The 2008 final mass balance
forecast is for a positive glacier mass balance in 2008,
according to PDO and ENSO which have been consistently
negative during the winter season.
Lower Curtis glacier 2003 and 1908 (Asahel Curtis Photograph)
Loss of glacier volume since 1984, represents 20-40% of entire glacier
volume.
Below ascending glacier with crampons.
Assistants 1983-2006: Cliff Hedlund, John Brownlee, Gregg Maddrey, Cliff Mitchell, Joe Drumheller, Richard Campbell, Monica Gowan, David Knoll, Mike Carver, Ann Fitzgerald, Jill Turner, Bill Prater, Scott Townsend, Dan Kaplinski, Don Sayegh, Doxey Kemp, Greg Langkamp, Seth Lemke, Kate Johnson, Kalman Barcsay, Zolt Barcsay, Joel Harper, Lee Scheper, Jarle Seche Jensen, John Maggiore, Mike Hylland, William Long, Bruce Williamson, Paula Hartzell, Ben Barrett, Ed Blanchard, Joe Wood, Richard Taylor, Tim Bartholomaus, Tom Hammond, Will Wright, Ben Pelto,
Erik Budsberg, Quin Ourada, Maria Coryell Martin
Cliff Hedlund in glacier tunnel
Glacier runoff is measured both on the glacier surface and beyond the
terminus of the glaciers.
The former Lewis Glacier after melting away. Of the 107 glaciers we
surveyed in 1984, Eight have now melted completely away including the
above former glacier near Rainy Pass.
Loss of glacier volume since 1984, represents 20-40% of entire glacier
volume.
