Where Is Grasshopper Glacier?

Grasshopper Glacier is in the Beartooth Mountains, Custer National Forest, Montana, U.S. The glacier is within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Which state has the Grasshopper Glacier?

Grasshopper Glacier is a small cirque glacier, located at approximately 45 °08, N. latitude and 109 °531 W. longitude, in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the central Rocky Mountains of the United States.

Why is it called Grasshopper Glacier?

The glacier flows north, and glacial runoff supplies water to Grasshopper Creek, flowing eventually into the Wind River. The glacier shares a glacial margin with Klondike Glacier, located to the south. The glacier is named for grasshoppers that have been found entombed in the ice.