Suiattle Glacier [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
Suiattle Glacier
Suiattle Glacier is located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is within Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and nearly touches Honeycomb and White River glaciers separated from them by an arête off the Kololo Peaks at its uppermost reaches. Suiattle Glacier has retreated significantly since the end of the Little Ice Age, and from approximately the years 1850 to 1924 lost of its length. Between 1924 and 1940, the glacier retreated an additional , then during a cooler and wetter period between 1967 and
. The route is mostly flat for , then climbs quickly up Spider Glacier to Spider Gap, and then down through the Lyman Lakes (located about west of Holden), at which point a well-defined trail leads into Holden along Railroad Creek and past Hart Lake.
- Hikers from the western side of the mountains can access Holden with a hike up the Suiattle River Trail and Pacific Crest Trail to Suiattle Pass, leaving only a hike to Lyman Lakes via Cloudy Pass.
- Holden is accessible from Stehekin via