Snowbird Pass waterfall, Robson Glacier, Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

A waterfall flows from Snowbird Pass, above the toe of Robson Glacier in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Global warming alert: during the past century, Robson Glacier has receded an average of 18 meters per year (1788 meters total from 1911-2010, www.glacierchange.org), and has accelerating melting to 22 meters per year since 1996. An inventory of western Canada glaciers (by Bolch et al 2010) found that from 1985-2005, British Columbia glaciers lost 11% of their area and Alberta glaciers lost 25% of their area. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.

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A waterfall flows from Snowbird Pass, above the toe of Robson Glacier in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. Global warming alert: during the past century, Robson Glacier has receded an average of 18 meters per year (1788 meters total from 1911-2010, www.glacierchange.org), and has accelerating melting to 22 meters per year since 1996. An inventory of western Canada glaciers (by Bolch et al 2010) found that from 1985-2005, British Columbia glaciers lost 11% of their area and Alberta glaciers lost 25% of their area. Mount Robson is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984. The panorama was stitched from 5 overlapping photos.