Ruth Glacier
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ruth Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Its upper reaches are approximately 3 vertical miles below the summit of Denali. The glacier's "Great Gorge" is one mile wide, and drops almost Template:Convert over Template:Convert, with crevasses along the surface. Above the surface on both sides are Template:Convert granite cliffs. From the top of the cliffs to the bottom of the glacier is a height exceeding that of the Grand Canyon. Ruth Glacier moves at a rate of Template:Convert per day and was measured to be Template:Convert thick in 1983.[2]
Surrounding the Ruth Gorge are many mountains of the Alaska Range, including the Mooses Tooth, Mount Dickey, Mount Bradley, Mount Wake, Mount Johnson, and London Tower with highly technical ice and rock climbs on their faces.
According to the National Park Service (NPS), several air taxi operators are authorized to land aircraft on Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park.[3]
History
In 1903, the glacier was explored by physician and ethnographer Frederick Cook, who named it after his youngest daughter.[4][5]
A 2024 open licence research project estimated the Grand Gorge to be the deepest in north America at Template:Convert.[6][7]
See also
References
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