Upper Grinnell Lake is located in
Glacier National Park, in the
U. S. state of
Montana.
Upper Grinnell Lake is a
proglacial lake which formed in the 1930s as
Grinnell Glacier retreated. The lake is often filled with small
iceberg
An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". The ...
s which have been breaking off Grinnell Glacier. Upper Grinnell Lake can be reached by trail and is a hike from the
Many Glacier Hotel.
See also
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List of lakes in Glacier County, Montana
References
Lakes of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Lakes of Glacier County, Montana
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