An oblique aerial photo of the Gad Valley rock glacier at the Snowbird ski resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Note the steep front on the left, indicating the potential for ice cementation of sediments. The rumpled surface texture is known as “ridge and furrow” topography, emblematic of rock glacier movement.

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