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Coalman Glacier, also spelled Coleman Glacier, is Mount Hood’s highest glacier, lying high within the mountain’s crater rim on the upper slopes in Oregon. A remnant of the much larger ice that covered the mountain during the last ice age, it was named for early mountain guide Elija Coalman, also given as Elijah Coleman, who was remembered for climbing Mount Hood 586 times. Flowing southwest among prominent crater features, it is one of the mountain’s most visited glaciers because it lies on the popular South Climbing route from Timberline Lodge. Its Hogsback snow ridge, bergschrund, and dramatic shifts in shape make it a defining part of Mount Hood’s climbing landscape.
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Government Camp, Oregon · United States
