Glacier Lake Trail

Starting at the Glacier Spit Trailhead, you'll enter mixed old growth forest. The trail is well-maintained and marked. There's a gradual ascent until the trail opens up onto the gravel out wash plain of Grewingk glacier, where you'll hike through low cottonwood/spruce vegetation. You'll pass a junction at about mile 1.2 that leads to the Tram Trail; stay on the Glacier Lake Trail at this point. You'll pass the Saddle Trail junction at approximately mile 2. stay on the Glacier Lake Trail and meander through scattered boulders until you reach the large gravel beach on the Grewingk Glacier Lake. If you've packed a lunch, it's a great spot to relax and just enjoy the views. Most people make this hike a 4 hour half-day trip and end up at the !Saddle Trailhead for a pickup, where you are safe from the day breeze. Follow the trail back to the Saddle Trail junction, and climb up about 500' through spruce forest. You'll head down a series of switchbacks to the platform in Halibut Cove where you'll meet your boat. Total mileage on this route is approximately 3.5 miles.

Trail starts at the oldest edge of the out wash plain, where Grewingk glacier sat about 10-15,000 yrs bp. As you hike towards the lake, you'll notice less advanced forest on the plain and on the ridges surrounding. The glacier has retreated at least 3 miles in the last 35 yrs.