Puyallup Glacier
The Puyallup Glacier lies on Mount Rainier's western side and covers 2 square miles.
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Puyallup Glacier Details
The Puyallup Glacier lies on Mount Rainier's western side and covers two square miles. It shares the same source as the South Mowich Glacier, beginning at the Sunset Amphitheater, and then splits with the South Mowich around 8,500 feet. Here, the Puyallup spreads into a large ice sheet that stretches from 8,400 feet to 7,400 feet, before it flows down a small hanging valley and eventually heads northwest. The glacier's terminus lies around 6,000 feet, in a pile of dirty, rocky rubble. The glacier feeds the Puyallup River. One of the top places to view the glacier is from Klapatche Park.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Puyallup Glacier
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0.2 mi away
Tahoma Glacier
The Tahoma Glacier lies on the western side of Mount Rainier and covers 1.2 square miles.
1.2 mi away
Sunset Amphitheater
The Sunset Amphitheater is a dramatic cirque on Rainier's western slope.
1.3 mi away
Success Cleaver
This 3.3-mile rocky ridge on Mount Rainier's southwestern flank separates the South Tahoma Glacier to the north and the Pyramid and Success glaciers to the south.
1.3 mi away
Edmunds Glacier
The Edmunds Glacier, which lies on the western side of Mount Rainier, below the rocky Mowich Face and the Sunset Face, begins at 9,900 feet and flows northwest to about 7,000 feet.
1.3 mi away
South Mowich Glacier
The South Mowich Glacier, located on Rainier's western side, starts at 12,000 feet at the cliffs above the Sunset Amphitheater and flows west before plunging 2,000 feet.
