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| This is a shorter length hike (4 miles round trip) that is located near the McDonald Lake area. The trail begins at the Avalanche Creek Campground on the Going to the Sun Road. There is a really short nature trail called the Trail of Cedars that begins the same place. You can add this on if you have more time. This is one of the most crowded trails so get there before 10 or after 4 PM to get a parking spot. There are toliets at the start. Here is a pick of how the trail begins in the forest with high trees. |
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| You will walk among the cottonwoods and tall cedar trees. Very quickly you will pass over a bridge to get to a beautiful fast running gorge. The gorge was formed by the force of the stream cutting through the argillite beds forming bowls and chutes in the rock. |
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| The spray from the small waterfalls provides moisture needed for the green mosses that drape the rocks around the gorge. |
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| The trail follows the west rim of the gorge through Western Hemlock along avalanche creek. |
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| About a mile in you can see views of Mount Cannon. Then the trail will begin to climb but total elevation is only 500 ft. |
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| This is a nice hike through ferns and forest of hemlock, larch, red cedar, red maple and black cottonwood. Lush mosses can also be seen. |
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| I loved how there were many waterfalls all around the lake. There were steep cliffs on three sides in this hanging cirque valley formed by Sperry Glacier. The color of the lake was a aqua blue. |
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