About Italy Lake
Reaching Italy Lake starts with Glacier Gorge TH (off-trail) and a listed one-way distance of 6.0 miles. The lake sits at 11,620 feet in Glacier Gorge / Bear Lake Corridor, and the route is rated hard here. The name is marked informal in the lake data.
The listed approach is 6.0 miles one-way from Glacier Gorge TH (off-trail), but this should be treated as a route-finding objective rather than a simple maintained-trail hike. The name is informal, and the setting is upper Glacier Gorge. In this area, glacier Gorge is one of the park's classic glacial valleys, with lakes stacked from lower forest to upper alpine basin.
NPS trail tables show Glacier Gorge as the starting point for Alberta Falls, Mills Lake, Black Lake, The Loch, Sky Pond, and Andrews Glacier, so lakes here often sit on routes that continue well beyond a single shoreline.
