Ladd Glacier

{{Short description|Glacier on Mount Hood, Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox glacier

| name = Ladd Glacier

| photo = Barrett Spur 2624.JPG

| photo_caption = A portion of Ladd Glacier is visible below Barrett Spur, {{Convert|7863|feet|m}}. Barrett Spur separates Ladd Glacier from its eastern neighbor, Coe Glacier.

| type = Mountain glacier

| location = Hood River County, Oregon, United States

| map = USA Oregon

| map_caption = Location in Oregon

| label_position = right

| map_size = 225

| coordinates = {{coord|45|23|32|N|121|42|22|W|region:US-OR|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=1144736|name=Ladd Glacier|accessdate=2012-08-11}}

| area = {{convert|165|acres|abbr=on}} (2004 estimate)

| length = {{convert|.75|mi|abbr=on}}

| thickness =

| terminus = Talus

| status = Retreating

}}

Ladd Glacier is an alpine glacier on the north slope of Mount Hood in the U.S. state of Oregon.{{Cite map|publisher=TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps)|title=Mount Hood North, OR|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.39234&lon=-121.70619&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=2012-08-11}} It lies at an average elevation of {{convert|7500|ft}}. The glacier lies entirely within Mount Hood Wilderness.

Between 1907 and 2004, Ladd Glacier lost 37% of its surface area and the glacier terminus retreated {{convert|1190|m}} over the same time period.{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Keith|author2=Andrew Fountain |title=Spatial and morphological change on Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA|journal=Annals of Glaciology|year=2007|volume=46|pages=222–226|url=http://geopulse.org/kjack/downloads/jackson_fountain_annals.pdf|access-date=2012-08-11|doi=10.3189/172756407782871152|s2cid=202915291|doi-access=free}}