Kautz Glacier
The Kautz Glacier, located on the southwestern side of Mount Rainier, begins near the Kautz Headwall at 13,100 feet and reaches its terminus just above 6,000 feet.
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Kautz Glacier Details
The Kautz Glacier, located on the southwestern side of Mount Rainier, begins near the Kautz Headwall at 13,100 feet and reaches its terminus just above 6,000 feet. It's one of the smallest glaciers on Rainier, but has caused dramatic debris flows over the past 70 years. In 1947, a 1-mile section of the glacier broke away and gouged a 320-foot deep canyon in a valley, releasing a slurry of water, trees, and rock that traveled nearly 6.2 miles down the mountain and flowed across a park road. Again, in 2001, water from the glacier produced a debris flow that plunged over a ridge into the Van Trump Creek. Meltwater from the glacier feeds the Kautz Creek.
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