Carrie Glacier is located on

Mount Carrie Mount Carrie is a mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Clallam County, Washington, Clallam County of Washington (U.S. state), Washington state. Mt. Carrie is the highest point in the Bailey Range which is a subrange of the O ...

and Mount Fairchild in the

Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus (Washington), Mount Olympus is the high ...

Olympic National Park Olympic National Park is a national park of the United States located in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west-side temperate rainforest, and the forests of the drier e ...

. Starting at an elevation of about , the glacier descends northward, but the ice soon reaches a cliff. Part of the Carrie Glacier plunges over the steep rockwall, contributing ice to an adjacent glacier, while the other section flows north-northeast, avoiding the precipitous drop. This segment of ice is confined by an

arête An arête ( ; ) is a narrow ridge of rock that separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequ ...

to the west and Mount Fairchild to the east in a

chute Chute or Chutes, may refer to: * Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided * Chute (landform), a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly * Escape chute, an emergency exit utilized where conventional fire esca ...

. The glacier reaches as low as before terminating. There are several other patches of snow and glaciers located nearby, such as the

Fairchild Glacier Fairchild Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Washington on Mount Fairchild and Mount Carrie in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. Beginning at an elevation of about along the Bailey Ridge, the glacier descends northeast and is ...

. Mount Carrie and Carrie Glacier were named by surveyor Theodore Rixon for his fiancée Caroline Jones whom he met on a trail in Soleduck Valley.

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Glaciers of Clallam County, Washington Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains Glaciers of Washington (state) {{Washington-glacier-stub

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