The glacier was here in 1982 reads a sign below the foot of Athabasca Glacier 's present day terminus, out of view behind moraine far in the distance. Athabasca Glacier occupied most of the valley in the 1960s, but in the last fifty years global warming has melted most of it. It may be gone by 2030. Global warming has fast contributed to the demise of Athabasca and other glaciers around the world.