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We'd hoped to take the boat shuttle from Many Glacier Hotel, but it was booked up...
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So we hiked around Swiftcurrent Lake. Many Glacier Hotel across lake...
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Swiftcurrent Lake Trail
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Small pond along lake shore
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Shuttle boat approaching Lake Josephine dock
| Boat returning after picking up passengers
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First glimpses of Lower Grinnell Lake
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Looking for moose down in valley between Josephine & Lower Grinnell Lakes
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The trail climbs steadily along this section
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Rest stop
| Small cascade along trail
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Grinnell Falls in center background
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Looking down on Lower Grinnell Lake
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A steep precipice if you wander off the trail...
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View back down Grinnell Valley
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Bighorn sheep off the trail
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Mountain goats feeding on a ledge above the trail
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More Bighorns
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Bighorns heading off
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Grinnell Trail - getting closer to the glacier
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Just before reaching the glacier, there is a final group of switchbacks
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Finally - Upper Grinnell Lake! Scouting out some shots
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Twisted glacial ice formation
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More glacial ice in the lake
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Let's look for a lunch spot
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Panorama of Upper Grinnell Lake (5 stitched images)
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Glacial ice in Upper Grinnell Lake
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View toward the glacier, Mt. Gould on right
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After lunch it was time for the return trip
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Heading back down the trail
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The trail hugs the slope of Mt. Grinnell
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Late afternoon sun on milky Lower Grinnell Lake
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Trail follows the cliffs that rise above the lake
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Out of the cliffs - and definitely easier going down...
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The Morning Eagle coming to pick us up - saved us a mile or so hiking back.
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