Click the link to read the article on the Denver7.com website (Stephanie Butzer). Here’s an excerpt:
Dan McGrath, an assistant professor in Colorado State University’s Department of Geosciences, explained that no single year should set off alarms. Glaciers must be analyzed in the context of much longer periods of time. Having said that, the past couple summers have not been encouraging.
“For these last two summers for Colorado glaciers, the fact that there has been bare ice — they’re obviously thinning and they’re retreating. That’s concerning,” McGrath said. “We want to monitor them in the long run, understand how they’re changing.”
As listed by the USGS, Colorado’s official glaciers are:
Andrews Glacier (hiking information)
Arapaho Glacier (hiking information)
Arikaree Glacier
Fair Glacier
Isabelle Glacier (hiking information)
Mills Glacier (hiking information)
Moomaw Glacier
Navajo Glacier
Peck Glacier
Rowe Glacier
St. Mary’s Glacier (hiking information)
Saint Vrain Glacier (hiking information)
Sprague Glacier
Taylor Glacier
The Dove
Tyndall Glacier