A cirque glacier is confined in a throne-shaped ... lose relatively more area than smaller glaciers. Piegan Glacier, for example, is a small glacier that’s already tucked up and contained ...

In the long term, Eklutna Glacier — more than 6 miles long and about 11 1/2 square miles in area — will melt away, except for a remnant and small high-elevation cirque glaciers, said Louis ...