Climate Change in Mountain Ecosystems (CCME)

In addition to the change in the size of Grinnell Glacier, there is obvious change in the foreground streamside vegetation between these two images. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the photographer: When using...

Among the earliest photos of Grinnell Glacier, this 1887 image shows the immense extent and depth of the glacier at the turn of the 20th century. The glacier has responded to temperature and precipitation in the past 100 years, resulting in it’s obvious reduction in size. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced...

Nearly a century after Stanton’s photograph was taken, Grinnell Glacier has receded into it’s cirque basin and is no longer visible from the trail above Grinnell Lake. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the...

Grinnell Glacier taken from the Grinnell Glacier trail, Glacier National Park. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the photographer: When using these photographs, please credit the photographer and source (eg. T.J...

In 1900 Grinnell Glacier’s mass filled the cirque basin. This early photo shows the glacier’s height along the headwall and how it was once joined the upper ice portion, now called The Salamander. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable...

Heavy vegetation cover in the recent photo made this repeat photo location difficult to find. The glacial front (terminus) is over a kilometer away from this location in the 2013 photo. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please...

Grant Glacier from Grant Ridge, Flathead National Forest, Montana. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the photographer: When using these photographs, please credit the photographer and source (eg. T.J. Hileman...

Chaney Glacier with view of Chaney Notch, Glacier NP. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the photographer: When using these photographs, please credit the photographer and source (eg. T.J. Hileman, courtesy of...

Clements Glacier displayed crevasses in 1914, but in 2010 it is merely a perennial ice mass. Each summer, thousands of visitors pass by the steep moraines sculpted by this glacier as they hike from Logan Pass to Hidden Lake Overlook. The trail is visible along the left side of the 2010 photo. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may...

View of Chaney Glacier terminus, Glacier National Park. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions are noted below the downloadable image. Please respect the photographer: When using these photographs, please credit the photographer and source (eg. T.J. Hileman, courtesy of...

In the past 100 years, Boulder Glacier has been reduced to a small sliver of ice in the shadow of Boulder Peak. At the former terminus, small trees and other vegetation have become established where once there was only rock and ice. Image Use Most of the repeat photography images available on this website are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Images with restrictions...

Boulder Glacier as viewed from Chapman Peak in the northwest region of Glacier National Park. The historic photo shows the expansive Boulder Glacier, taken around 1910, coupled with a 2007 view of Boulder Glacier. Taken approximately 100 years apart, these images show the immense reduction in the area of Boulder Glacier. A portion of Agassiz Glacier is also visible beyond the right side of Boulder...