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	Hubbard Glacier Photos
		Although the glacier face shows little forward movement, the moraine appears to be thickening as more material is pushed into it by the glacier.
		Glacier and land continue to form a narrow channel between Russell Fiord/Lake (background) and Disenchantment Bay (foreground).
		The shaking from the advancing glacier settles the fine material to the bottom and brings the rocks (white specks in the picture) to the top of the pile.
	www.fs.fed.us /r10/tongass/forest_facts/photogallery/hubbard_photos.html (1284 words)

	Yosemite
		The bottom, a filled-up lake basin, is level and park-like, diversified with groves of oak and pine, clumps of flowering shrubs, and spacious ferny meadows and wild gardens through which the river Merced meanders in tranquil beauty; while the whole valley resounds with the booming of its unrivalled waterfalls.
		These rocks are majestic glacial monuments, illustrating on a grand scale the action of ice in mountain sculpture.
		For here five large glaciers united to form the grand trunk glacier that eroded the valley and occupied it as its channel.
	www.1902-encyclopedia.com /Y/YOS/yosemite.html (793 words)

	Glacier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the opposite end of the glacier, at its foot or terminal, is the zone of deposition (also called the zone of wastage or the zone of ablation) where upward and lateral forces predominate and deposition of sediment occurs.
		Glacial moraines are formed from the deposition of material from a glacier and are exposed after the glacier has retreated.
		Glacial erratics are rounded boulders that were left by a melting glacier and are often seen perched precariously on exposed rock faces after glacial retreat.
	calif-journal.com /ref/glacier.html (819 words)

	YOSEMITE - Online Information article about YOSEMITE
		GLACIER (adopted from the French; from glace, ice, Lat.
		CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma
		trunk glacier that eroded the valley and occupied • it as its channel.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /YAK_ZYM/YOSEMITE.html (1159 words)

	Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California
		From Glacier Point, 3,200 feet above Yosemite Valley, a stupendous vista stretches out for many miles north and east, over the forests and meadows around the Merced river, the enclosing cliffs and lofty domes, and across the countless higher mountains in the distant wilderness areas of the National Park.
		The road from Badger Pass to Glacier Point was closed for the season on Nov 29th, and will reopen in the spring of 2007.
		Access: Glacier Point is probably the best easily-accessed, high-elevation viewpoint in the Sierra Nevada range, and is reached by a paved, 16 mile road that forks west from CA 41 at Chinquapin Junction, 8 miles south of the Wawona Tunnel entrance to the National Park.
	www.americansouthwest.net /california/yosemite/glacier_point.html (496 words)

	Glacier Point Apartments - Davis Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Glacier Point Apartments had a change of management at the end of 2005.
		Glacier Point is on the Unitrans P/Q bus line, which also runs on Saturdays.
		Glacier Point Apartments continues to be a very quiet community thoughout the day and the night.
	daviswiki.org /Glacier_Point_Apartments (3417 words)

	Glacier Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Glacier Point is one of the most exhilarating overlooks on earth.
		Half Dome rises 4,733 feet from the valley floor and at 87 million years old, it is the youngest plutonic rock in the valley.
		The Sierra Nevada mountains are in the distance to the right (east) with 594-Ft Nevada Fall visible near the center of the photo.
	users.starpower.net /rich4205/yosemite/glacierpoint/glacierpoint.html (138 words)

	Glacier Point
		Glacier Point offers an exceptional view of the entire Yosemite Valley and surrounding geological wonders.
		Glacier Point also provides a panoramic view of the expansive High Sierra, with signs identifying the major peaks.
		Glacier Point, 32 miles from Yosemite Valley, can be driven to in the summer months.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2302/places/38672 (181 words)

	About Yosemite - Sightseeing in Yosemite \| Glacier point
		Glacier Point, 3,200 feet above Yosemite Valley, provides some of the most spectacular panoramic views of the area above the valley floor.
		Glacier Point is reached by a 16 mile road that goes west from CA 41 at Chinquapin Junction.
		In winter Glacier Point Road is closed from Badger Pass Ski Resort and Glacier Point can only be reached by cross-country skiers.
	www.aboutyosemite.com /glacier-point.htm (423 words)

	Glacier Point -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Glacier Point -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		During the summer, Glacier Point is mobbed with (Someone who travels for pleasure) tourists.
		This extremely steep and strenuous trail assists in solitude when the road is closed.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gl/glacier_point.htm (123 words)

	Yosemite Lodge Reservation \| Yosemite Park \| Yosemite Park Lodging
		The route is open to Glacier Point from late spring until winter storms arrive.
		The Taft Point trail is mostly flat and downhill, and will reward you with unusual rock formations, including the Fissures (wide gaps in rocks hundreds of feet deep), as well as an overhanging lookout point to the Valley floor below you.
		In the winter, Glacier Point Road is plowed in six miles to the Badger Pass Ski Resort, California's original ski area.
	www.redwoodsinyosemite.com /badger.htm (577 words)

