Herbst Glacier


Herbst Glacier is located in the US state of Montana in Glacier National Park. The glacier is northeast of Mount Custer and lies above Lake Nooney at an elevation between and above sea level. Immediately east of the Continental Divide, the glacier covers an area of approximately and does not meet the threshold of often cited as being the minimum size to qualify as an active glacier. Between 1966 and 2005, the glacier lost almost 70 percent of its acreage.