| Continental Glacier | |
|---|---|
| Type | Mountain glacier |
| Location | Fremont / Sublette counties, Wyoming, USA |
| Coordinates | [1] |
| Length | .5 miles (0.80 km) |
| Terminus | moraines |
| Status | retreating |
Continental Glacier is located in Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests, in the U.S. state of Wyoming and straddles the Continental Divide in the northern Wind River Range.[2] Continental Glacier is in both the Bridger and Fitzpatrick Wildernesses, and is part of the largest grouping of glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains. The glacier has split into two separate glaciers, with the smaller section on the west (Bridger/Sublette County) side of the Continental Divide and the larger section on the east (Fitzpatrick/Shoshone/Fremont County). Though not long, the glacier is almost 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and has very little altitude change along its course, lying at an average altitude of 12,500 feet (3,800 m).