At the next trail intersection, keep right again, you are now on the Grinnell Glacier Trail. You gain a bit of elevation as you hike along Lake Josephine. When you get toward the end of Lake Josephine, you will see where the trail to the boat dock joins the Grinnell Glacier Trail. Stay right again.

Now you will continue on a steady uphill with a few switchbacks and soon Grinnell Lake will be visible and a waterfall at it's head . An absolutely amazing color of aqua!

Keep going. You will continue uphill and get some amazing views of the surrounding peaks. You will make your way across alpine meadows and some steep cliffs before arriving at a picnic area with benches to rest and a pit toilet for relief.

After leaving the picnic area, you climb pretty quickly where you will soon see the milk colored water of Upper Grinnell Lake, complete with large chunks of ice floating in it. There are 3 glacier visible. The main one across the back of the lake and to the left is Grinnell Glacier. The one up above and to the left is Gem Glacier, and the long slim glacier above and to the north which was once a part of the Grinnell Glacier is now called the Salamander Glacier. (see picture to the left)

Glaciers are very unstable and it is recommended that you don't climb on
or attempt to cross without the proper training and equipment.

The views are absolutely amazing, I found myself many times forgetting to look down to see where my next step was because I was too busy looking at the view.
 

No better place to recharge after glacier viewing that the Cattle Baron of Babb Supper Club, located at the intersection of Hwy 89 and the entrance to the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park.