Inter Glacier
This small glacier on Mount Rainier's northeast slope covers .3 square miles.
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Inter Glacier Details
This small glacier on Mount Rainier's northeast slope covers .3 square miles. It begins at 9,400 feet, just below Steamboat Prow, and in between the Emmons Glacier to the south and the Winthrop Glacier to the north, and travels northeast to its terminus at 7,000 feet. The glacier has a smooth surface with few crevasses due to the moderate slope. The glacier feeds into the White River.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Inter Glacier
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0.8 mi away
Camp Schurman
Camp Schurman, located at 9,440 feet, is located where the Emmons and Winthrop glaciers split.
1.4 mi away
Emmons Glacier
The Emmons Glacier, on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, measures 4.3 square miles.
1.6 mi away
Winthrop Glacier
The second largest glacier on Rainier stretches from the mountain's summit to the 4,700-foot level of the West Fork of the White River.
2.2 mi away
Ingraham Glacier
This glacier on the southeastern side of Mount Rainier flows east from the Columbia Crest summit (14,410 feet) between Gibraltar Rock and Disappointment Cleaver just south of Little Tahoma Peak.
2.5 mi away
Fryingpan Glacier
The Fryingpan Glacier on Mount Rainier's eastern flank stretches from 9,800 feet, at the foot of Little Tahoma Peak, to about 7,100 feet.
