Gries Glacier

Infobox_Glacier
glacier_name = Griesgletscher

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caption = The Blinnenhorn and Griesgletscher
type =
location = Valais, Switzerland
coordinates = coord|46|26|40|N|8|20|25|W|type:glacier_region:CH-VS|display=inline,title
area =
length = 5 km
thickness =
terminus =
status = The Gries Glacier (German: "Griesgletscher") is a 5 km long glacier (2005) situated in the Lepontine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.23 km².

ee also

*List of glaciers in Switzerland
*Swiss Alps

External links

* [http://glaciology.ethz.ch/messnetz/glaciers/gries.html Swiss glacier monitoring network]