Swiftcurrent Lake
Lower Glacier Lake nestled below the granite peaks.
Fireweed.
A number of waterfalls line the highline trail to the glacier. This one required a bit of rerouting.
Lower Grinnell Lake, in all its aqua beauty.
Indian Paintbrush, the Wyoming State Flower.
We hiked past a number of Bear Grass patches along the way.
And, finally, with more than a few heave-ho’s along the way, we finally arrived at Grinnell Glacier…
… or what’s left of it. The National Park Service predicts that many of the Glacier National Park glaciers will be nearly completely melted by 2020. That’s not long, folks.
The Grinnell Glacier trail was definitely a highlight of the entire trip and one I would gladly do again, with or without a glacier at the summit.
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