2011 WY/MT Trip – Day 6
Today was a day of our longest (well, steepest anyway) hike. That being, the hike to Grinnell Glacier off of Many Glaciers Road.
Daily Travel:
Cruising into the park:
We did wind up cheating a little bit on the hike. You can either walk the extra distance around the lakes, or you can take a couple of boat rides to get to the trail head. Since we knew our hike was 4.2 miles each way (and 1,569ft of elevation gain) we decided to take the easy route.
Hike Route:
It was unreal how hot it was walking up this trail! It has been very unseasonably warm here (like High 70’s at 6k ft warm). This was a bit of a two edged sword as it meant that all of the wild flowers were in bloom, but the heat and altitude nearly killed this flat lander.
I’ll just let the photos do the talking, what talking they can do. As they say, pictures don’t really do it justice.
We started hiking up from that lake in the middle of the photo:
Glacier and the Lake:
And then we started walking back down:
We were plum wiped out by the time we finished hiking. The hike from the boat to the glacier took us 4.5 hours (including goofing off at the top for awhile) and covered about 8 miles.