	Yosemite National Park - Glacier Point - US-Parks.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Glacier Point is one of those rare places where the scenery is so vast that it can overwhelm any visitor.
		Below the point is a sheer rock cliff about 3,200 feet straight down which affords you a bird's eye view of the entire Yosemite Valley.
		In winter, when the road is closed at Badger Pass Ski area, Glacier Point is a favorite destination for crosscountry skiers.
	www.us-parks.com /yosemite/glacier_point.html (294 words)

	Glacier Point
		Glacier Point (7214 ft, 2199 m) offers views of Yosemite Valley and the High Sierra.
		At Glacier Point the view is northward over Yosemite Valley and Tenaya Canyon, and provides an oblique view of the face of Half Dome.
		At Taft Point, a kilometer or so south of Glacier Point, the view looks directly along the face of Half Dome and east and south over the High Sierra.
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/projects/geoweb/participants/dutch/VTrips/GlacierPoint.HTM (477 words)

	Yosemite Photograph Glacier Point Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Gathered at the summit of Glacier Point were a hundred or more hotel...
		This view is looking south between Glacier Point (right) and Half Dome (left).
		Glacier Point Road Survey, 1931 Yosemite National Park - Glacier Point Road Survey, 1931 Yosemite National Park...
	www.somephoto.com /yosemite-photograph-glacier-point-car.html (614 words)

	Glacier Point Road Survey, 1931 Yosemite National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Glacier Point Road survey was my introduction to the Sierra Mountains, and to employment with the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, a job that was destined to last for 35 years.
		From Wawona the road bears almost due north; at Chinquapin Ranger Station I again turned east on the Glacier Point Road and, after seven miles, finally came to the U.S.B.P.R. camp at Bridal Veil Creek.
		We had all of our Glacier Point survey men except our cook, John Eichler, who got ranked by Ward's cook, Homer Cox; also Howard Wakefield had returned to school and we were using Melvin Olsen as stakeman.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/blazer19.htm (3125 words)

	Yosemite Association - Newsroom
		Towering 3,200 feet above Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point is a spectacular vista stretching many miles to the north and east.
		The final stretch to Glacier Point is a steep, winding downhill that drops 600feet in 11/2 miles.
		Glacier Point itself is a short hike from the lodge.
	www.yosemite.org /newsroom/clips2005/february/020805.htm (991 words)

	Glacier Point Star Party
		I attended the SJAA public star party at Yosemite's Glacier Point, July 5-6, 2002.
		I was planning to sleep in my minivan anyway (my loud snoring would have been intolerable to the other campers), but since there was no more room in any of the bear boxes for my food I decided to sleep in the Glacier Point parking lot.
		Speaking of bears, I happened upon a couple of fl bears in the Glacier Point parking lot at about 5:30 a.m.
	ephemeris.sjaa.net /0208/b.html (806 words)

	Glacier Point- Yosemite National Park, CA - VirtualTourist.com
		Glacier Point is an area to the south of the Valley.
		Later, glaciers blanketed the whole area; in fact, at one point, all of Yosemite Valley except the top of Half Dome was glaciated.
		The Glacier Point Road is generally only open from Memorial Day (late May) to October, and is closed in winter and spring due to snow.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/California/Yosemite_National_Park-756823/Things_To_Do-Yosemite_National_Park-Glacier_Point-BR-2.html (1053 words)

	Self-guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park (1956), “Chinquapin to Glacier Point (“G”),” ...
		The original road to Glacier Point, built in 1882, was acquired by the Federal Government in 1917 along with the old Wawona Road, at which time tolls were abolished.
		There are more than 20 glaciers and remnants of glaciers in the park, but all are located on the shaded, far sides of the high peaks.
		The name Glacier Point comes from the fact that during the glacial period two trunk glaciers, one in Tenaya Canyon (left of Half Dome) and the other in Little Yosemite Valley (right of Half Dome) joined in one huge glacier rising some 700 feet above this point.
	www.yosemite.ca.us /library/auto_tour/glacier_point.html (1413 words)

	Taft Point and Sentinel Dome \| Glacier Point
		Driving towards Glacier Point the trailhead and parking is on the left (north) side.
		Sentinel Dome at 8,122 feet in elevation is the second highest point on the rim of Yosemite Valley with Half Dome coming in first at 8,884 feet.
		Up to this point it was dying slowly and all the visitors that knew this were watering the tree with their drinking water before heading back.
	www.valleyoutdoors.com /hikes/taft_sentinel.aspx (791 words)

