This weekend TEEL lab members, Colin Mast and Gabriel Abreu-Vigil hiked up to Hayden Glacier, located in between Middle and North Sister, to help fellow UO Geography masters student, Maxim Shapovalov, establish an automated weather station and ablation stake on the glacier. Hayden Glacier is a crucial water source for nearby cities such as Sisters and Bend. Maxim’s project hopes to assist local agriculturalists and city planners by assessing just how much water the glacier contributes over the course of a summer. While the hike was made brutal by the heavy packs and large equipment, the surrounding views of the High Cascades from atop the glacier made all the effort well worth it.
