Talk:Palisade Glacier

Another Error?
I believe that this article should be separated into two articles, as these are actually (at least) two separate glaciers separated by a distance of several miles. Palisade Glacier is in the cirque formed by the ridgeline leading from Mount Winchell to Thunderbolt Peak to North Palisade to Mount Sill to Mount Gayley to Temple Crag. Middle Palisade Glacier is a completely different formation several miles to the southeast, and is east of Norman Clyde Peak, and northeast of Middle Palisade and Disappointment Peak. The article is in error when it states that Palisade Glacier is the southernmost glacier in the Sierra Nevada, as Middle Palisade Glacier is actually further south. Also, some observers believe that what is usually called "Palisade Glacier" is actually two separate but close glaciers, divided by the ridge that extends northeast from the summit of Thunderbolt Peak. Photos taken in dry years seem to show that these two "lobes" are actually two separate glaciers, and some have proposed the name "Thunderbolt Glacier" for the smaller, western lobe. Jim Heaphy (talk) 05:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Error?
In the last paragraph, the statement "Since these landforms are glaciers, they present climbers with few of the difficulties commonly associated with glacier travel." makes no sense. I don't know what the correction would be, so I didn't change the article, but someone who knows more about this subject should make the correction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.26.45.129 (talk) 20:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Checking the Reference and seeing that it's Steve Roper (very knowledgeable) what he means is no (or very few) big hidden crevasses to fall in, no seracs (ice towers) which might fall on a passing climber, etc. Generally, most climbers don't bother to rope up for its short distances except for the steeper couloirs above the main basin. 143.232.210.38 (talk) 22:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

The wording may be awkward but I concur that travel across the small glaciers in the Sierra Nevada presents few of the dangers of travel across more massive glaciers elsewhere. Most notably, there are no icefalls on Sierra Nevada glaciers. Jim Heaphy (talk) 05:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)