Arapaho Glacier
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- Lowest point
- 3,741 m
- Tonight
- 26°FPartly cloudy · Wind 8–12 mph WSW
Arapaho Glacier in Colorado, United States covers 0.16 km² and spans 3,741–4,022 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 4,022 m
Arapaho Glacier: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 281 m
- Mean slope
- 31°
- Faces
- eastmorning sun
Arapaho Glacier 3D map
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Arapaho Glacier terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Arapaho Glacier elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Arapaho Glacier weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 26°F (-3°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 8–12 mph WSW
Arapaho Glacier forecast for about 3,865 m.
- Tonight26°2%8–12 mph WSW
- Sat22°30°36%10–18 mph ESE
- Sun25°33°67%7–10 mph ESE
- Mon23°31°32%5–12 mph WNW
- Tue24°35°10%9–17 mph W
- Wed23°33°4%7–21 mph W
- Thu25°34°5%6–14 mph W
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Arapaho Glacier
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Arapaho Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Diamond Lake Campground
Nearest parking
arapahoe pass trail
Nearest trailhead
Junco Lake Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Diamond Lake CampgroundCampsite | 3.2 km S |
| Parking | 3.2 km SSE |
| arapahoe pass trailParking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Parking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Buckingham CampgroundCampsite | 3.3 km SSE |
| Campsite | 6.1 km SE |
| Junco Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 7.7 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.
- Steeper than 30°
- 53.9% of the 9 km² view
- Relief in view
- 802 m low point 3,313 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 1.5 km of Arapaho Glacier.
Summit list 4
- 1North Arapaho Peak4,100 m 0.4 km NNW
- 2South Arapaho Peak4,067 m 0.4 km SSW
- 3Old Baldy3,974 m 1.2 km SE
- 4Deshawa3,907 m 1.3 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 1.5 km; 77 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine springbeauty25
- Yellow-bellied Marmot13
- Anicia Checkerspot11
- Brown-capped Rosy-Finch9
- Rocky Mountain Parnassian8
- Ross' Avens8
Where Arapaho Glacier sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Arapaho Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)