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Hiking Gamma Ridge Toward Glacier Peak, WA

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Geologist Jim Vallance hikes up Gamma Ridge toward Glacier Peak. Since the end of the last ice age, Glacier Peak has produced some of the largest and most explosive eruptions in the state. Vallance is studying Glacier Peak’s tephra deposits to determine when and how often the volcano erupted, and the size of past eruptions. View is to the West.