Eldridge Glacier

Eldridge Glacier is a major glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, about 30 miles long. Beginning on the east side of Explorers Peak, it follows a broad, shifting path through the Alaska Range, first flowing northeast to a basin below Mount Eldridge, where it receives ice from several glaciated cirques, then turning southeast toward the Chulitna River valley. Near its lower end, a large unnamed tributary joins it above the terminus, and the glacier gives rise to the Fountain River. Its importance comes from both its size and its role in the glacial system that shapes Denali’s terrain and watersheds.

Chase, Alaska · United States