Easton Glacier

Easton Glacier is one of the more prominent alpine glaciers on Mount Baker in the North Cascades of Washington state, positioned on the mountain's south face and flanked by the Squak and Deming Glaciers. Named for Charles F. Easton of Bellingham, who documented much of Mount Baker's history, the glacier has produced two clear lateral moraines, Metcalfe Moraine and Railroad Grade, and polished andesite outcrops bearing visible glacial striations mark its path down the valley. Between 1850 and 1950 the glacier retreated 7,940 feet, advanced 1,995 feet during a cooler, wetter spell from 1950 to 1979, then retreated again, losing 980 feet in length and an average of 43 feet of thickness between 1990 and 2009. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/