The glacial drift in the Moose Mountain area exhibits most of the major glacial land forms. Linear elements such as crevasse fillings, fluting, and minor recessional ridges are present in the ground moraine. Knob and kettle topography and rimmed kettles are believed to have resulted from the melting of "dead ice," and consequently are designated "dead ice moraine."

The main direction of ice movement was from the northwest, although locally the direction of ice movement varied considerably. Preglaclial topography had a pronounced influence on the direction of ice movement. The Moose Mountain preglacial topographic high compelled the ice to flow around it forming the large Weyburn Lobe that occupied the Weyburn Lowland. Minor recessional ridges and the lobate ice marginal channels outline successive positions of the retreating ice front. The Missouri Coteau and the Moose Mountain preglacial topographic highs were the first areas to be deglaciated.

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