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19-501: The range is fairly high in elevation, with dryland-type summits with some very small icefields . Its highest summits are Shulaps Peak 2,880 m (9,450 ft) and Big Dog Mountain 2,862 m (9,390 ft). Another prominent summit is Rex Peak 2,684 m (8,806 ft), a conical mass dominating the southern end of the range, which is delimited by the buttress-wall of the Bridge River Canyon . The Shulaps' northeast flank

38-401: A large accumulation of snow which, through years of compression and freezing, turns into ice. Because of the susceptibility of ice to gravity, ice fields usually form over large areas that are basins or atop plateaus, thus allowing a continuum of ice to form over the landscape uninterrupted by glacial channels. Glaciers often form on the edges of ice fields, serving as gravity-propelled drains off

57-799: A mountain valley located in the northern end of the Gobi Desert . There are no ice fields in Australia . New Zealand has Reference: The only large ice fields in mainland Europe are in Norway (e.g., Dovre and Jotunheimen ). There are several dozen small ice fields in the Alps and tiny remnants of permanent ice in Sweden , the Apennines , the Pyrenees and the Balkans . Since

76-402: Is a series of high basins. Many contain alpine lakes and which allow for road access to high up in various parts of the range. There is an active gold claim on the south flank of Big Dog Mountain in the basin of Blue Creek in the northwestern part of the range and, at the far southeast end high in the basin of Hell Creek, there was once a working jade mine. Its southeast edge is the west rim of

95-424: Is sufficient precipitation for them to form. The higher peaks of the underlying mountain rock that protrude through the icefields are known as nunataks . Ice fields are larger than alpine glaciers, but smaller than ice caps and ice sheets . The topography of ice fields is determined by the shape of the surrounding landforms, while ice caps have their own forms overriding underlying shapes. Ice fields are formed by

114-465: Is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. At about 16,800 square kilometers, it is second only to southeastern Alaska's approximately 25,000 square kilometer Kluane / Wrangell–St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek Ice Field . Another notable icefield is Campo de Hielo Norte ( Northern Patagonian Ice Field ), which is located entirely in Chile ; and a third smaller icefield, known as

133-746: The Coast Mountains , Alaska Range , and Chugach Mountains of Alaska , British Columbia , and the Yukon Territory . The 6,500 km Stikine Icecap (located between the Stikine and Taku Rivers ) and the 2,500 km Juneau Icefield (located between Lynn Canal and the Taku River ) both straddle the British Columbian-Alaskan border. Farther north, the Kluane Icecap — which feeds

152-647: The Sargent Icefield and the Harding Icefield . Throughout the Alaska Range there also large icefields (including one surrounding Denali ) which are mostly unnamed. In South America there are three main ice fields. The main ice field, known as Campo de Hielo Sur ( Southern Patagonian Ice Field ) is located at the Southern Patagonic Andes , and it is shared between Chile and Argentina . It

171-783: The Big Canyon of the Bridge River , just below which (to the NE) is the confluence of the Bridge and Yalakom Rivers , which is the range's northeastern boundary. West across Tyaughton Creek and upper Churn Creek is the South Chilcotin which is not part of the Chilcotin, but of the Bridge River Country (see Spruce Lake Protected Area (a.k.a. the "South Chilcotin") and Big Creek Provincial Park ). To

190-697: The Ice Fields of the Darwin Range, which is located on the western ( Chilean ) portion of Tierra del Fuego proper . Yolyn Am Yolyn Am ( Mongolian : Ёлын Ам , Lammergeier Valley ) is a deep and narrow gorge in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains of southern Mongolia . The valley is named after the Lammergeier, which is called Yol in Mongolian. The Lammergeier is an Old World vulture , hence

209-555: The Shulaps Range were shared hunting territory between the St'át'imc and the Tsilhqot'in ). Icefields An ice field (also spelled icefield ) is a mass of interconnected valley glaciers (also called mountain glaciers or alpine glaciers) on a mountain mass with protruding rock ridges or summits. They are often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there

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228-634: The disappearance of the last remaining ice field in Andalucía , with the disappearance of the Corral del Veleta glacier in 1913, the southernmost surviving permanent ice field in continental Europe is Snezhnika in Bulgaria . Beyond the mainland of continental Europe, there are substantial ice fields in Iceland , Svalbard and Franz-Josef Land and smaller surviving ice fields on Jan Mayen and Novaya Zemlya . One of

247-617: The east, across the Yalakom, is the Camelsfoot Range , to the south the Bendor . Southeast is the town of Lillooet , near the southern tip of the Camelsfoot . The best view of the Shulaps Range to be had, other than from one of the neighbouring ranges, is from the former site of Minto City at the confluence of Gun Creek and the Bridge River (now Carpenter Lake Reservoir ). From there, and along

266-795: The end of winter, and is several kilometers long. In past years it remained year round, but the modern ice field tends to disappear by September. Apart from the lammergeir, both the Himalayan and Cinereous vulture can be found in the gorge. Other birds that live in the gorge are the Altai snowcock , wallcreeper and the Mongolian finch . Mammals that live in the valley include the Argali , Siberian ibex and snow leopard . 43°29′35″N 104°05′02″E  /  43.4931°N 104.0838°E  / 43.4931; 104.0838 This Mongolia location article

285-581: The ice field which is in turn replenished by snowfall. While an ice cap is not constrained by topography, an ice field is. An ice field is also distinguishable from an ice cap because it does not have a dome-like form. There are several ice fields in the Himalayas and Altay Mountains (the border range between the Central Asian Republics and China ). One unexpected ice field is located in Yolyn Am ,

304-713: The immense Malaspina and Hubbard Glaciers as well as the Bagley Icefield — sits upon the British Columbia-Yukon Territory-Alaska border and surrounds most of the Saint Elias Mountains as well as both Mount Saint Elias and Mount Logan ; it extends as far west as the Copper River . There are also large ice fields located in the Kenai Peninsula - Chugach Mountains area, such as

323-592: The more celebrated North American ice fields is the Columbia Icefield located in the Rocky Mountains between Jasper and Banff , Alberta . Easy access by road contributes to the status of this ice field as one of the most visited in North America, although it is actually a comparatively small ice field within the huge and largely ice-free American Cordillera . Many particularly expansive ice fields lie in

342-792: The name is often translated to Valley of the Vultures or Valley of the Eagles . The valley is located within Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park . Yolyn Am is found in the Zuun Saikhanii Nuruu (the Eastern Beauty ) subrange of the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains. The area, as part of the Gobi Desert , sees little precipitation. However, Yolyn Am is notable for a deep ice field . The ice field reaches several meters thick by

361-486: The upper end of Carpenter Lake, the range's west face is a familiar sight to travellers on BC Hwy 40 from Bralorne and Gold Bridge to Lillooet . The Shulaps name is an anglicized version of the St'̓át'̓imcets word for the ram of the mountain sheep. The Yalakom River is similarly named for ̓the ewe. This was once extremely rich big game country, and the names suggest the good hunting in this range (the Yalakom valley and

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