List of Mount Hood glaciers

Main articles: Mount Hood and Glacier

The twelve glaciers on Mount Hood are:

Glacier name Area[1] Volume[1] notes GNIS location[2][3]
(acres) (km²) (acre-feet) (km³)
Palmer 32 0.13 1,600 0.0020 headwaters of the Salmon River 45°21′09″N 121°42′27″W
Coalman 20 0.081 900 0.0011 located between Crater Rock and the summit 45°22′19″N 121°41′54″W
White River 133 0.54 7,000 0.0086 feeds the White River 45°21′26″N 121°41′55″W
Newton Clark 491 1.99 32,000 0.039 source of the East Fork Hood River 45°22′00″N 121°41′12″W
Eliot 415 1.68 73,000 0.090 source of Tilly Jane Creek and Eliot Branch, tributaries of Middle Fork Hood River 45°22′52″N 121°40′49″W
Langille 99 0.40 7,000 0.0086 in Hood River watershed 45°23′32″N 121°40′48″W
Coe 308 1.25 44,000 0.054 source of Coe Branch, a tributary of Middle Fork Hood River 45°23′00″N 121°41′40″W
Ladd 223 0.90 20,000 0.025 source of McGee Creek, a tributary of West Fork Hood River 45°23′32″N 121°42′22″W
Glisan 45°23′27″N 121°43′10″W
Sandy 294 1.19 2,000 0.0025 feeds Muddy Fork, a tributary of the Sandy River 45°22′47″N 121°43′00″W
Reid 195 0.79 10,000 0.012 feeds the Sandy River 45°22′15″N 121°43′08″W
Zigzag 190 0.77 10,000 0.012 feeds the Zigzag River 45°21′48″N 121°42′44″W
Total, including snow patches 3,331 13.48 282,000 0.348

References
  1. Driedger, Carolyn L.; Kennard, Paul M. (1986). "Ice Volumes on Cascade Volcanoes: Mount Rainier, Mount Hood, Three Sisters and Mount Shasta" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper 1365. USGS. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  2. "Glaciers in Hood River County". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
  3. "Glaciers in Clackamas County". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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