	Glacier Point
		Undoubtedly the Glacier Point is associated with comments such as 'The point of ecstasy', 'The discovery of a marvelous vista', 'Nature's honey moon resort'...
		Believe me, the Glacier Point is the one of the easiest elevated areas of the US to access.
		For those who have visited the Glacier Point in the remote past must be ware of the weekly large bonfires which used to be lit on the top of the cliffs and used to fall over the forests from a height of 3000feet.
	www.funcabinrentals.com /link-glacier-point.htm (614 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		Glacier Point is located 30 miles (about one hour's drive) from Yosemite Valley.
		The Glacier Point Road east of Badger Pass is closed from November to May, during which time Glacier Point is only reachable via skis or snowshoes.
		Dayhike along a portion of the Pohono Trail, or spend several nights hiking from Glacier Point all the way to the Wawona Tunnel on Highway 41.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /npca/destination_regions/5536.html (248 words)

	Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California
		This pattern of "roof" approximates a rough joint-defined arch which is repeated in many places on the face of Glacier Point, most closely about 150 ft to the west of the recent releases, although the dark-stained rock face indicates a collapse that did not occur recently (fig.
		These conditions do not apply to the east face of Glacier Point, where abundant potential plane and wedge failures exist due to the direction of joint sets and their intersections along the east dipping slope face of Glacier Point (Gilliam, 1998).
		The joints and their intersections at the release points on the north face of Glacier Point define the top and lateral boundaries of the rock-fall releases of exfoliation sheets that split along these joints and their intersections.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/1999/ofr-99-0385 (5015 words)

	Glacier Point Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The classic Glacier Point tour can be done as a long day trip, as a short day trip (not going all the way to Glacier Point), or as a ski-backpacking multi-day trip.
		The entire route, from Badger to Glacier Point, is machine-groomed for skiing throughout the winter.
		Note that the final mile to Glacier Point is continuously downhill; allow plenty of time for the return.
	www.bobskiing.com /glacier.htm (233 words)

	LocalHikes - Glacier Point to Half Dome via Illilouette Falls
		Starting at Glacier Point, you get the trail all to yourself, see a waterfall, Illilouette, that many do not get to see.
		I've hitchhiked twice to Glacier Point from the Valley successfully, but that's up to you.
		Take the 41 to Glacier Point Road and drive east and north 15.5 miles to Glacier Point.
	www.localhikes.com /Hikes/halfdome2_0000.asp (532 words)

	Glacier Point Apron rockfall :: SuperTopo Rock Climbing Discussion Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I just noticed that Glacier Point Apron is in the "Current Closures" section of the Yosemite web site.
		OSHA doesn't regulate 3000 foot deep, naturally caused, glacial valley's but they do regulate 3 foot deep, man created, trenches containing water pipes.
		I don’t know what the deal is with people on the road in the closed area, or if bikes are ok there.
	www.supertopo.com /climbing/thread.html?m=67134&f=0&b=0 (1181 words)

	Glacier Point
		Washburn point is on the road just before you get to Glacier Point.
		Glacier point is about a mile higher than Yosemite Valley.
		There is a trail with switchbacks up the side of the mountain between the Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point, or the much easier hike from Washburn Point described under that slide.
	www.friendslodgeinyosemite.com /glacier.htm (339 words)

	Glacier Point and Badger Pass: An Introduction: Yosemite
		Glacier Point is an overlook on the south rim of Yosemite Valley, directly above Camp Curry, at the end of Glacier Point Road.
		At an elevation (altitude) of 7,274 feet (2220m) above sea level, Glacier Point has a soaring view of the Valley, 3,200 feet (975m) below, and of Half Dome to the northeast.
		There are two ski huts in this vicinity for use by cross-country (nordic) skiers: Glacier Point Lodge, available to visitors on tours operated by Badger Pass Ski Area, and Ostrander Hut, in the backcountry on a trail beginning along Glacier Point Road.
	jrabold.net /yosemite/intro3glac.shtml (435 words)

	Glacier Point via Badger Pass - OutdoorDB
		The last six miles or so is hilly, with a 4-5 mile hill going upward followed by a 2 mile very steep downhill to Glacier Point with a relatively flat 1.5 miles in between.
		The steep downhill to Glacier Point is often icy and difficult, we had to carry our skies and walk up the hill because the tracks were so hard in the morning.
		You can camp anywhere in the backcountry away from the valley rim, and not directly on Glacier Point at least four miles from a popular trailhead.
	www.outdoordb.org /index.php?title=Glacier_Point_via_Badger_Pass (482 words)

	Glacier Bay National Park: A Tourism and Travel Guide : Facts, Lodging, Activities, Sights, and More.
		From the snow-capped mountain tops to deep fjords, tidewater glaciers and freshwater streams, Glacier Bay National Park is a land of contrast just waiting to be explored...
		Unless you own your own seaworthy boat or airplane and are a skilled navigator, you must begin your experience of Glacier Bay in the same way 99% of all other people do: You must first arrive to the lovely little community of Gustavus in Southeast Alaska.
		The official entrance to the park along with the Glacier Bay Ranger Station headquarters and official Glacier Bay Lodge is located only 8 miles from Gustavus.
	www.glacierbay.org (750 words)

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