In search of Glacier's Upper Snyder Lake
Alpenglow illuminates Mount Edwards above Snyder Lake in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake)
Mount Brown's ridge is reflected in Synder Lake in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake)
Upper Synder Lake is tucked below Little Matterhorn in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Matt Baldwin/Glacier National Park)
A brew of huckleberries and thimbleberries is cooked on a camp stove at Snyder Lake Campground in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake)
A tent site at Synder Lake Campground in Glacier National Park on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake)
Turns out, Snyder Lake isn't the main attraction of Glacier National Park's Snyder Lake Trail.
Don't get me wrong, it's an acceptable alpine lake -- more of an alpine pond -- serving as the final destination of the moderate jaunt from Lake McDonald Lodge. It's just not in the same realm as notorious Glacier attractions like Iceberg, Cracker or Grinnell lakes.
Given Glacier Park's ridiculously high standard for mountain lakes, Snyder scores a "meh" on a scale of "womp, womp" to "oohs and aahs."
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