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Snow Dome, the Dome Glacier, and Mount Kitchener

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 Photographer: David Wasserman

Technical: Canon FTb, Canon 28 mm lens, Kodacolor Gold 100 print film, scanned from a 4 by 6 print with an HP Scanjet 5370C
Date: 1998.06.23
Vantage Point:
From Wilcox Pass Trail

Technical: Canon FTb, Canon 28 mm lens, Kodacolor Gold 100 print film, scanned from a 4 by 6 print with an HP Scanjet 5370C

Caption: The Dome Glacier flows down from the Columbia Icefields between Snow Dome (L) and Mount Kitchener (R).

Story: The Dome Glacier is one of the smallest of the tongues of the 325 sq km Columbia Icefields. The Athabasca Glacier is in the valley on this side of Snow Dome. Wilcox Pass, across the valley from the icefields, is know for its easy access to alpine meadows with alpine flowers.

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