Grinnell Glacier
On Thursday it was still cloudy and cold; however, we were taking a hike to Grinnell Glacier. We had to drive outside the park, North, to Many Glaciers and took a boat across Swiftcurrent Lake and then Lake Josephine. We took a ranger-led hike to Grinnell Glacier. The 4 mile trail up to the glacier was truly worth the hike. It was strenous as we gained 1600 feet in elelvation over the four miles. Along the way we saw Grinnell Lake, Grinnell Waterfalls, big horn sheep,and beautiful flowers. We ate lunch before we walked the last half mile straight up to view the glacier.
Words cannot describe the view. Hopefully the pictures can!
We were on our own to get back to the boat dock and took a few hours to get there. The hike down was almost as strenous as the hike up. We were really tired at night; but it was a hike I will never forget.
On the boat back across Lake Josephine, the captain pointed out a grizzly bear on the mountain side. It was far up but you could still see it. That is the only bear we saw in Glacier.
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