The glacieret is immediately southeast of Cathedral Peak.

[3] Shepard Glacier was measured in 2009 to have decreased to less than 25 acres (0.10 km2), considered to be a minimal size to qualify as being considered an active glacier.

[4] Between 1966 and 2005, Shepard Glacier lost 56 percent of its surface area.

[5] Comparing the 2005 image at right to the one below taken in 1913, it is apparent that Shepard glacier has retreated significantly between these dates.

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