Peyto Glacier

The Peyto Glacier is one in Banff National Park (Canada, Alberta) situated glacier. The about 12.6 sq km glacier starts from Wapta ice rink. It extends between 2100 m and 3185 m above sea level. First, the glacier in 1896 by Walter Dwight Wilcox, a photographer and explorer, was photographed. To the decline of the glacier over a long period is documented: Since 1896, the glacier has lost about 70 % of its volume. His greatest expansion in the Holocene he reached probably 1836-1846. Silt from the meltwater of the glacier is the cause of the turquoise color of Peyto Lake.