The
Cowlitz Glacier is on the southeast flank of
Mount Rainier in the
U.S. state of
Washington. The body of ice covers and has a volume of 6 billion ft
3 (170 million m
3). The glacier starts at an elevation of and flows southeast. An adjacent glacier, the
Paradise Glacier, is connected to this glacier on its southwest margin. As it flows down the slopes of Mount Rainier it nearly meets up with the
Ingraham Glacier and during the
Little Ice Age, which ended around the year 1850, the two glaciers shared a common terminus. Meltwater from the glacier drains into the
Cowlitz River.