Schoolroom Glacier Explained

Schoolroom Glacier
Type:Mountain/Hanging glacier
Location:Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyoming, United States
Map:USA Wyoming
Label Position:right
Map Size:225
Coordinates:43.7258°N -110.8489°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Area:2acres
Length:325-2NaN-2
Terminus:Moraine/Talus slope
Status:Retreating

Schoolroom Glacier is a small glacier in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming.[2] This Teton Range glacier lies adjacent to the south Cascade Canyon trail at an altitude of 10400feet, approximately 12miles from the trailhead at Jenny Lake. The glacier has many of the classic textbook details of a glacier, namely, well defined terminal and lateral moraines, crevasses, a proglacial lake (or tarn[3]) and related features which led to the naming schoolroom.[4]

As is true for a vast majority of glaciers worldwide, Schoolroom Glacier has been in a state of retreat for many decades, and if current climatic conditions persist, the glacier is anticipated to disappear by the year 2030, if not sooner.

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Notes and References

  1. 1602776. Schoolroom Glacier. 2012-08-12.
  2. TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Grand Teton, WY. 2012-08-12.
  3. Web site: Russell Losco . Tarn and Moraine of Schoolroom Glacier . Earth Science Picture of the Day . University Space Research Association . 31 August 2019 . 16 Apr 2013.
  4. Web site: Cody Cottier . Melting ice: a Schoolroom lesson - Park enlists citizens to track the changes in Teton glaciers . Jackson Hole News and Guide . 31 August 2019 . 5 Sep 2018.