As of 2021[update], the body of ice covers an estimated area of 0.206 square miles (0.53 km2).

[4] A small subsidiary peak of Rainier, named Mount Ruth, lies adjacent to the glacier.

[4] Meltwater from the glacier is the source of the Inter Fork of the White River.

[3] People climbing the Emmons Glacier route to the Mount Rainier summit typically travel via the Inter Glacier to Camp Curtis or Camp Schurman, located near the head of the glacier.

Crevasses are a hazard[5] that killed Chris Kapaun in 1998 while descending unroped.