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The beautiful view down the glacial valley containing lakes Josephine, and Swifrtcurrent.
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The Grinnell Glacier cirque in 1970. The glacier-carved amphitheater hosts famous features in Glacier National Park. The east side of the Garden Wall is the backdrop; the long white horizontal feature is the Salamander Glacier. Gem Glacier can be seen perched to the upper left. Grinnell Glacier itself cannot be seen; it is behind the gravel debris wall (below Salamander) it created as it has melted.
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Salamander Glacier in 1970, as viewed from the trail to Grinnell Glacier. At one time these two glaciers were connected. Now they are joined by the melt waterfall from Salamander.
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A hiking group finds its way across the surface of Grinnell Glacier.
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At the edge of Grinnell Glacier, ice floes float on the surface of the melt lake (Grinnell Lake).
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My dad, age 37, stands near a crevasse. We are protected against rain by a garbage bag with arm holes, and tennis shoes were the best footwear we could muster. This hike inspired him to take up backpacking as a hobby, and we later acquired better equipment.
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A large boulder on the surface of Grinnell Glacier. It will travel with the flow of the glacier and eventually be dropped somewhere along the glacial valley where, because it does not belong there, will be called an "erratic".
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Stromatolytes, fossils of ancient algae colonies.
