinman Glacier to the west by a ridge.[2]